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Descriptive marks beware: Judge rejects Oatly trade mark case

Oatly has hit a brick wall in its attempt to stop third parties from selling oat milk using the word "OAT" plus the letter "Y". A...

An application to register a trade mark can constitute passing off, according to a recent judgment by Deputy High Court Judge John...

A common trade mark filing strategy in the UK and EU is to file a broad trade mark specification. A broad specification makes enforcement...

The High Court has recently provided guidance for employees in relation to the Recast Brussels Regulation. This guidance can be neatly...

This was a complex dispute concerning a claims management database. It involved alleged infringement of a database right, misuse of...

A judge in the Patents Court has ruled that terms concerning the ownership and validity of IP rights in a settlement agreement were not...