Huw Cookson

2/19/2025 8:45:38 AM

Regulator u-turns: when are less healthy foods subject to media placement restrictions?

By Huw Cookson John Wilks Filip Badina

Background The Health and Care Act 2022 amended the Communications Act 2003 to (amongst other things) introduce new restrictions on the...

1/21/2025 1:39:26 PM

By Huw Cookson Alexia Meade Ruth Hoy

In a judgment handed down yesterday, the Court of Appeal (CoA) found that Thatchers' "cloudy lemon cider" trade mark had been infringed...

11/25/2024 4:28:11 PM

By Huw Cookson Elena Varese

On 18 November 2024, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 and Directive (EU) 2024/2823, following its proposal to revise the...

10/29/2024 2:00:03 AM

By Huw Cookson Valentina Mazza Liam Blackford

In the fashion and apparel industry, ‘upcycling’ denotes the process by which garments, accessories, bags and fabrics already put on the...

3/12/2024 2:51:09 PM

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...

3/4/2024 12:47:49 PM

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...

1/31/2024 9:56:26 AM

By Huw Cookson

It is interesting to see the CMA beginning a review of supermarket ‘loyalty prices’, something which has become common in the sector in...

1/31/2024 9:34:42 AM

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...