Can trade marks be infringed by a toy?
Bill Lister looks at how toys, in particular replica models of real life cars, could infringe on a trade mark.
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The Unitary Patent
This is the second article in our UP/UPC series and we discuss issues to consider when deciding whether to obtain a Unitary Patent (UP).
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Post-COVID challenges in trade mark law
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a deleterious effect across the full breadth of the working world. The same is true for the legal sector, and for trade mark law, which is now emerging from the pandemic era in an altered form.
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Nowhere Co. Ltd v EUIPO (Case T-281/21) – UK rights in EU opposition and invalidity proceedings
UK trade mark rights can still be used to challenge EUIPO trade mark applications, the General Court has ruled.
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Court awards more than £900,000+ in costs for Ed Sheeran’s copyright dispute
Trade mark attorney Vishal Dattani analyses the costs risks for complex copyright litigation in the High Court
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Bolt succeed in invalidity action against Beebolt
Based on the grounds of likelihood of confusion, and reputation of an existing mark, the UK IPO has issued a decision confirming victory for the Estonian on-demand transportation platform, Bolt.
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AI patent filings in the field of traffic and transportation engineering
This analysis looks at patent filings in traffic and transportation engineering. Our patent attorneys examine the direction of patent trends in this emerging field.
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The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – The direction of aerospace innovation
In this episode, patent attorney and partner Ean Davies, and trainee patent attorney and space enthusiast Jordan Tinkler, are joined by Theo Youds, aerospace engineering master’s student at Leeds University, and founder of the Leeds University Rocketry Association (LURA).
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Femtech: The Rise of Female-Focused Innovation
This article discusses examples of femtech innovations that have been patented in recent years.
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The direction of AI patent filings for autonomous vehicles
We look at AI patent filing trends relating to autonomous vehicles. What is the direction of innovation, and who are the key patent filers in this technology area?
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The IPEC says mais oui, mais oui, to protecting fictional characters
For the first time, UK courts have recognised that a fictional character can be protected by copyright in its own right, independent from scripts.
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