May 26, 2022
Melanie Saubin, director at The Future Today Institute in New York City, predicts that by 2030 “a large proportion of people will be in the metaverse in some way”. Gartner, a research company, relaunches stating that a quarter of people will spend at least an hour a...
May 19, 2022
Legal mental health charity LawCare has extended its online chat service for legal professionals from one to four days a week. The charity, which offers free, confidential, emotional support to anyone working in the law, has been operating a helpline and peer support...
May 19, 2022
On January 14th, 2022, the EUIPO’s Opposition Division (hereinafter “the Office”) rejected the opposition filed by Louis Vuitton Malletier (hereinafter “Louis Vuitton”) based on Arts. 8(1) and 8(2) of the EUTMR[1] against the registration of the figurative European...
May 19, 2022
The International Trademark Association (INTA) has announced that it will hold its 145th Annual Meeting—the world’s largest event for brand owners and intellectual property professionals—in Singapore from May 16 to 20, 2023. This marks the second time INTA will be...
May 19, 2022
Charles Russell Speechlys have advised Symphony Holdings Limited, an investment holding company listed on the HK Stock Exchange, on the sale of its trademark portfolio of international footwear brand, PONY, in the Non-APAC region to Iconix Brand Group. The Firm also...
May 19, 2022
One of the UK’s leading trademark specialists says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bid to trademark the word ‘archetypes’ after deciding to use it as the title for a new Spotify podcast makes ‘very good commercial sense’. Kate Cheney, the director of trademarks at...
