Food & Drink

It is conventional wisdom that registering a trade mark in plain word format provides a business with the strongest rights…

Proteins are no longer exclusively associated with sport drinks and muscle mass. Over the last few years, protein products have…

As consumer demand for low-calorie products continues to rise, food and beverage companies are taking advantage of the growing opportunities…

On 25th November 2015, the European Commission is due to rule on a proposed merger between beverage can heavyweights Ball Packaging…

Monday 15 June 2015 is being designated “Beer Day Britain” in an initiative encouraging those involved in the industry to…

Barker Brettell’s food & drink client the New Egg Company has recently launched Yowk ® (http://www.yowk.co.uk/) – a highly innovative…

The news is full of criticism for convenience food and drinks containing too much sugar or an equally undesirable mixture…

We have previously commented on the ongoing battle between Cadbury and Nestlé over the colour purple. Cadbury has lost the…

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), formerly known as the Patents County Court for England and Wales until its change…

Tesco’s trade mark applications for the CLUBCARD mark and the stylised variation thereof, have been refused by the UK Intellectual…