Christoph Moeller - March 28, 2024 Design rights can build IP protection, EU Lego ruling shows Featuring in Law360, Christoph Moeller explores the recent EU Lego ruling and how it serves as a ...
Christoph Moeller - March 20, 2024 EU design protection rules modernised for new technologies and circular economy On 14 March 2024, the European Parliament approved modernised EU design protection rules to adapt ...
Laura Pediani - March 6, 2024 Meet the team: Laura Pediani, Patent Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal Laura Pediani about client service, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 18, 2024 Design Rights: A powerful tool in the IP armoury We are pleased to launch our latest special report Design Rights: A powerful tool in the IP ...
Alex Burns - November 28, 2023 Emotional Perception AI v UKIPO: Is this the dawning of a new era for AI-related inventions at the UKIPO? On 21 November 2023, Mann J handed down his judgment on Emotional Perception AI Ltd v ...
David Fyfield - June 19, 2023 IPEC Small Claims moving to Manchester The Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (‘IPEC’) has issued a Practice ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - June 8, 2023 Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Use of famous personalities’ names in commerce Brand owners who build brands under their own name unsurprisingly attach great importance to how ...
Emily Sullivan - June 2, 2023 EUIPO vs “EMMENTALER” Trade mark courts worldwide spend a good deal of time deciding what trade marks cheese ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 11, 2023 Meet The Team: Kate O'Rourke, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Kate O’Rourke ...
Jacqueline Pang - May 4, 2023 Meet The Team: Jacqueline Pang, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Jacqueline Pang about ChatGPT, the use of trade ...
Jan Rether - May 2, 2023 Meet The Team: Jan Rether, Partner, Attorney at Law As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Jan Rether, partner in the Munich office, about ...
Andy King - April 28, 2023 Fail to Prepare; Prepare to Fail: a discussion about representation issues at the UK IPO The UK IPO has recently introduced an important change to the rules on representation of certain ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 20, 2023 High Court finds Tesco Clubcard Prices logo infringes Lidl’s trade mark The High Court of England and Wales yesterday (19 April 2023) held that Tesco has been infringing ...
Maria Hall - October 14, 2022 Robert Watson elected President of FICPI’s Study and Work Committee Partner Robert Watson was elected President of FICPI’s Study and Work Committee (Commission d'Etude ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - September 21, 2022 Non-Fungible Tokens as legal property? The world of cryptocurrency is a fast-moving and complex one. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - August 25, 2022 Pattern trade marks: cross-stitch your way to trade mark registration success We live in a world filled with patterns. The natural world reveals to us many patterned ...
Kate O'Rourke - August 11, 2022 Consequences of Brexit on trademarks and designs Just over six years ago, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union. With most of the ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - June 7, 2022 Owning your IP: managing early brand risks for start-ups and SMEs A start-up or a small or medium sized enterprise (SME) is like a newly planted tree in the ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 26, 2022 Plant-based brands: what does it take to break through? We investigate what it takes to stand out in an increasingly crowded retail space.
Anna Mudge - May 24, 2022 Recipe for success - intellectual property opportunities in future food The future of food is big business and it’s only going to get bigger as both technology and ...
Urs Ferber - March 2, 2022 IP GUIdance - graphical user interface design rights While patents protect the technical aspects of products, registered design rights can be used to ...
Caroline Hart - February 28, 2022 Maximising the value of design rights From SMEs to multinationals, from car manufacturers to fashion houses, the value of design rights ...
Christoph Moeller - December 3, 2021 Ferrari v Mansory Design: CJEU confirms partial designs may be protected as unregistered designs The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently published its preliminary ruling in case ...
Robert Watson - October 18, 2021 Missed the 30 September 2021 deadline for refiling RCDs pending at 31 December 2020 in the UK – there may be a solution! As widely discussed, 30 September 2021 was the deadline for refiling Registered Community Design ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 14, 2021 Uncharted territory – your IP rights post-Brexit 30 September saw the passing of the final deadline for owners of EU trade mark and design rights to ...
Isobel Stone - October 1, 2021 ‘IP Access’ fund, an extension of the existing UK IPO IP Audits Plus program In 2021, innovation really has been a hot topic, with the government’s Innovation Strategy ...
Jacqueline Murphy - September 30, 2021 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2022 Mewburn Ellis is proud to be ranked top tier for our patent and trade mark practices in the 2022 ...
John Addiss - September 20, 2021 Deadline to protect Registered Community Designs or Hague international designs imminent Owners of Registered Community Designs (RCDs) or Hague international designs designating the EU ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 14, 2021 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights X Fashion Industry: Fight fake fashion Combatting counterfeit goods is a key commercial and strategic consideration in the fashion ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - September 10, 2021 Intellectual Property Rights X Fashion Shows: Brand protection on the “legal runway” In the fashion industry, intellectual property rights such as trade marks, copyright and design ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - June 28, 2021 Exhausted by Brexit? On 7 June 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) launched its consultation on the UK’s ...
Christoph Moeller - May 27, 2021 Community registered designs may claim priority to a PCT application within 12 months, European Court of Justice rules In a recent case (T-579/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had to decide what the ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 26, 2021 Protecting your brand - trade mark or design, or both? Logos, shape marks, packaging and containers, and distinctive features or decoration. These are all ...
Camille Terfve - May 20, 2021 Intellectual property and artificial intelligence in the UK: what might the future hold? AI is a hot topic for the current UK government. Last year, the UK Intellectual Property Office ...
Dan Thornton - February 23, 2021 IP rights and company performance – a causal connection? We believe that IP can play an important positive role in commercial success, and in particular in ...
Robert Watson - February 16, 2021 Robert Watson appointed to EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) Robert Watson has been appointed to the EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) for its ...
