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When it chose ‘The way to fly’ for its new strapline, was BA aware that the leading German airline had been using ‘There’s no better way to fly’ for its…

Once IBM had used and registered its WEBSPHERE trademark for software, it was not going to live with WEB-SPHERE software being sold by a modest but defiant UK company. For…

Can a ‘GERRI’ registered trademark in Germany be used to stop Irish mineral water being correctly described as ‘Kerry Spring’?   Topic: Brands Who: Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. v Putsch GmbH Where: The European…

When the European Court of Justice agreed ‘Baby Dry’ could be trade-marked for nappies, was it a false dawn for brand owners seeking to register phrases? We investigate the recent…

At the last hurdle, the application by business incentive specialists Red Letter Days to register ‘Experience gifts’ as a trade mark was way-laid by a consortium of competitors. But that…

What types of product were most trade mark registrations applied for in 2002/03? What is the online Trade Marks Journal all about? Have design registration applications increased since the rules…

‘Freekin Soda’ didn’t please the regulators, and ‘Freekee soda’ has now been dropped by Britvic as well. For our thoughts on what might have gone on behind the scenes and…

Since UK design laws changed at the end of 2001, there has been a steady growth in design registrations for branding devices. Why is this happening, and is it a…

In a shock report without a footballing pun in site, we look at the recent Court of Appeal decision in Arsenal FC’s long running attempts to nail a Highbury stallholder.…