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Business is fluid. For many, the course of trade means that there is ‘movement’ of goods and some services across different jurisdictions. Movement also applies to vendors who sell their products via e-commerce trading platforms. For those who do move their goods across different jurisdictions including e-commerce platforms, should pay attention to the preliminary determination […]

The UK Supreme Court put a distinct ‘marker’ down as to how food and drink designations in a ‘post-Brexit’ UK are adhere to. Products of a Designated Origin (‘PDO‘) is not new. Manx Lamb can only be called Manx Lamb if it comes from the Isle of Man. Champagne is only permitted to be called […]

easyGroup, the behemoth company that owns brands like easyJet, easyTaxi, easyHotel and easyMoney, lost a copyright infringement claim against a fundraising platform called ‘Easyfundraising.’ Stuart Southall of KANGS comments on the case EasyGroup -v-Easyfundraising and others [2024] EWHC 2323 (Ch), in which Mr Justice Fancore determined that Easyfundraising was not infringing the intellectual property rights […]

Stuart Southall of KANGS looks at the trade mark decision relating to the Rubik's Cube and provides some thoughts on what the decision could mean for future intellectual property disputes. Whilst there may have been a significant advancement of technology and toys across the last 25 years, certain nostalgic toys remain prevalent in today’s society. […]

The Court of Appeal has handed down its Judgment in the Generics (UK) v AstraZeneca AB case, marking an important step in defining plausibility, which is a new and significantly developing area of law. Plausibility is not a statutory condition for the grant of a patent, but it is rapidly becoming a judge-made one. That […]

Where an individual or entity seeks to register a trade mark that is considered similar to an existing Mark, the owner of the existing Mark may oppose the application on the grounds that the “applied for” Mark causes damage or detriment to the registered Mark. This was the situation in a case where we at […]