Cat themed clothing and accessories online retailer Meowingtons LLC recently filed a trade mark complaint at the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida against well-known House DJ Deadmau5 (Canadian music producer Joel Zimmerman) who is trying to… Continue Reading →
British manufacturer & marketer of luxury cars Bentley Motors recently lost a trade mark invalidity action (filed in 2015) against UK based Bentley clothing company over the use of the “Bentley” trade mark on clothing lines. Bentley Motors (launched in… Continue Reading →
Adidas, the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and which designs and manufactures shoes, clothing & accessories, has filed nearly 50 trade mark lawsuits against different organisations in the last five years. Adidas owns trade marks for a specific 3 stripe… Continue Reading →
A trade mark can be anything that defines a brand e.g. words, sounds, logos, colours or a combination. Registering a trade mark helps to protect intellectual property from unauthorised use. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) recently published findings on… Continue Reading →
Filings of EU Trade Mark and EU Design applications by UK applicants have recently fallen for the first time since the economic crisis of 2008-2009. The number of EU Trade Mark applications filed by UK applicants in 2016 fell 7%… Continue Reading →
Hasbro, Inc, the American multinational toy and board game company and third largest toy maker in the world recently made an application to United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trade mark the distinctive scent of Play-Doh to the… Continue Reading →
Clothing companies Crocodile international (based in Singapore) and Lacoste (based in France) have been locked in an almost a ten year trade mark battle over which company should own the crocodile mark in New Zealand that forms part of both… Continue Reading →
It was in Donald Trump’s first press conference as President-elect in January 2017 that the term “fake news” grew as a mainstream term after Donald Trump pointed at a CNN news reporter and said “You are fake news!” in the… Continue Reading →
The government of China recently awarded US President Donald Trump a 10-year trade mark right to his own name for construction services. The registration was a surprise win following a decade long battle trying to obtain the rights to his… Continue Reading →
Slimming World has a range of diet ready meals on sale in Iceland stores. Asda launched its own range of diet ready meals called Slimzone which Feature Slimming World logos (Slimming World, Extra Easy and Free) which retail at 50p… Continue Reading →
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