DAVID BRIDGEMAN

Can a political party borrow IKEA’s brand for a campaign poster?

A recent Court of Justice of the EU ruling in Inter IKEA Systems (C-298/23) tackles a question that comes up more often than you’d think: can a famous trade mark…

Does Geoblocking Your Own Country Still Count as Trade Mark Use?

Both parties in this new CJEU reference from Austria run a cooperage business. The claimant, Fassbinderei Klaus Pauscha GmbH, owns the Austrian marks PAUSCHA and KLAUS PAUSCHA for wooden barrels…

Can Temu Really Hide Behind Its Sellers When It Comes to Copyright?

Back in 2023, SHEIN issued proceedings against Temu, still a newcomer to the UK market at the time, alleging that Temu had infringed its copyright by using SHEIN’s product photographs…