Over past few weeks, this moggy has been scampering between several conference and events about Brexit and Intellectual Property, and the progress of unitary patent and unified patent court. Back in the days it was announced that Tim Moss would be the new Chief Executive of UK IPO. Laura Starrs, set out what the [...]
A trademark filed by a UK business that Retail Company Sports Direct tried to oppose has been registered at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). On January 31 this year, Beverley Hedley, hearing officer of the IPO, rejected a trademark opposition brought by Sports Direct against Fitness Direct. The case centred on a trademark [...]
Trademark lawsuits are abundant in the fashion world as brands and retailers alike scramble to protect their intellectual property anyway they can. However, one of the latest cases to spring up in the UK is different from the most run of the mill counterfeit or trademark lawsuits. UK clothing brand Bentley, known for its [...]
Facebook is preparing for its May IPO and has spent money billion so far in buying patents from IBM, Instagram and now Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation and Facebook announced an agreement under which Facebook has agreed to purchase patents which Microsoft has recently bought for AOL for $550 million in cash. As per agreement, Facebook [...]
