Dear Readers, This issue of Trademark Insight once again summarizes a number of interesting decisions from the past few months, including the following key cases: As always, we also report on current case law on the...more
die vorliegende Ausgabe des Trademark Insight hält erneut einige aktuelle und interessante Entscheidungen der letzten Monate für Sie bereit. Von besonderer Bedeutung dürften insbesondere die Vorabentscheidung des EuGH zur...more
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has started a second consultation on proposed changes to trade marks, design rights and tribunal services, in relation to its "One IPO" digital transformation programme. The deadline...more
The UK Court of Appeal has today given judgment in the long-running trade mark dispute between Sky and SkyKick, in one of the most important and keenly awaited trade mark decisions of the last few years. The Court of Appeal...more
The UKIPO has informed the Anti-Counterfeiting Group of some practical steps that it will take when issuing a comparable UK registered trademark for each current EU registered trademark after IP Completion Day on 31 December...more
With just one month to go before Brexit day, a deal has not yet been agreed. Despite moves in the UK Parliament to avoid a no-deal Brexit, that remains the default outcome unless a deal or an extension is agreed with the EU...more
On Monday the UK government published a series of notices on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on intellectual property right-holders....more
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Following the UK government’s notice on trade marks and designs if there is no Brexit deal (the “Notice”) and the increasing likelihood of the UK leaving the EU with no deal as to the future trading arrangements with the...more
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its response to its consultation on the implementation of the Trade Marks Directive 2015 (the “Directive”), which ran from the 19th of February to the 16th of April of...more
On 28 February 2018, the European Commission published the draft Brexit Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK. The paper is, of course, only a draft and the UK government has not yet commented on or agreed to any of...more
The UKIPO has issued a consultation paper on the implementation of the EU Trade Mark Directive 2015 (the “Directive”), which is required to be implemented into UK law by 14 January 2019. ...more