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Sentencing for trade mark infringement offences: suspended prison sentence and director's disqualification upheld
26 Mar 2020
The Court of Appeal has upheld a sentence of two years' imprisonment suspended for two years and disqualification as a director in respect of an individual convicted of activities amounting to trade mark infringement.
McDreams crushed - a win for McDonald's
07 Jan 2020
Is the prefix "Mc" the exclusive intellectual property of McDonald's?
Dangers of CAD images in design filings
03 Dec 2019
A recent decision of the UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in Shnuggle Ltd v Munchkin, Inc & Lindam Ltd is further confirmation of the ongoing uncertainty that can attend representations on the scope of registered designs
WBD strengthens IP offering with acquisition of James Love Legal
23 Jul 2019
WBD has bolstered its IP presence in the UK through the acquisition of James Love Legal (JLL), the highly ranked boutique practice.
And the award goes to…IPEC decides 'quality over quantity' is key for confusion evidence in passing off
22 Jul 2019
The UK-based organiser of the "Asian Achievers Awards" has been successful in its claim for passing off against a competitor branding its event under the name "British Asian Achievers Awards", despite only being able to adduce one instance of actual confusion upon which the court was prepared to rely.
Debranding can constitute trade mark use
05 Jul 2019
In Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd & Or v Duma Forklifts NV & Or, the CJEU ruled in favour of trade mark proprietors being allowed to oppose the action of third parties from marketing the proprietor's goods for the first time within the European Economic Area after first removing the proprietor's signs, modifying the product and then reaffixing their own signs.
easyAppeal: Court determines targeting and service outside the jurisdiction in easyGroup v Easy Fly
21 Jun 2019
In a trade mark infringement claim involving easyGroup and Easy Fly, easyGroup appealed the Court's earlier decision which set aside an order for service outside the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, pursuant to an application made by Easy Fly. The decision hinged on whether Easy Fly had targeted UK consumers. The judge, considering various factors that could indicate targeting, found that Easy Fly had not targeted UK consumers, and therefore easyGroup's appeal was dismissed.
WBD strengthens Southampton office with senior hire
11 Feb 2019
WBD has appointed Stephen Anderson as a Legal Director in the firm's commercial team in Southampton.
UK Supreme Court calls time on Cartier: rights-holders pay reasonable ISP costs of website blocking orders
27 Jun 2018
Overturning a Court of Appeal decision, the UK Supreme Court ("UKSC") has held that, under UK law, innocent intermediaries responsible for the implementation of website blocking orders should have some specific costs reimbursed by the applicant for the order.
New competition partner for Womble Bond Dickinson
23 May 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has recruited competition partner Andrij Jurkiw from Mishcon de Reya where he was Head of Competition. Andrij specialises in UK & EU Competition Law and works across all sectors with particular experience of the FMCG, food, building materials, basic chemicals, recruitment, pharma, real estate, technology and transport sectors.
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