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“If one is a master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time insight into and understanding of many things“– Vincent Van Gogh
The team at Virtuoso Legal are continually reviewing the field of intellectual property for impactful news and meaningful changes.
As a forward-thinking law firm, we seek in any given moment to be able to offer cutting-edge advice that reflects the constantly shifting status of the law.
As part of this process we produce weekly “IP Insights”, which catalogue significant changes in IP and their significance.
By Martin Douglas Hendry
30/10/19
Background The “right to be forgotten” is the right to require a search engine to “de-reference” links returned by a search for an individual’s name using a search engine, such as Google. This IP Insight looks back at the confirmation of the right to be forgotten and the recent case of Google LLC, successor in law to Google Inc. v Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) (C-507/17). The CJEU case…
By virtuoso
08/10/19
LFC Attempt to Trade Mark “LIVERPOOL” Fails The Independent (and many others) report that Liverpool FC’s controversial attempt to register the mark ‘LIVERPOOL’ has failed after the application was rejected by the Intellectual Property Office. The club attempted to register the mark ‘in the context of football products and services’, in an effort to combat…
By virtuoso
06/10/19
Following lengthy proceedings, on the 28th June 2019 the Dutch Supreme Court declared the Capri Sun shape mark invalid in the Benelux on the basis that the essential characteristics of the mark were determined by technical effect. The ruling deals a considerable blow to the Swiss drinks giant, who had initially sought to launch proceedings…
By virtuoso
30/09/19
On 10 September 2019, Mr Justice Arnold granted Nintendo Co LTD (“Nintendo”) an injunction against the five main retail internet service providers in the UK (“ISPs”). A link to the judgment can be found here. Virtuoso Legal’s director and head of litigation, Philip Partington was asked by LexisNexis PSL to provide a case note in…
By virtuoso
24/09/19
On 2 July 2019, Ms. Pat Treacy, Deputy Judge of the High Court passed her judgment and refused to grant an interim prohibitory injunction. Instead, Ms. Treacy found that undertakings provided by the Defendant were sufficient. Background PlanetArt, the Claimant, is a company that trades under brand, “Free Prints”. As the name suggests, they…
By virtuoso
12/09/19
Ohio State University attempt to trade mark “The” A few weeks ago, Ohio State University filed a trade mark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), to register the word “The”. The University wants to use the mark for a brand of clothing, which will include t-shirts, baseball caps and hats. The University…
By virtuoso
22/08/19
IP Insight is a series form Virtuoso Legal, the intellectual property specialists. This post reviews Beauty Bay Ltd v Benefit Cosmetic Ltd [2019] EWHC 1150 (Ch) (14 May 2019) in relation to likelihood of confusion. On 14 May 2019, Mr Roger Wyand QC, Deputy High Court Judge issued his judgment in the case of Beauty…
By virtuoso
13/08/19
Background On 31 July 2019, the Cancellation Division took the decision to partially revoke McDonald’s ‘Mc’ word mark. This process began on 11 April 2017 the Irish Company, Supermac’s filed a request for revocation of McDonald’s ‘Mc’ on the basis of Article 58(1)(a) of the EUTMR. We remind readers that under Art 58(1)(a), a mark…
By virtuoso
09/08/19
The General Court provided on 14 May 2019 its decision in the case Moreira v EUIPO in relation to the mark “NEYMAR.” Background On 17 December 2012, Mr Carlos Moreira made an application to register as an EU word mark “NEYMAR” in class 25 for “clothing, footwear, headgear.” The application was not opposed, and…
By virtuoso
08/08/19
Without further ado, here are 10 stories (in no particular order) that made our hit list. Mediaset secure big victory against Dailymotion Online piracy is big business. It may well be the most financially damaging form of copyright infringement for producers of media – whether that’s music, video entertainment or otherwise. In a long standing…
By virtuoso
29/07/19
A link to the judgment can be found here. Background Claridge’s Hotel started trading under the name CLARIDGE’S in 1856 and was incorporated in 1889. On 9 May 2003, the Claimant applied to register the word mark “CLARIDGE’s” (738 Mark). On 22 July 2005, the Claimant applied to register in different classes the same…
By virtuoso
26/07/19
Earlier this week, Virtuoso’s own Liz Ward was asked by LexisPSL to provide case analysis of a recent Court of Appeal decision concerning alleged unlawful interference by a patentee causing significant loss to the NHS. This edition of IP insight takes a look at the context for these issues, and our analysis for LexisPSL can…
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