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Lonsdale Sports Ltd v Erol [2013] EWHC 2956 (Pat)16 October 2013Henry Ward  recently appeared with Roger Wyand QC for Lonsdale Sports Limited, the well-known sporting goods company. Lonsdale successfully appealed the decision of the Trade Mark Registry to register the respondent’s mark. Lonsdale had opposed registration on various grounds, including that the respondent’s mark took unfair advantage or was detrimental to the distinctive character or […]
Lonsdale Sports Ltd v Erol [2013] EWHC 2956 (Pat)16 October 2013Henry Ward  recently appeared with Roger Wyand QC for Lonsdale Sports Limited, the well-known sporting goods company. Lonsdale successfully appealed the decision of the Trade Mark Registry to register the respondent’s mark. Lonsdale had opposed registration on various grounds, including that the respondent’s mark took unfair advantage or was detrimental to the distinctive character or […]
J W Spears & Sons Ltd, Mattel inc , Mattel UK Ltd v Zynga Inc [2013] EWCA Civ 11759 October 2013James Mellor QC recently appeared with Phillip Roberts for the successful respondent Zynga in an appeal from summary judgment handed down in JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v. Zynga [2012] EWHC 3345 (Ch). At first instance, Arnold J found for Zynga. He held that the claimants’ UK registered trade mark, for a […]
J W Spears & Sons Ltd, Mattel inc , Mattel UK Ltd v Zynga Inc [2013] EWCA Civ 11759 October 2013James Mellor QC recently appeared with Phillip Roberts for the successful respondent Zynga in an appeal from summary judgment handed down in JW Spear & Sons Ltd and Mattel Inc v. Zynga [2012] EWHC 3345 (Ch). At first instance, Arnold J found for Zynga. He held that the claimants’ UK registered trade mark, for a […]
BBC -and- Eos27 September 2013In the last week of September, Lindsay Lane appeared in the Copyright Tribunal representing the BBC in a dispute with the collecting society, Eos. Unusually, the Copyright Tribunal was sitting in Wales (in Caernarfon Crown Court) so that a number of witnesses from both sides could give evidence in Welsh, with simultaneous translation. The Copyright […]
BBC -and- Eos27 September 2013In the last week of September, Lindsay Lane appeared in the Copyright Tribunal representing the BBC in a dispute with the collecting society, Eos. Unusually, the Copyright Tribunal was sitting in Wales (in Caernarfon Crown Court) so that a number of witnesses from both sides could give evidence in Welsh, with simultaneous translation. The Copyright […]
New members of chambers24 September 2013Chambers is delighted to announce that William Duncan and Jaani Riordan have joined chambers following the completion of their pupillage in chambers. William Duncan has a first class honours degree in molecular and cellular biochemistry from Oxford University. His pupil supervisors have included Andrew Lykiardopoulos, Tom Moody-Stuart, Charlotte May and Mark Chacksfield. He attended the […]
Chambers welcomes two new pupils23 September 2013Chambers is pleased to welcome our two new pupils, Tom Jones and Maxwell Keay. Tom has a degree in Microbiology from Imperial College London and is currently sitting with Andrew Lykiardopoulos. Maxwell graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Physics and then went on to UCL to obtain a Masters in Physics […]
Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS Plc [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch)19 September 2013Daniel Alexander QC and Andrew Lykiardopoulos recently appeared in the High Court acting for the successful Defendant in Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS Plc [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch). The case concerned alleged community trade mark infringement and passing off by ASOS Plc through the use of the mark ‘ASOS’ which was alleged to infringe […]
Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS Plc [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch)19 September 2013Daniel Alexander QC and Andrew Lykiardopoulos recently appeared in the High Court acting for the successful Defendant in Assos of Switzerland SA v ASOS Plc [2013] EWHC 2831 (Ch). The case concerned alleged community trade mark infringement and passing off by ASOS Plc through the use of the mark ‘ASOS’ which was alleged to infringe […]