High Court employs ‘intention to target’ approach to determine application of EU/UK law in online trade mark infringement case

A few days ago the High Court of England and Wales (Arnold J) issued an interesting judgment concerning determination of the law applicable ...

3-second cinematic sequence sufficiently distinctive to be a trade mark, says EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal

Nusret Gökçe, nicknamed Salt Bae (the applicant), is a Turkish chef who owns ‘Nusr-Et’, a chain of steak houses. His art of cooking and pre...

Questioning the trade mark judges

This evening, it was the annual IBIL and MARQUES event - Question the Trade Mark Judges   this time in UCL's snazzy new lecture theatre....

Argos goes to the Court of Appeal but leaves empty handed

Aargh, gosh we lost the appeal! Can a US corporation selling construction software only in the Americas under the name ARGOS be sued for inf...

AIPPI Congress Report 3: Hot topics in IP

The final morning of the AIPPI Congress in Cancun was hot, the Caribbean air having whipped up a thick humidity that turned the AmeriKat...

Time for a break - catching up with KitKat

The KitKat trade mark (as reported in the CJEU decision - the photocopier has not been kind) By now, the fate of the four fingered KitKat sh...