On October, 1 2013 a new fast track opposition procedure will be available in the UK to owners of UK or EU registered trademarks where they think their marks will be affected by double identity or likelihood of confusion with
September 2013
Have a Break, Have a … Chit Chat?
Posted on
In keeping with its sweet-toothed tradition, Google has announced that the latest version (4.4) of its open source Android mobile operating system will be named after a confectionary product. See BBC News Technology Sep. 3, 2013 article.
…
Pinterest v. Amazon and ICANN’s New gTLDs
Posted on
On July 16, 2013, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center issued a panel opinion on an objection brought by Pinterest, Inc. (“Pinterest”), the San Francisco-based creator of the social media platform Pinterest, under the New gTLD Dispute Resolution Procedure…
Health star ratings for packaged food in Australia
By Sophia Christou (UK) on
by Emma Bekens and Sophia Christou (Australia)
The Australian Government has recently released a new voluntary system for labeling packaged foods with a ‘health star rating’. See Joint Media Release. The star rating system provides a simple, visual means…
Take a bow: Rihanna victorious in English passing off claim
By Jonathan Ball (UK) on
The use of the pop singer Rihanna’s image on T-shirts sold by Topshop has been found to amount to the English tort of passing off. The T-shirts went on sale in March 2012 and bore a photograph of Rihanna taken…