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Labelling on Tesco’s new “Healthy Living” food range gives “points” per serving. But POINTS is a registered trade mark and its owner, Weight Watchers, wants Tesco to stop.   Topic: Brands Who: Weight…

Sony claimed trade mark infringement and more over an O2 campaign promoting its new “X-Net” mobile service.   Topic: Brands Who: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Others -v- O2 Plc and Others When: April/May 2003 Where: Chancery…

You may be sitting pretty with a registered brand to die for in a particular product sector, but all bets will be off if “bad faith” was involved in filing…

After a quiet while on the “own brand lookalike” front, comes the recent Walkers Sensations/Tesco Temptations set-to.   Topic: Brands Who: Walkers Snacks and Tesco When: February 2003 Where: UK…

EU enlargement by probably 10 countries on 1 May 2004 will add a new dimension to clearing and registering brands in Europe, and long before 2004, too, as reported by…

“Great slogan, and a neat piece of branding too” thought Sykes Enterprises Inc of Florida, that is until they tried to register their catchphrase as a community trade mark.  …

When we last reported progress in this battle by Arsenal FC to stop unauthorised “Gunners” merchandise being sold outside Highbury, it looked like victory for the current league leaders.  …

Back in 1995 Nestlé applied to register HAVE A BREAK as a trademark, to go with their HAVE A BREAK, HAVE A KIT KAT registrations. Mars opposed.   Topic: Brands…

A Willingham, Cambridgeshire resident has registered FATHER CHRISTMAS as a EU Community Trade Mark in no less than 3 classes of goods and services. “It’s a gimmick” say the UK…

When the Interactive Agency re-launched as the “Chemistry Group”, Dublin-based “Chemistry Communications Services” were not impressed. Did the Irish agency’s trade mark registrations give it a clear case?   Topic:             …

Do you need to be making “trade mark use” of somebody else’s brand before you can be liable for trade mark infringement? Maybe this European Court of Justice verdict finally…

Historically, it has been difficult to register common surnames as trade marks without evidence of distinctiveness. This case may change all that.   Topic:  Brands Who:  Nichols Plc and "Nichols"…