If someone does work for you, but you have yet to sign a written contract (or even orally agree to a contract), can you still be held liable to pay for the work? In AMP Advisory & Management Partners AG v Force India Formula One Team Limited, the High Court said yes. What happened? The…
DetailsIt is common practice for fashion, beauty and design industries generally to use style names to differentiate between their products and lines – think of iconic Hermes’ ‘Birkin’ and ‘Kelly’ bags – which is far more convenient and customer-friendly than applying numerical codes to the products. These creative industries are very fast-moving, with numerous new…
DetailsWhile viewing figures for the last run of the Great British Bake Off are reportedly down the program is well ingrained in the country’s popular culture. There is even a Junior GBBO presumably intended to capture some of the magic and viewers the adult show is losing. With such success comes opportunity for the owners…
DetailsIt’s been a while since Conor’s been in the IP limelight, especially when it comes to registering trade marks. However, following on from a few months back discussing McGregor’s difficulty with trade mark registration it looks as if McGregor’s legal team aren’t willing to back down from this fight. Just by way of background, McGregor…
DetailsDrake, Canada’s biggest export since Shania Twain and maple syrup, is trying to trade mark his home country’s cannabis warning label in the United States. Dream Crew, a co-venture between the rapper and Adel Future Nur, has teamed up with Ontario-based Canopy Growth to launch a cannabis wellness company called More Life Growth Co. Dream…
DetailsProtecting your Intellectual Property Rights in the food and drinks industry is crucial. The market is very competitive and it is important that your products stand out in the crowd. How else can you convince a consumer, who has never tasted your product, to purchase your goods over a competitors? Your enticing brand name, your…
DetailsEarlier this month, the trade mark office in Japan decided in favour of Adidas and refused to register “adidog” as a trade mark on the ground that the mark was confusingly similar to the Adidas trade mark. The “adidog” trade mark application was filed by an individual covering clothing for pets and Adidas opposed the…
DetailsA defining feature of Donald Trump’s presidency has been the war on so called “fake news” (and, depending on your view point) whether this actually relates to fake news or simply news that Mr Trump disagrees with. One organisation in the USA which definitely falls in to the latter camp is the Florida Pro Chapter…
DetailsLike many other things big in the 80s, the Rubik’s Cube has a cult following around the world. A simple toy consisting of six faces each covered by nine stickers has sold more than 400 million units since its invention in 1974… I still can’t get all the colours to match up, and I’ve been…
DetailsAs a musician or producer, once you have finished your latest track or EP, the next step is to push your music for release. For signed artists, this is usually taken care of by your label. For independent artists, this is something you need to arrange yourself. Nowadays, it’s all about the streams, especially in…
DetailsThe Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Process (UDRP) is incorporated via contract into all generic top-level domain names (gTLD) these include .com, .net and .org. This means that the owners of gTLDs will have signed up to resolve disputes (if requested by a third party) by way of the UDRP. The UDRP is a quick…
DetailsYou may or may not understand the full inner workings of how blockchain works – but to put it simply, a blockchain is a collection of data. The chain is created by adding these blocks in chronological and sequential order to each other. Blockchain is most widely associated with the use of Cryptocurrency, however Audius…
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