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How To Respond To A Copyright Infringement Notice

Receiving a notification claiming that you have infringed someone’s copyright can be nerve-racking. It’s likely that this notification includes: An obligation on you to take down, or remove from sale,…

Art Exhibitions & Copyright

You’re planning to showcase your favourite paintings in a public exhibition. You’ve selected the art, booked the venue and announced the show but what can you legally do with the…

Blanks fired!

The battle of the blanks has started in London pitting a family-run vegan café in Brixton (Blank Coffee) against a big US coffee chain looking to expand in London to…

Common Intellectual Property considerations for start-ups

A few weeks ago I sat down with the founder and CEO of Pleese (formally Pleesecakes). Pleese make specialist cheesecakes and other exciting products, including revolutionizing the frozen desert market…

40 Shades of Green – Can a Colour be Trade Marked?

With this being the middle of March, there’s a tsunami of shamrocks, Guinness, pots of gold and green beer coming down the tracks on social and traditional (overseas) media in…

Don’t leave it until The Day Before launch! Video Game Trade Marks

Rumours have been circulating around the legitimacy of upcoming open world survival horror game “The Day Before” – speculation around whether the game exists or not seems to be fuelled…

My Dissolved Company Owns My Trade Mark, What Can I Do?

A limited company is a separate legal entity and therefore can be the proprietor of a intellectual property rights, meaning it can license it to third parties, assign it to…

Bitcoin bulletin

Following from our recent blog, Bitcoin remains a hot topic. In a recent case, Wright and others v. BTC Core and others [2023] EWHC 222 (Ch) has just ruled on whether…

How do I choose a strong brand name?

Unhelpfully, trade mark lawyers and brand advisers often give conflicting answers to this question. The latter will often say that a brand name should speak to the consumer and easily/immediately…

Can you trade mark a sound?

It can be very powerful for a company to have a sound that is synonymous with its brand. Without anything being said, a consumer can hear a few notes or…

How to choose a trade mark that is right for you

Are you looking to create a new brand, but not sure how to choose the right trade mark? Choosing a trade mark for your business, product or service can be…

Copyright and greetings cards, what do I need to know?

If you’re lucky enough to work in the vibrant greetings card industry, then I would assume you have come across copyright before. However, before we get anything copywrong, it might…

What a load of Rollocks!

Most people have a thing that they are just into, whether it’s bags (like my wife), shoes, trading cards, comics, any manner of collectables really. If you’re anything like me,…

Move over GDPR, the DSA is the next big thing to come out of Europe

When the GDPR came into force about five years ago, it made headlines because it was a mammoth piece of EU legislation introducing significant changes to data protection law throughout…

Which company should bring a claim for defamation?

Background Two UK entities in the Dyson group of companies (Dyson Technology and Dyson Ltd) along with Dyson’s founder, Sir James Dyson, brought a libel (defamation) claim against Channel 4…

Help, Someone Is Using My Trade Mark

A registered trade mark gives you a monopoly right to use your mark for the goods and services that you have registered the trade mark for. Your brand is important…

Raye, Record Deals & Release Clauses

This month Raye earned her first UK number one, independently and without the help of a record label. An incredible feat for an independent artist. However, Raye was not always…

When is the best time to invest in IP?

Whether you’re starting a new business, or if you have been going for some time, you’re always going to have a long list of things to invest in. New hardware,…

Trade Marks – The Importance of Early Legal Advice

It’s been reported that a much anticipated in-development video game that was announced over two years ago (which has already seen it’s launch date delayed by a year) has been…

The sincerest form of flattery?

Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) remains a hot topic, with recent developments touted as being set to revolutionize everything from how we interact with each other to the ways in which we…

Do I need a lawyer for an image copyright dispute?

Copyright is a recognition of the ‘creative stamp’ expended by a person in creating a piece of work and provides an automatic, unregistered right of protection which lasts for up…

Unregistered Trade Marks In The UK: What Protection Do You Have?

Trade marks are a valuable asset for any business, helping to establish brand identity and reputation in the market. A trade mark can be a logo, symbol, word, phrase, or…

The weird and wonderful world of trade marks

A registered trade mark gives the mark owner a monopoly right to the use of that mark for the particular goods and/or services that the mark has been registered in.…

Music and the copyright that follows

Music can be a right headache! No, I am not commenting on anyone’s particular choice of songs, but rather the mix of copyright protected work and the, often, different owners…