Trademark

The long running dispute between Sky and SkyKick is not due to end any time soon. SkyKick has been granted permission to appeal the 2021 decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. The…

With Judgment of 6 April 2022, the Federal Supreme Court upheld FIFA’s claim that the marks “PUMA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022” and “PUMA WORLD CUP 2022” were misleading, ordered these marks to be removed…

The debate over the protection of the iconic "AUDI" logo in Poland is currently being renewed (see here). An injunction was sought by AUDI to stop another party from importing, offering, marketing,…

Summary The owner of a boutique store, Ms. Kotrri (Applicant), successfully defended her trade mark application before the UKIPO for HOUSE OF ZANA, covering “clothing” in class 25, against apparel…

This decision by the High Court – Lavinia Deborah Osbourne v (1) Individuals Unknown (2) Ozone Networks Inc. – has now confirmed that NFTs should be considered property. The facts of this case are…

In case you are engaged in a “hot dispute” in this hot summer, so as to “cool-off” a bit, this is to start a discussion about settlement options for pending litigation.     [A lawsuit taking a good…

Let us start this article by asking two questions - would you be confused by a take-away Chinese and a posh Chinese restaurant in central London even if they share the same name? Will you convince…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. Haiti starts using HDB in TMclass While increasing its participation in TMclass, the Industrial Property Service of the Ministry of…

Read up on the latest news reported by the Kluwer IP Reporter here. Colombia publishes practice paper on figurative marks The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) of the Columbian Ministry…