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03 Apr McDonalds loses its EU trade mark registration for BIG MAC

Posted at 12:46h in Trademarks

Upon reading the title of this blog you may be thinking how on earth is it possible for McDonalds to lose a trade mark for BIG MAC? It’s one of the most well-known fast food menu items in the world. The vast majority will know...

27 Feb Success for Leicester City FC in trade mark case

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...

08 Nov Serjeants’ Leanne Hall presents at the CITMA Autumn Conference

Posted at 13:00h in Company News, Trademarks

Serjeants’ expert trade mark attorney, Leanne Hall, was a guest speaker at this year’s autumn conference hosted by the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) at the ICC in Birmingham. The annual conference, which took place on 8th November, is a firm calendar fixture for...

02 May Trade mark enforcement success for Serjeants

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,...

27 Mar Amazon: assisting brand owners to protect their registered trade marks

Posted at 15:21h in Trademarks

It has been reported recently that Amazon® is now the fifth largest retailer in the UK, running closely behind the UK’s four biggest supermarket chains. With a marketplace as big as Amazon®, it’s not surprising that from time to time brand owners are faced with...

08 Mar Trade mark scammers target Serjeants

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 Intellectual Property case roundup 2017

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 Toblerone: the importance of trade mark registrations

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...

10 Nov Toblerone and IP

Posted at 15:55h in Trademarks

Serjeants' Senior Associate, Tim Cadman, comments on the IP issues surrounding the new shape of the Toblerone chocolate bar in an article published in World IP Review (WIPR): Toblerone may need new IP strategy after weight loss....

18 Mar Changes to Community Trade Marks

Posted at 12:28h in Trademarks

On 23 March 2016 a new Regulation will come into force that makes many changes to the Community Trade Mark (CTM) system. The main changes that CTM owners, and those looking to apply for a CTM, need to know are:- • The CTM will be renamed...