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Are you aware of the brand and design clearance process? If you're creating a new brand or design you must be familiar with 'clearance', which refers to the checks that [...]

Toblerone is an iconic chocolate bar invented in and produced near Bern, the capital of Switzerland, for more than 100 years. Since 1970, the brand's packaging has included a silhouette [...]

Whenever there is a national or international cultural or sporting event, brands take centre stage in wanting to reflect the public interest and join the celebrations. However, to do so, [...]

As Her Majesty the Queen reaches 70 years as Head of State and celebrates her Jubilee this summer, it is clear that brands (particularly British brands) will want to celebrate [...]

The UK Government is considering the shape of the country's future regime for the 'exhaustion' of intellectual property rights. Why do I need to know this? Because the regime settled [...]

The UK Government is considering the shape of the UK's future regime for the 'exhaustion' of intellectual property rights. The regime settled upon will govern future rules on parallel imports [...]

On 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition period comes to an end, and significant changes to the law in the UK will take effect. For trademarks and the law in [...]

It has been almost two months since the UK officially left the EU on Friday, 31 January 2020, yet it remains in a period of transition. For intellectual property professionals, [...]

Whilst many of us have resisted the temptation to over speculate as to the potential ramifications of a variety of possible Brexit outcomes, as the deadline for Brexit draws ever [...]

Today the EU Trade Marks Directive 2015 comes into force and brings with it changes to the UK Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA), and the UK Trade Marks Rules 2008 [...]

The growth of the online world has meant that many brands which previously would have been accessible by and promoted to a section of society are now available to the [...]

A summary of the legal position and practical mitigation steps for EU trade mark and Community design right holders. EU TRADE MARKS What You Can Do File UK national trade [...]

The European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have together published a 'Notice to Stakeholders' and supporting 'Q&A' on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU [...]

In a decision exploring the boundaries of 'descriptive', the English High Court has ruled that IWATCH is not registrable for computers, computer software and certain related goods. Trade mark law [...]

self This ThinkHouse session is also available as a podcast. Clark Sargent: In this session I am going to talk to Kate Swaine a partner in our IP team, and [...]