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Thatchers Cider Company v Aldi Stores [2025] EWCA Civ 520 January 2025Martin Howe KC and Beth Collett appeared for the successful appellants (“Thatchers”) in their claim against Aldi for trade mark infringement under s.10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994. Thatchers brought a claim against Aldi’s own brand cloudy lemon cider product, which resembled the device mark Thatchers’ had registered to protect its own highly successful […]
Rinkoff v Baby Cow Productions [2025] EWHC 39 (IPEC)17 January 2025Judgment in Joshua Rinkoff v Baby Cow Productions Ltd [2025] EWHC 39 (IPEC) was handed down by Recorder Amanda Michaels on 17th January 2025.  Jonathan Hill appeared for the successful defendant.
Zaha Hadid Ltd v Zaha Hadid Foundation [2024] EWHC 3325 (Ch)20 December 2024James Abrahams KC successfully defended the Zaha Hadid Foundation in these proceedings, which related to a licence agreement to the trade mark rights of Dame Zaha Hadid, the late, celebrated Iraqi-British Architect. The claimant company, the licensee under the agreement, sought relief entitling it to bring the licence agreement to an end, either on the […]
Thom Browne Inc v adidas AG [2024] EWHC 2990 (Ch)22 November 2024Charlotte May KC and Maxwell Keay appeared before the High Court for the Defendants (“adidas”) in the Claimants’ (“Thom Browne”) action seeking to invalidate a portfolio of sixteen of adidas’ registered trade marks, all of which related to “Three Stripes” as position marks. adidas counterclaimed for trade mark infringement under sections 10(2) and 10(3) of […]
iSmart Developments v Currentbody.com [2024] EWHC 2889 (IPEC)15 November 2024James Abrahams KC and Henry Edwards appeared for the successful Defendant in the Claimants’ application in each of two related actions to strike out allegations of breach of contract and misuse of confidential information, and alternatively for summary judgment. HHJ Hacon dismissed the applications and held that the Defendant’s case based on alleged breach of […]
Extreme Networks Ltd v Extreme E Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138614 November 2024Ashton Chantrielle appeared before the Court of Appeal for the Applicant/Respondent (“Extreme E”) in this second appeal from the UKIPO relating to Extreme E’s trade mark registration for services in Class 41. One of the core issues on appeal was the interpretation of “booking of seats for shows” in Extreme E’s trade mark and its […]
SkyKick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd [2024] UKSC 3613 November 2024Adrian Speck KC appeared for the successful Appellants (“SkyKick”) in the proceedings issued by the Respondents (“Sky”) alleging infringement of several SKY marks, and passing off, by SkyKick’s use of SKYKICK for email migration and cloud storage services. In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that the registration of a trade mark can be […]
Kieran Corrigan v Timol [2024] EWCA Civ 123318 October 2024Jonathan Hill appeared for the Appellant, Kieran Corrigan & Co Limited (“KCL”) in its appeal against the decision of Jonathan Hilliard KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) (“the Judge”) to dismiss claims for breach of confidence against the Respondent (“Mr. Timol”). The claims related to the alleged misuse by a company of which […]
Sandoz AG v Biogen MA Inc [2024] EWHC 2567 (Pat)11 October 2024Michael Tappin KC appeared for the Claimants (Sandoz) and Justin Turner KC appeared for the Defendant (Biogen). Sandoz sought revocation of Biogen’s patent and an Arrow declaration, while Biogen counterclaimed for infringement. Biogen’s patent in suit, EP 967, related to a method for assessing the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in multiple sclerosis (MS) […]
BioNTech SE v CureVac SE [2024] EWHC 2538 (Pat)8 October 2024Michael Tappin KC and Michael Conway appeared for the successful Claimant (BioNTech) in this action seeking revocation of two of the Defendant’s (CureVac) patents. The patents, EP 668 and EP 755 were divisionals from a common earlier application and their descriptions were materially identical. They claimed artificial mRNA molecules in which the poly(A) tail was […]