Published: September 25, 2025 Mandatory trade mark recordation system announced in Tanzania Tanzania’s Fair Competition Commission (FCC) recently announced the implementation of a mandatory trade mark recordation system for all...
Published: July 28, 2025 Celebrating Abacus Lighting’s King’s Award for International Trade We are delighted to congratulate our client, Abacus Lighting, on receiving the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade...
Published: June 10, 2025 Exhaustion of IP rights and parallel trade: the UK+ regime maintained The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has recently published the government’s response to the consultation on the UK’s...
Published: May 9, 2025 UK Intellectual Property Office set to discontinue trade mark series service The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has published the response to the second phase of its transformation consultation....
Published: March 17, 2025 EU Designs – changes to renewals from 1 May 2025 Changes to renewal periods and fees for EU designs will come into effect on 1 May 2025. The...
Published: March 14, 2025 EU design reform: a multi-faceted revamp! Fundamental improvements for design protection in the EU will soon come into effect. The new legislation aims to...
Published: February 4, 2025 Brand Owners Rejoice! Thatchers v Aldi: the Cloudy Lemon Cider Lookalike Introduction In a recent “lookalike” case, which pitted a low-cost supermarket chain against a major cider producer, the...
Published: December 31, 2024 Is your Canadian Trade Mark in use? New pilot project started by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched a new pilot project to clean up the Canadian register...
Published: October 18, 2024 Intervent Cardio win 2024 TBAT Innovation Challenge Intervent Cardio was crowned the winner of the 2024 TBAT Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Forresters. Intervent Cardio has...
