Case Law

We have previously reported here on the PRETUL case, which confirmed that original equipment manufacturing (OEM) use of a trade…

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has clarified that the red sole trade mark did not constitute a shape mark…

The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) has recently granted a trade mark for the scent of Play-Doh….

In a statement issued by the Broad Institute on 17 January 2018, it was announced that the European Patent Office…

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL IP on 11 September 2017. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL. Since the 1st October 2017, ‘virtual’ or ‘web’ marking of…

The patentability of software inventions in the US has been developing in recent years following the game changing 2014 Supreme…

It’s always been a grey area of the law, and no more so than in the car industry: when can…

What is IP? IP can be a trade mark (which is the legal name for your brand), a design (which…

While Humpty Dumpty may have said in Alice in Wonderland: “When I use a word, it means just what I…

Following on from the overview by Sarah Lait, head of Barker Brettell’s trade mark practice, and the more in-depth discussion…

The UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision of the High Court (HC) that the shape of Nestlé’s…

When a European Patent is granted the applicant has to decide on the countries in which the patent will be…