The UK IPO recently changed its practice in relation to serving documents in trade mark contested proceedings and registered design invalidation proceedings in the UK, where the applicant or registered right holder does not hold a UK address for service (UK AFS). Following the recent UK...
The BBC Correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, recently discovered a biography of his life being sold on Amazon, using extracts from his own memoir but written by someone he had never heard of (see The Guardian), which is yet another example of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Generative...
The British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition, along with independent industry experts, have prepared a useful guide “Planet Positive Beauty Guide” to help environmentally and ethically aware consumers determine to what extent cosmetic and beauty products are “green” and whether they live-up to their ecological...
The owners of Blank Coffee, a London-based artisanal vegan café established in 2018, have opposed the trade mark application for BLANK STREET filed by a US coffee company. While the opponents have a UK trade mark registration for BLANK COFFEE covering coffee and restaurant services,...
What has changed? On 25 January 2023, the UK IPO changed its practice in relation to serving documents in trade mark contested proceedings and registered design invalidation proceedings in the UK, where the applicant or registered right holder does not hold a UK address for service...
The rules on representation of UK trade marks and designs changed on 1 January 2021, following the UK’s exit from the EU. Accordingly, foreign owners of UK trade mark and design applications as well as other new proceedings before the UK IPO (Intellectual Property Office) must...
The EU-wide system for the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs) covering wines, spirits and agricultural products has for several years provided an additional effective tool for brand owners to protect and enforce their intellectual property rights. The International Registry under the Lisbon System, which the...
The Swedish music streaming company claimed use of POTIFY by US Software for downloadable software relating to the sale of medical cannabis would dilute or tarnish Spotify’s reputation (see article in Digital Music News here). The Appeals Board at the USPTO sided with Spotify (read...
As the UK has now formally left the EU, the UKIPO (on behalf of the government) has opened a public consultation to galvanise opinion on the most suitable exhaustion regime to adopt for the UK going forward and also seeks views on how the regime...
SNCF succeeds in its opposition against the Besos Family Foundation’s EUTM application as the General Court holds the marks VROOM and POP & VROOM to be confusingly similar. The Besos Family Foundation, an American non-profit organisation for children’s learning and development set-up by the parents of...