William Fry World Intellectual Property Day Update 2020
To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2020, our Intellectual Property team has round-up some of the key intellectual property stories of 2019 and...
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To mark World Intellectual Property Day 2020, our Intellectual Property team has round-up some of the key intellectual property stories of 2019 and...
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New UK Intellectual Property Act brings more clarity to what can constitute a "groundless" or "unjustified" threat when it comes to enforcing IP ri...
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A trade mark depicting a Banksy work of art has been invalidated on the grounds that it was filed in bad faith to prevent use of the work by third ...
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The ECJ has recently delivered its ruling in respect of a preliminary reference regarding exhaustion of trade mark rights in the Schweppes case
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Russia has issued a decree providing for 0% compensation for the unauthorised use by way of compulsory licence of certain IP rights owned by citize...
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Sports clubs are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of intellectual property protection as a means of capitalising on their brand.
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Manchester United Football Club will be renamed in the next edition of 'Football Manager' after it claimed that the game's developer SEGA had infri...
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The CJEU has ruled against Kerry Group in a long-running legal dispute with Ornua over registering the trademark 'Kerrymaid' for use in mainland Eu...
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With the exponential rise of the Metaverse, brands are racing to protect their intellectual property in this new virtual reality through trade mark...
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Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Legal News, a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business. We regul...
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The Irish High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the infringement of a plaintiff’s registered trade mark, finding that dama...
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McDonald's has decided not to appeal against the European Union Intellectual Property Office's (EUIPO) decision to invalidate in part its 'MC' trad...
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The General Court has dismissed an appeal by trade mark owner, Mr Xianhao Pan in relation to an invalidity action brought by the creators of the in...
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An Administrative Error in the Name of Proprietor of a Registration Does Not Invalidate the Registration.