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The Board of the company running Cornwall’s Eden Project were surprised to discover who had applied to register “The Eden Project” as a trade mark.   Topic: Brands Who: The…

Arsenal FC had been fighting a running battle for ten years with an Essex stallholder over Gunners branded clothing.   Topic: Brands Who: Arsenal Footb Who: Arsenal Football Club Plc…

When Jacob J started going on in Chancery about telescopes and the Internet, what exactly was he on about?   Topic: BrandsWho: Euromarket De Who: Euromarket Designs Inc v Peters…

The Community Trade Mark came into being only five years ago this month, but already many brand owners are opting to file first for a CTM rather than a UK…

When Valucci Design tried to register LOADED as a UK trade mark for clothes they reckoned without LOADED magazine. But it was not plain sailing for IPC.   Topic: Brand…

What factors should I consider when choosing a brand name?   What factors should I consider when choosing a consider when choosing a brand name? There are many factors that…

What is the connection between meta-tags and brands?   What a meta-tags? Meta-tags are computer codes invisible to end-users which are used to describe the contents of a web site.…

What have the courts said about linking and framing?   What is linking?Linking is the process by which computer users can navigate between different web-sites on the Internet. There are…

Are brands valuable assets?   What is a brand and what is branding? A brand is a name or logo which identifies a particular product of the brand owner.Sometimes a…

Tipped the wink that a UK company carrying on business in Scandinavia was planning a product launch that might interest them, Viagra maker Pfizer arranged for private investigators to attend…

Dyson recently enjoyed a swinging victory over Hoover in the finding that Hoover’s VORTEX infringed Dyson’s patent.   Who: Dyson and Hoover When: January 2001 Where: Chancery Division of the…

BT’s glitzy launch of its new O2 telecoms brand lost some of its publicity oxygen when there were cries of “foul” by another “O2″ brand owner. For the story and…