Welcome to the team, Ellie!
Ellie Wilson has joined the team at Virtuoso Legal as a trainee solicitor. After impressing the team during a placement in earlier in 2019, Ellie has returned as a full time member of the...
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IP Top 10: June – Say Hello to the Bad Guy
The IP Top 10 of last month’s interesting headlines from around the globe; including: Kanye West, Superman, Rod Stewart and more.
IP Insight – “Chinese Walls”: Claimant Fails to Injunct IP Boutique Acting for Opponents
IP Insight is a series from Virtuoso Legal the Intellectual Property Specialists. This case concerns “Chinese walls” information barriers, and their efficacy in small firms. Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd & Anor v Product Specialities...
IP Insight: Record Data Breach Fine for British Airways and Marriott
IP Insight is a series from Virtuoso Legal, the intellectual property specialists. Last year saw the largest fine in recent years for breach of data protection legislation. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed a £500,000 levy...
IP Insight – Restrictive Covenants: Major Victory for Employers in Supreme Court
IP Insight is a series from Virtuoso Legal, the intellectual property specialists. Tillman v Egon Zehnder Ltd [2019] UKSC 32 (3 July 2019) in relation to restrictive covenants. On 3 July 2019, the Supreme Court of the...
Glencairn Fails to Prevent Opponent being Represented by Leading IP lawyers, Virtuoso Legal
Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd & Anor v Product Specialities Inc (t/a Final Touch) & Anor [2019] EWHC 1733 (IPEC) (05 July 2019) On 5 July 2019, His Honour Judge Hacon, sitting in the Intellectual...
Are GIFs Subject to Copyright?
Are GIFs Subject to Copyright? Yes, like any original creative work GIFS are subject to copyright. But in practice, their lawful use is a slightly more complicated issue. Let me explain. GIFs as we...
IP Insight – The invalidation of adidas’ three-stripe mark
IP Insight is a series from Virtuoso Legal, the intellectual property specialists. This post concerns the invalidation of one of adidas’ famous “three stripe” marks by the General Court. On 19 June 2019, the General Court...
IP Insight – Jurisdiction and Governing Law Clauses
IP Insight is a series from Virtuoso Legal, the intellectual property specialists. Jurisdiction and governing law clauses are nowadays present in all agreements as a means to providing more clarity in relation to the relevant legislation....
Red Bull – Brand Breakdown 004
Under the leadership of Austrian owner Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull has embarked on epic forays into culture, racing, and even space have made the brand a global phenomenon. With these activities, Mateschitz’s company has...
IP Top 10: May – “Superman” Shot Down in Indonesia
The IP Top 10 of last month’s interesting headlines from around the globe; including: Kanye West, Superman, Rod Stewart and more.
DISHONEST APPELLANTS: LANGUAGE EMPIRE AND YASAR ZAMAN, SLAMMED BY THE COURT OF APPEAL
Court of Appeal deny Language Empire Limited permission to appeal drawing a close to the landmark IPEC case with thebigword.
Congratulations, Gemma Wilson!
Congratulations, Gemma Wilson! Virtuoso Legal are delighted to announce that Gemma Wilson qualified as a solicitor on the 15th of May, 2019.
INVISTA TEXTILES: What does it take to make an offer to settle “unjust”?
INVISTA TEXTILES: What does it take to make an offer to settle “unjust?” Philip Partington disucsses our recent breach of confidence case defending ex-Invista employees.
IP Top 10: April – PepsiCo Potatoes, David Beckham and “one more thing”!
April’s IP Top 10 has a host of new stories to amuse and amaze. Highlights include: David Beckham’s Inter infringement and more.