Case Reports

Registering Trademarks To Improve Your Position In Litigation

Two of the numerous factors to be weighed when deciding on UK or European Community (CTM) registration are: intent to use: still a prerequisite for a valid UK application, although not a CTM;speed of...

Counterfeits in Transit: The Advocate General's Opinion

It is not uncommon for counterfeit goods to pass through the EU in transit to their final destination. This raises the question of whether such goods fall within the jurisdiction of the EU, and can...

The latest dispatches from the Budweiser wars

Advocate General Verica Trstenjak recently gave her opinion on questions referred to the European Court of Justice by the UK Court of Appeal regarding the latest dispute in the complex on-going...

Put up or shut up: Nokia vs IPCom

This appeal decision demonstrates the importance of considering potential patent amendments early in litigious proceedings. The appeal was concerned with two patents which were part of a larger...

Simon Stanes blogs for The IPKat on the cancellation of Innocent smoothie trademarks

Simon Stanes, the head of EIP Brands, has posted as a guest blogger for The IPKat following the cancellation of two CTM registrations owned by the makers of Innocent smoothies.

Simon Stanes blogs for The IPKat on the Budweiser dispute

Simon Stanes, the head of EIP Brands, has contributed to a post on The IPKat blog following a ruling by the General Court in what could be the end to the long-running Budweiser trademark dispute.

Rare diseases - are there sufficient incentives to develop treatments?

To mark Rare Disease Day 2012, Darren Smyth's latest IPKat post has a topical theme.Darren highlights the pharmaceutical industry's reluctance to develop treatments for rare diseases where there is...

America Invents Act – Important Changes to US Patent Law

The biggest changes to US patent law since 1952 have recently been signed into law by president Obama, in the form of the America Invents Act.