Jul 26, 2022 | Free Materials, IP Protection
Are you Registered or are you unregistered? Trademark infringement claims on small firms are increasing. Intellectual Property Office surveys show over 30% of small to medium size businesses suffer infringement problems. As a result, many have to change brand names...
Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
Big fashion names including Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger are rushing to protect their valuable brands in the burgeoning “metaverse” fashion market, according to trade mark filings. By Perry Gourley More than 2,100 trademarks for virtual...
Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
A new study from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) found that the rate at which young people in the 27-member bloc are intentionally buying counterfeits is on the rise. In a report documenting the findings of a survey of individuals between...
Jul 26, 2022 | Case Studies, IP Protection, News
ASOS is to pay £20.2 million in cash to two European retailers in order to settle trademark infringement disputes over its name. German menswear brand Anson’s Herrenhaus filed its first complaint over the alleged infringement in 2010 and Swiss cyclewear manufacturer...
Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
The Hobbit has been trading with the same name for more than two decades Stephen Fry has confirmed he and Sir Ian McKellen will pay a copyright licence fee so a Southampton pub can carry on trading as The Hobbit. The pub was threatened with legal action by Hollywood...
Jul 26, 2022 | IP Protection, News
One of the biggest fashion magazines in the world is threatening to sue a pub in a tiny Cornish hamlet because they share the same name – and it claims this could confuse its readers. Condé Nast, the owner of Vogue magazine, has sent a cease and desist letter to...
