The IPO was not impressed by a confusingly named trader sending renewal notices to trade mark and patent owners, demanding more than the IPO’s standard fees. It sued, alleging passing off and trade mark infringement. Varuni Paranavitane reports.
US chain In-N-Out Burger has sued take-out middleman “DoorDash” alleging it is using In-N-Out’s trade marks and selling its food in breach of the chain’s rights. Jamie Heatly reports on a case with interesting implications given the burgeoning takeaway delivery market.
Budget airline Ryanair has called on Google to take more action to protect consumers from “lookalike” screenscraper sites. eDreams is one of the sites Ryanair has named, but eDreams denies any wrongdoing. Thomas Spanyol reports.
The Government has reported on whether brand owners should be able to take direct action against lookalike products under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. Has this pleased anti lookalike lobbyist the British Brands Group? Barney Sich reports.
Champagne producer Louis Roederer registered CRISTAL as a trade mark. It unsuccessfully opposed UK registration of CRISTALINO JAUME SERRA by sparkling wine maker J Garcia Carrion SA. Could it still stop importation of CRISTALINO into the UK? Varuna Paranavitane reports.
Piqued by Nestlé’s blocking of its purple colour trade mark application, Cadbury challenged the Kit Kat owner’s attempt to register the shape of its four bar product. Who won in the recent CJEU judgment? Opinions differ but Varuni Paranavitane reports.
Artisan Home Improvements did loft conversions. The trouble was that the loft conversions on their website were Absolute Lofts’ handiwork. Absolute Lofts claimed damages. Sara McDiamond reports on how these were calculated and a bizarre coda to the case.
Retail chain Cora had used “Large volumes= low prices” as an advertising slogan for 25 years. Could it stop competitor Auchan using “mini prices for large volumes” in its catalogues? Claire Bouchenard of Osborne Clarke Paris reports.
US Copyright infringement is no joke on Twitter Twitter has taken action in the US to remove tweets which copied someone else’s joke in the US. Abby Minns reports on the basis for this action and Twitter’s procedures.
The BBC used The Sound Of Music as the basis for their Great British Bake Off television trailer. But did they take the biscuit? Varuni Paranavitane reports.
Not all the 50 footballers in advertising for Nike’s training program alongside the phrase “Improve your game with Nikefootball+” on a shoebox were sponsored by Nike. Some used shoes by Adidas, who sued. Stephan Bahner of OC Cologne reports.
Gama Healthcare sued competitor Pal International over allegedly confusing similarities between the design of Pal’s “Medipal” wet wipe packs and Gama’s own Clinell wipe packs. Vicki Hawkins compares the packs and reports on Gama’s attempt to widen its claims.
