Intellectual Property UK

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Latest News in Intellectual Property UK

  • May 10, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen Playtech file an intellectual property claim against online casino company OnAir Entertainment amid allegations of corporate spying, a broadcast equipment company sue its former owner amid allegations he conspired to inflate a customer’s finances, and aerospace company Vertical Aerospace hit a manufacturer with a claim following a test flight crash. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • May 10, 2024

    Kao Beats P&G's Objections To Hair Conditioning Patent

    Procter & Gamble failed to foil a Japanese cosmetics brand's bid to patent a hair conditioning treatment, after European officials ruled that amendments made to the invention did not try to sneak in new material.

  • May 10, 2024

    Ford Gets Shanghai Co.'s 'Mustang' TM Scrapped

    Ford Motor Co. has persuaded an appellate board at Europe's intellectual property office to toss a Chinese company's "Mustang" trademark for technology for charging electric vehicles, after the board found that there was significant overlap in the two companies' target consumers.

  • May 10, 2024

    Monster Energy Beats K-Pop Girl Band's European TM Bid

    Monster Energy has partially defeated a Korean entertainment company's bid to register a European trademark for "Babymonsters," after an intellectual property appellate panel ruled that the public might assume its products were connected to the energy drink.

  • May 10, 2024

    Ireland UPC Delay Risks Undermining Its Influence At Court

    Ireland's decision to delay a constitutional referendum to officially join Europe's unitary patent system amid concerns about lack of public engagement could leave Dublin without a hand in shaping the burgeoning court if it doesn't reschedule the vote soon, patent lawyers warn.

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