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Lacoste may end up weeping crocodile tears
This trade mark infringement dispute concerns Lacoste, owner of various well-known trade mark registrations, including for its crocodile image and HEMA, part of the HEMA group.
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*Reminder: Trade Marks Directive in force in UK from 14 January 2019*
We have been tracking the steady progress of the UK's implementation of the Trade Marks Directive over the past few years. Just a reminder that this comes into play in the UK on 14 January 2019.
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AG Opinion brings music to the ears of phonogram producers
AG Szpunar has ruled that the unauthorised sampling from a phonogram (i.e. a sound recording) constitutes copyright infringement.
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Cadbury fed another bitter pill in its purple trade mark battle
Cadbury faced another trade mark set back last week before the Court of Appeal, as we discuss in this blog.
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*Geo-Blocking Regulation enters into force today - 3 December 2018*
The Geo-blocking Regulation ((EU) 2018/302), better known as the 'Geo-blocking Regulation' has come into effect today. The Geo-blocking Regulation addresses the problematic situation where customers (consumers and businesses) cannot buy goods and services from a trader located in a different Member State as a result of their nationality, place of residence or place of establishment.
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The best of FRANDs? - the Court of Appeal rules in Unwired Planet v Huawei
In the latest round of Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd & Ors, previously discussed in our blogs, the Court of Appeal has rejected Huawei's appeal against the High Court's decision of April 2017.
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Brexit: updated draft withdrawal agreement
The 585-page 'Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community' was published on 14 November 2018. The terms agreed in principle in March relating to intellectual property remain largely the same but there is some further clarity.
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Taste of food is not a copyright "work" - a decision that may grate on the cheese industry
In its judgment published this morning, the CJEU agreed with the Advocate General's opinion that EU copyright law should not be extended to the taste of food.
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Just blame it on the parents? No longer a valid excuse for copyright infringement, rules CJEU
In a recent reference from Germany, the CJEU has found that national laws cannot exclude liability for copyright infringement in cases where the defendant can name someone else, such as a family member, who might have had access to the internet connection used to send infringing material.
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Court of Appeal grapples with Actavis in patent infringement case: Icescape v Ice-World
The Court of Appeal last week considered the change in the UK law of patent infringement following the Supreme Court decision in Actavis v Lilly.