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Live blocking injunctions through to the next round
This week the High Court granted a fresh live blocking injunction to The Football Association Premier League for the 2018/19 season, as we discuss in this blog.
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CJEU confirms that EUIPO wrong not to take into account previous decisions
A recent decision of the CJEU means that EUIPO bodies now have an obligation to take into account earlier decisions and if they depart from those decisions, provide an explicit statement of their reasons for doing so. In this blog we take a look at this decision in EUIPO v Puma SE (Case C 564/16).
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Blow for Prada as General Court allows registration of THE RICH PRADA
This article by Jude Antony looks at the EU General Court's decision in Prada SA v EUIPO (Case T-111/16). This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in June 2018.
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UK implementation of Trade Mark Directive: update
Earlier this month we reported on the UK government's proposal to implement EU Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436. The government has now published the Trade Marks Regulations 2018 which implement the Directive.
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Breaking news: UK government publishes latest Brexit White Paper
Yesterday, the UK government published its latest White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit. In this blog we take a brief look at the implications for intellectual property rights.
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High Court takes a bite out of Apple's attempts to bring global chip dispute to UK
In this blog we take a look at a recent decision of the UK High Court concerning standard essential-patents, part of the global patent battle between Apple and Qualcomm. The focus of this particular ruling was on jurisdictional issues and an application to strike-out the claim against the UK defendant.
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Draft Copyright Directive in state of flux as European Parliament rejects controversial proposals
A plenary vote (where all members of the European Parliament come together) took place last week on 5 July 2018 in relation to the draft text of the new Copyright Directive in the digital single market, and in a shock turn around, the European Parliament rejected the current draft by a margin of 318-278. This means that Parliament’s position will now be up for debate, amendment and a further vote during the next plenary session in September 2018 (10th-13th), instead of progressing to the fast track trilogue negotiation process.
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Shot down: Jägermeister loses CJEU appeal for design application
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed Jägermeister's appeal against the EUIPO's decision that a filing date could not be attributed to its design applications.
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For your (external) eyes only – confidentiality clubs
Confidentiality clubs have become a standard feature of English patent and trade secret litigation. Now, the High Court has clarified that "external eyes only clubs" – which are particularly restrictive – will only be appropriate in exceptional circumstances (TQ Delta LLC v Zyxel Communications UK Ltd [2018] EWHC 1515 (Ch)).
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UK implementation of Trade Mark Directive: latest news
Due to be implemented in the UK by 14 January 2019, EU Trade Mark Directive 2015/2436 aims to further harmonise the national trade mark laws of EU member states. To help prepare for the changes, the UK government published a consultation paper on how to approach the Directive and its impact on existing legislation. The government has just published its response.