The 2022 Intellectual Property Almanac

2021 saw some interesting intellectual property related issues hit the headlines. There was the “Free Cuthbert” movement when everyone got excited about the intellectual property in chocolate caterpillar cakes, parliamentary hearings on music streaming, a consultation on trade mark exhaustion, and even time for Monopoly to get into trouble with its trade mark. With it …

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Ineos rule the road in trade mark win over Jaguar Landrover

Team Ineos doesn't just win road cycling events or sponsor marathon record attempts, they win at Intellectual Property Office as well.  This time it was against Jaguar Land Rover. To see the route that Ineos took to oppose a 3D trade mark application by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), read on (unless you are currently driving …

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Nike, Federer and the Intellectual Property of “RF”

Roger Federer stepped out on Centre Court today at Wimbledon to defend his gentlemen single’s title wearing all white.  Well, all white except for the Uniqlo logo embroidered onto his tennis shirt.  After numerous rumours top spinning around the tennis world that Nike and Federer would be parting company, a statement was released just before …

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