Food & beverage
Protecting IP in plant-based ‘meat-substitutes’
Innovation in the plant-based meat sector is aiming to help to solve some of the problems associated with animal-meat production.
30 December, 2021
Oatly loses battle of the oat drinks
The recent case concerning oat-based drinks OATLY and PURE OATY highlights the difficulties in enforcing rights in a descriptive trade mark against third parties.
6 August, 2021
A tale of broccoli, tomatoes and peppers- the final chapter – G3/19
First published in AIPLA’s Biotech Buzz newsletter, Barbara Fleck explains the Enlarged Board of Appeal’s
9 October, 2020
Small ready meal delivery business reigns triumphant at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) after one of the Court’s first virtual trials
Summary A small healthy ready meal delivery business Fit Kitchen Limited (FKL) saw victory at
23 September, 2020
Finding the ‘right’ slogan might allow businesses in the food and beverage sector to “Have a break” after all…
Summary In the United Kingdom and European Union, it is notoriously difficult to register slogans
6 July, 2020
What’s the scoop on the Mr Whippy decision?
Summary Despite “convincing arguments” against the strength of the evidence of use submitted by Unilever
29 June, 2020
