Corporate
When life gives you lemons: Brothers Drinks Co. Ltd v Thatchers Cider Company Limited (CLOUDY LEMON)
Partner and trade mark attorney Robert Cumming, and trainee trade mark attorney Claire Bothma, discuss if a mark which is descriptive for goods, is also descriptive for the retails of those goods.
PicArt Print & Design v. Daniel Platten, UKIPO decision O/487/22
Design disputes tend to focus on the comparison between the design as registered and the prior art. The case PicArt Print & Design v. Daniel Platten is no exception.
Global patent filing data reveals increasing investment in insect-based proteins
This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 34 – 2022 IP case law roundup: trade marks, copyright, and designs
In this episode, partners and solicitors, Chris Hoole and Bill Lister, discuss some of 2022’s most significant IP disputes, and what they might mean for the enforcement of IP rights in 2023 and beyond.
Delaying grant of a European Patent to obtain a Unitary Patent
With 1 October 2022 being the possible start date of the Unitary Patent system, applicants achieving allowance of their European patent applications in the coming months may wish to delay grant so as to obtain a Unitary Patent (UP).
Green hydrogen patent filings on upward trajectory
This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.
