Trade marks

The much anticipated and long awaited EU trade mark reform legislative package was published on 24 December 2015 announcing major…

Barker Brettell LLP, the Birmingham based IP specialist has been awarded silver tier status in the 2016 World Trademark Review…

Today images bombard our senses, vying for our attention as we go about our day to day business, seeping into…

When one country is not enough: the re-definition of genuine use Lucy Walker, trade mark attorney partner and Rosanne Farmer,…

Following the revision to the Chinese trade mark laws in May 2014, the intention of which was to create a…

… and the answer? If you’re going to vlog to flog then you need to be clear that you are…

The European Parliament, Council and Commission has now agreed to changes to the Trademark Directive 2008/95/ EC (Directive) and the…

Lego has won a lengthy trade mark battle after the General Court ruled that the Lego man is held to…

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

The long-running battle initiated by Sky UK against the Microsoft-owned company Skype for the use of “SKY” in its mark…

Following our previous articles concerning the new gTLD releases, it is clear that the Internet is changing. Hundreds of new domain name extensions, or generic top-level domains (gTLDs), are starting to appear online and it is important that brand owners are ready for these changes.

Barker Brettell has been named as the UK’s second largest filer of both UK and Community Trade Marks in the…