15th Mar 2024
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has commissioned some new research into the impact of complicit social media influencers on the consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK. The analysis has been conducted by academics from the University of Portsmouth and Michigan State University.
8th Mar 2024
On 6th March 2024 the decision was issued. Amazon have lost an appeal at the UK Supreme Court against an earlier ruling that they had infringed the rights of a trade mark holder Lifestyle Equities CV by ‘targeting’ British consumers on the US version of the Amazon website. Targeting in relation to Trade Mark law is when an online retailer creates advertisements that are pushed or geared towards a particular audience. In doing so, trade marks are used. Those marks may be registered in the target consumer’s country.
23rd Feb 2024
The luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has a strong track record of success in trade mark oppositions. Yet, it has recently found itself on the losing side in its UKIPO dispute with the family-run gardening business L V Bespoke.
20th Feb 2024
Last week we looked at the registration of triangle marks, and a case study on EUIPO applications filed by Prada. This week we take a look at the challenges with stripe marks.
16th Feb 2024
As London Fashion Week celebrates its 40th anniversary, it’s a fitting time to celebrate the fashion and textile industry’s significant impact on UK PLC. According to research conducted by Oxford Economics it’s responsible for £62 billion of annual UK GDP, one in every 25 UK jobs and £1 in every £30 of HMRC’s annual tax receipts.
15th Feb 2024
It is common practice for items of clothing and accessories to become highly sought after simply because of the presence of a brand name or logo. The ability for an item to be recognised by such symbols is arguably the underlying driving force for the consumer’s desire to own designer items. The question we now ask concerns a logo and whether it can still act as the origin indicator of the goods even without the presence of any word element(s).
13th Feb 2024
Luxury brand Chanel has won its case against luxury brand reseller “What Goes Around Comes Around (“WGACA”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in what turned out to be nearly a month-long trial.
5th Feb 2024
For many, January is a time to commit to resolutions and lifestyle changes. No surprise then, that it has become synonymous with Veganuary, a campaign to persuade consumers to adopt a vegan diet for the first month of the year. In this blog we consider the respective trade mark strategies of Veganuary and the Vegan Society in protecting their IP in support of their promotion of the vegan lifestyle.