DAVID BRIDGEMAN

Can a foreign trade mark be well known in the EU without being used there? The Frisby case

The dispute between FRISBY COLOMBIA and FRISBY ESPAÑA has taken another turn and it raises a question that does not often come up in practice. How do you show that…

When IP rights are on the sleeve: can a football sponsorship deal end in a zero-sum outcome?

A recent decision from the Milan court offers an interesting look at how sponsorship agreements are treated in football. The case concerned a three-year sleeve sponsorship deal between a Cyprus-based…

When is a trade mark just a product designation?

Can a sign that looks more like a product code than a brand really be used as a trade mark. That was the uncomfortable question at the heart of the…