13th Jul 2022
Earlier this year NHS Health Education England (HEE) published the NHS Artificial Intelligence Roadmap, expanding upon the Topol Review and setting out the ways in which AI technology in particular will help shape the future of the NHS.
1st Jul 2022
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (the “Club”) has owned multiple registered trade marks for the famous Wimbledon name and other prominent signs for some time. However, the dark green and purple colourway – which has been associated with the Wimbledon tennis tournament for over a Century – has only been protected as a registered trade mark in the UK since 2016.
1st Jun 2022
Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch in British history on 9 September 2015, surpassing the previous record (of 63 years, seven months and two days) set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. For some years now, the Queen has been the longest- living reigning monarch in the world. She passed a new milestone on 6 February 2022, which marked 70 years of her reign. Celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee are being held this week over a special four-day UK bank holiday weekend, from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June 2022.
4th May 2022
A trade mark is a sign (often a word) which does not describe goods or services but identifies the company selling the goods or services. When Ford sells a car or the Cambridge Judge Business School provides training, Ford and Cambridge Judge are trade marks which tell customers what characteristics to expect, based on their previous awareness of their products, reviews and marketing – High quality or low quality? Cheap or expensive? Reliable or unreliable? Delivered on time or late?
22nd Mar 2022
In 2012, Tecnica Group registered at EUIPO a 3D shape mark for the apres-ski footwear brand Moon Boot. Inspired by the outfits of the Apollo 11 astronauts, the brand has been around since the 1970s and has seen a recent revival in popularity, now being worn by influencers Dua Lipa and Hailey Bieber.
2nd Mar 2022
There had been a notable rise in the number of domain name disputes filed with the World Intellectual Property Office’s Arbitration and Mediation Center under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. The number of complaints filed hit an all time high in 2020 and from figures recently published by WIPO it appears that this upward trend is ongoing.
21st Sep 2021
As London Fashion Week draws to a close considerations are made for Designers and disclosure of their designs.
18th Aug 2021
Reminder to all with EU trade mark and design applications pending on 1 January 2021 that they can still file for a UK right and claim the earlier EUIPO filing date. Please be advised that you will need to act quickly as this service is only available until 30 September 2021.