Intellectual property news and updates

The EPO and EUIPO have published a report finding that SMEs that have IPRs are more likely to experience high growth. We look at the details of the report.

Liverpool Football Club have successfully defended two TM registrations against an opposition from the Italian sportswear manufacturer Lotto Sport Italia S.p.A.

HBO has been unsuccessful in its recent opposition to the registration of GAME OF VAPES as a UK trade mark. We examine the case and give our conclusion.

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has successfully argued that a trade mark registration owned by Fromageries Bel SA, owner of the Babybel brand, is invalid.

We outline the key changes that have come about from the new EU Trade Mark Directive.

There will be significant changes to trade mark legislation in Canada from 17 June 2019.

New legislation came into force on the 1 January 2019 although no significant cases have yet been decided by the new IP tibunal.

The EU 'BIG MAC' trade mark was cancelled by the EU Intellectual Property Office last week as McDonald's did not submit enough evidence of use.

This long running trade mark dispute provides a useful reminder of the vulnerability of a trade mark if the mark becomes a commonly used name for the good it is registered for.

Wilson Gunn named as one of the UK's top-filing firms of registered designs as CITMA publish their review.