Robert Watson - February 16, 2021 For UK designs, we’re entering exciting times As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner Robert Watson explores the ...
Sean Jauss - February 4, 2021 Protecting your intellectual property: top tips for start-ups It is common currency that intellectual property (IP) is an important and valuable asset of any ...
Andy King - January 1, 2020 Webinar - What does Brexit really mean for trade marks, designs and patents? The UK formally left the EU at 11pm GMT on 31 December 2020. This webinar gives an overview of the ...
Kate O'Rourke - December 16, 2020 Brexit has happened - what you need to know about the impact on trade marks Kate O’Rourke sets out the principles for UK and EU trade mark protection which came into force ...
Tanis Keirstead - December 14, 2020 New appointments signal rapid growth for Mewburn Ellis in Munich We have continued to demonstrate impressive growth with a series of new hires in our Munich office ...
Kate O'Rourke - November 20, 2020 UKIPO confirms new ‘Address for Service’ rules CITMA is celebrating a major victory on Brexit in the wake of the UKIPO’s latest “address for ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 29, 2020 Impact of Brexit on designs – an update As of 1st January 2021, Registered Community Designs (RCDs), unregistered Community designs (UCDs) ...
Andy King - October 26, 2020 Utilising the potential of Amazon Brand Registry to protect and benefit your brand As representatives for thousands of our client’s EUTM and UK trade mark registrations, we often ...
Andy King - October 22, 2020 Three-dimensional Ferrari trade mark driven to partial cancellation EUIPO Cancellation Division partially cancels trade mark consisting of a three-dimensional ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 30, 2020 Renewal of EU trade marks post-Brexit Owners of EU Trade Marks (EUTMs) which are due to be renewed after 31st December 2020 will need to ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 15, 2020 Facing facts: How the rise of face coverings has brought IP risks Forward: features discuss and celebrate the best of innovation and exploration from the scientific ...
Andy King - September 11, 2020 Jaguar Land Rover unable to defend three-dimensional trade mark before the UK High Court UK High Court (HC) upholds decision of UK IPO to refuse registration of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)’s ...
Christoph Moeller - September 10, 2020 IP protection for 3D printed inventions 3D printing, known in industry as “additive manufacturing”, has emerged as one of the most ...
Jacqueline Pang - August 28, 2020 Chinese character marks at the EUIPO As Chinese companies continue to grow and expand overseas, there has been a growing appetite to ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - August 27, 2020 General Court annuls the decision of EUIPO Board of Appeal in invalidity case involving Louis Vuitton’s well-known chequerboard print General Court (GC) in Case T-105/19 confirms EUIPO Board of Appeal (BoA) is not precluded from ...
Kate O'Rourke - July 29, 2020 The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court - ongoing success for brand owners Since 1990 businesses seeking to defend their intellectual property (IP) rights in the UK have had ...
Sofia Arenal - July 28, 2020 Oreo vs Twins - the biscuit wars Since 2015, two major biscuit manufacturers, have been doing battle, first at the EUIPO and then on ...
Jacqueline Pang - June 26, 2020 Industry makeover: how the cosmetics industry has been affected by COVID-19 The cosmetics industry has undergone a major transformation during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 8, 2020 Zombie trade marks: overcoming the pitfalls of resurrecting a brand Have you ever fondly remembered a brand from your youth and wished you could get your hands on ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 5, 2020 Branding in times of crisis: It’s time to make your mark meaningful David Benady explains why a brand based on solid values is now a business’s most powerful asset.
Sean Jauss - May 20, 2020 Fashion and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: brand protection should never go out of style The fashion industry like all other industries is navigating unprecedented economic challenges. ...
Joe McAlary - May 11, 2020 Packaging – why a design registration could help protect your look The food and drink sector is a notoriously crowded and competitive market and having visually ...
Joseph Newcombe - May 7, 2020 InVEntions of WWII VE day on Friday 8 May 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. In 1945 the day ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 6, 2020 Counterfeit contagion: fraudulent activities spread amid coronavirus (COVID-19) The COVID-19 outbreak has caused disruption to manufacturing operations on a global scale. Lockdown ...
Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - March 6, 2020 Why 'innoversity' is an imperative Andrea Brewster, lead executive officer at IP Inclusive, writes for Forward magazine. She discusses ...
Andy King - December 4, 2019 Rubik’s Cube trade mark in puzzling General Court decision This article was originally published on the CITMA website. View the original article here. Ruling ...
Kate O'Rourke - December 2, 2019 The Aboriginal flag dispute in focus: who owns the right to use? The Australian government is considering whether to compulsorily acquire the rights to use the ...
Tom Furnival - August 7, 2019 A case in point - Trunki vs Kiddee Rob Law, the founder and chief executive of Magmatic who make the Trunki product, said that the ...
Kate O'Rourke - June 21, 2019 Three-stripes and you’re out: Adidas lose trade mark battle Adidas’ famed three-stripe logo has been deemed as lacking “distinctive character”. The General ...
Robert Watson - March 21, 2019 Numbering system for re-registered design rights and comparable trade marks The UK enacted the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 which provides the basis for how EU law will be converted ...
Matthew Smith - February 15, 2019 Building an IP portfolio: Nine tips for success Companies need to think carefully about how they protect, manage and leverage the various ...
Anna Mudge - December 2, 2018 The importance of Innovation Hubs in the UK's North West Region Life science ‘start-ups’, ‘spin-outs’ and SMEs are some of the most innovative businesses and are ...
Graeme Moore - October 19, 2018 Patenting board games and puzzles Quite a lot of people think of new games and puzzles, and wonder whether patenting would help them ...
Richard Johnson - April 26, 2018 ECJ provides clarity on the application of Article 8(1) of the Community Design Regulation Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), recently handed down a decision in ...
