Intellectual property news and updates

The UK government has published guidance on how IP rights will be affected if the UK leaves the EU without a formal agreement in place. Read our overview covering all areas of IP rights.

This dispute between the fashion brand Prada and the Indonesian hotel The Rich Prada highlights the difficulty that brand owners have in arguing that the use of a mark is detrimental to their brand's reputation. We explore this case.

The EU has voted on copyright reform, the European Parliament has now voted in favour of the controversial articles 11 and 13. We explain the details of these changes to EU copyright law.

Nestlé have been denied in their legal battle with Mondelēz concerning whether the four-finger Kit Kat bar shape constitutes a trade mark that has acquired distinctive character in the EU.

Should the EUIPO be bound by its previous decision-making practice? We take a look at the CJEU’s recent decision in Puma’s cat fight.

The European Union Parliament has side-lined the contentious EU Copyright Directive.

"PAWSECCO" trade mark application is refused by the UKIPO after the mark was opposed by the organisation responsible for protecting Prosecco's PDO.

We highlight the changes to copyright that will come into place due to the UK's withdrawal from the EU by April 2019

Hasbro successfully register the distinctive scent as a US Trade Mark.

On World IP Day 2018, the UK IP Minister, Sam Gyimah MP, announced the ratification of the UPCA. We look at the details of such a ratification.