12 Mar, 2024 Increased Protection for Companies at Company Names Tribunal By Huw Cookson Ruth Hoy The Companies Act 2006 gives rights which allow a person to object to a company’s registered name in certain circumstances. This provides...
04 Mar, 2024 Gin Justice Served: M&S Sips Victory By Huw Cookson Ruth Hoy The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal which sought to overturn last year's IPEC ruling that M&S's registered designs had been...
31 Jan, 2024 A ‘newcomer’ type of injunction By Huw Cookson Ruth Hoy A recent decision by the Supreme Court in relation to ‘newcomer inunctions’ will be of particular interest to IP rights holders. The key...
05 Dec, 2019 Five major UK internet service providers forced to block Nintendo Switch piracy sites By Ruth Hoy Ella Castle In the recent case of Nintendo Co Ltd v Sky UK Ltd [2019] EWHC 2376 (Ch), Justice Arnold granted a website blocking order sought by...
17 Jul, 2019 High Court adds "breach of confidence" to potential claims available against those who collect or receive unofficial data from sporting events By Alasdair Muller Ruth Hoy Nick Fitzpatrick It is a popular adage in today's society that "data is king"; this is as much true in the sporting industry as in any other. For many...
11 Jul, 2019 Defamation and the test of "Serious Harm" – higher threshold for bringing a claim restored By Claire Sng In Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another, preferring the High Court’s interpretation of the "serious harm" test under s.1(1) of the...
26 Sep, 2018 Deal or no-deal? Implications for Copyright laws in the event of a no-deal Brexit By DLA Piper - Media, Sport & Entertainment BACKGROUND This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal...
26 Sep, 2018 Deal or no-deal? How a no-deal Brexit could impact Exhaustion Rights. By DLA Piper - Media, Sport & Entertainment BACKGROUND This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal...