IP Cases & Articles
IPEC insights: Advance Magazine Publishers v Cornucopia Entertainment – exclusive event advertising can be trade mark infringement and passing off
Magazine publishers and event organisers Advance Magazine Publishers Inc together with their UK subsidiary and licensee The Condé Nast Publications…
IPEC insights: Easygroup v Easyfeetstore - easyGroup’s claims of infringement, passing off and invalidity left flatfooted again
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) finds that having the common word “easy” is not enough for a finding that…
IPEC insights: Duadata v Tian Cha Le – damages secured by reference to hypothetical franchisee
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) considers the quantification of a damages claim based on fees that would have been…
IPEC insights: Prosecco PDO Consortium v Prosecco International - court refuses to cork Prosecco claim
The IPEC has dismissed a strike-out bid by a British spirits company accused of misusing the protected Prosecco name, allowing…
IPEC insights: Wang Zheng v Bing Bing Foods - unsuccessful attacks on fruit varietal trade marks
MOUNTAIN PEAR and YU LU FRAGRANT PEAR registrations survive genericism, descriptiveness and non-distinctiveness attacks.
IPEC insights: Dryrobe v D-Robe - why policing your trade mark matters
The decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) in Dryrobe v D-Robe considers issues of genericism in trade mark…
IPEC insights: Luxe World v Touch of Vogue - account of profits not available in threats action
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has issued a helpful decision in an interim strikeout application confirming that an account…
IPEC insights: Edozo v Valos - no copyright protection in functionality (the limits of software copyright)
This recent Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) decision concerned an application by Edozo Limited (the claimant) against Valos (UK) Limited…