All Articles in Intellectual property

Is international copyright law about to change? Can Cairo copyright the Sphinx? Will Abu Simbel-snapping tourists be clapped in irons? Or is it a case of, ‘kahmoun, you must be…

The importance of written contracts when dealing with any intellectual property is crucial. In a recent dispute over software copyright, the parties had failed on this score and the claimant…

A recent case dealing with a dispute over ownership of valuable software highlights how failing to agree, upfront and in writing, who is to own IP rights in commissioned material…

For three years Pepsico battled hard for a Community registered design protecting promotional items for 5-10 year olds. The opponent said Pepsico’s design for small metal or plastic discs was…

An unsigned London band, 7 Seconds of Love’, claimed that a Coca Cola TV campaign in Argentina used music remarkably similar to its song Ninja. Coca Cola denied liability but…

When dirt bike seller Quads advertised on eBay, bike designer Campbell used eBay’s VERO procedure to file his allegation that Quads’ bikes infringed his design. But groundless threats of design…

Previously on marketinglaw we reported on Hackney Council’s accusations of trade mark infringement against Nike over its Hackney Marshes sports gear range. Now the case has been settled, but on…

Concerns over on-line links and copyright have been revived by a Belgian Court order against Google over its ‘Google News’ service threatening daily fines of up to €1.5m for failure…

Intel Corporation recently attacked the Omnicom-owned brand ‘Intelmark’ This was registered in the name of the marketing services group’s customer contact strategy agency CPM. Detrimental to the chip corporation’s ‘Intel’…

Recent Practice Amendment Notices published by the UK Trade Marks Registry shed light on how to register a colour as a trade mark and other points to watch when contemplating…

If you copy somebody else’s description of a commercial scheme, do you have to account to them for all profits you make by exploiting it? A recent Court of Appeal…