Cycling in London can be a hair raising experience at times. All respect to Manchester City Council who last summer announced plans to create the largest cycling network in the country with 1,000 miles of routes including segregated cycle lanes. Manchester Council planned to call the scheme Beeline. The worker bee being an important City’s…
DetailsWe all love a good pair of Vans as a staple item in our trainer collection don’t we?! Well, global shoe manufacturer Vans have issued proceedings against Primark in the US for allegedly copying the design of two of their most iconic skateboard trainers. The two designs are the Vans Old Skool trainers and the…
DetailsAs we all return to work we have a wintry story from Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. In a town called Toyokoro lumps of ice lie scattered across the beach. They shine like diamonds in the day and glow under the setting sun. They are formed when the mouth of the frozen rover Tokachi…
DetailsWell here we are, we made it to 2019 and looking forward to perhaps one of the most challenging years we have had for a while as we set sail through the choppy waters of an unfolding Brexit. We are ready and waiting and will be bringing you the news and views from the world of…
DetailsNirvana has issued proceedings for copyright infringement against Marc Jacobs International, alleging that that the fashion brand is infringing the copyright in the band’s smiley face logo. The complaint filed by Nirvana claims that the late Kurt Cobain created the logo in 1991 and Nirvana has used it since 1992 to identify its music. In…
DetailsAs the year draws to a close so does the long-running copyright battle over hit song Blurred Lines which has finally ended. In a Christmas present that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams could have done without a California Court has confirmed that Blurred Lines is indeed a copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit ‘Got…
DetailsLush Cosmetics has lost a trade mark battle after its opposition to a logo mark applied for by food manufacturer, Tasty Snacks was denied. Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) ruled that Tasty’s application for a red and gold mark, with the word ‘LUSH’ in white writing, for “snacks consisting of mixtures of…
DetailsThe popular music streaming site and app is facing claims of copyright infringement by famed Californian rock and roll photographer Neil Zlozower over its alleged use of a photograph of the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe on its web player. Zlozower has filed a copyright infringement claim in New York against Spotify claiming that…
DetailsYes, you can. Well, in the US, anyway. The patent granted protection for a Christmas Stocking, as shown above, which would “signal the arrival of Santa Claus by illuminating externally visible light…having a power source located within…the device”. But would something like this be patentable in the UK? The answer may not be as simple…
DetailsThis is probably the most effective and straightforward piece of legal advice you can get – get it in writing! This is true regardless of what stage of your career you are at, or even what industry you are in – as soon as you enter into agreements with other people, and rely on them…
DetailsLightly grilled with a slice of lemon, the somewhat squeaky Cypriot cheese of halloumi is much loved in the UK. However, Cyprus has just suffered a major blow in its protection for the name of this delicious cheese by failing to successfully defend three invalidity actions against its UK trade marks. Described as a “black…
DetailsWe are in a generation where the technology has come on leaps and bounds, and the law is trying to play catch up. The EU is looking to tackle this by changing copyright law to keep up with the current technological advances. However, the pending EU Copyright Directive has come up against a number of…
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