Ideal Home Magazine opened an online shop in 2009 and registered relevant trade marks. They sued when the unconnected operators of the Ideal Home Show went online with the “Ideal Home Show Shop.” Gemma Woodhead reports on the court’s findings.
Alexander House Financial Services applied to register SMART ALEX for financial services. BinckBank N.V. challenged as they had registered ALEX for a wide variety of services in the same class. Could BinckBank knock back Alexander House’s application? Varuni Paranavitane reports.
In the titanic tussle between Interflora and Marks & Spencer over M&S’s use of “Interflora” as an online search term, the Court of Appeal has allowed M&S’s appeal and sent the case back for a retrial. Abby Minns reports.
In the David and Goliath trade mark battle between a UK comedy club and Twentieth Century Fox’s “Glee” TV series, the Court has considered remedies and whether the new series name could end “formerly known as Glee.” Gemma Woodhead reports.
Paid-for product placement in TV programmes has been legal in the UK since February 2011. Ofcom has now published further guidance to be read in conjunction with the principal rules. Nick Johnson reports.
