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Trademarks

10 Jul

Posted at 12:42h in Trademarks

China has long been aware of the criticisms of its trade mark system made by overseas business and, over the last few years, has sought to address those criticisms through law reform. The latest reforms to be implemented came in April this year, apparently driven by...

27 Jun

Posted at 16:09h in Trademarks

In a recent, long-standing case involving fashion brand Zara, the retailer successfully blocked a travel company from registering a similar trade mark due to social media platforms ‘blurring’ the lines between products and services. Here, we explain the key facts of the case and the impact...

27 Feb

Posted at 16:21h in Trademarks

Leicester City Football Club triumphed recently when the trade mark experts at Serjeants successfully defended the club’s rights in their registered trade mark ‘LCFC’, preventing an application for a similar mark. An application was made by Leeds City Football Club Limited (Leeds City Ltd) to register...

02 May

Posted at 10:00h in IP Infringement, Trademarks

Serjeants’ expert trade mark attorneys recently triumphed at the specialist Intellectual Property Enterprise Court with a successful trade mark infringement claim that prevented a similar business to that of its client operating under an almost identical name. Whilst at first that seems like a straightforward case,...

08 Mar

Posted at 15:49h in Trademarks, Uncategorised

We always warn clients to beware of scammers, who find out details of new trade mark applications and use them to send fake invoices for trade mark fees.  We recently found ourselves on the receiving end of this type of scam! Serjeants filed an EU trade...

29 Nov

Posted at 11:31h in Patents, Trademarks

2017 has been a notable year for high profile intellectual property disputes that have had a major impact on UK patent and trade mark registrations and infringements. Serjeants’ Tim Cadman highlights the key points from a few of the more significant cases that have taken place...

08 Nov

Posted at 14:26h in Trademarks

Poundland has been forced to redesign its new chocolate bar after legal action was taken against them by the makers of Toblerone for infringing their trade mark registrations. Serjeants’ Tim Cadman comments on the case. The Toblerone brand has been in the spotlight again following a...