Intellectual Property UK

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Latest News in Intellectual Property UK

  • July 10, 2024

    Arabic Tea Seller Wins EU TM Bid On Appeal

    An Arabic-style food shop won its bid Wednesday to reinstate a trademark covering tea with the words "Al Assad" and "Thé Vert de Chine," after a European court ruled that buyers would differentiate it from a rival's mark.

  • July 10, 2024

    Beverly Hills Polo TM Owner Can't Overturn Polo Club Ruling

    The owner of trademark rights for the Beverly Hills Polo Club fashion brand failed to convince an appellate court that the existence and activities of other polo-themed trademarks was irrelevant to its infringement claim.

  • July 10, 2024

    Music Distributor Says Contract Claim A Minor Complaint

    Sheet music distributor Hal Leonard has told a U.K. classical music publisher that accusations it failed to improve sales and generate royalties are off-key, especially since Hal Leonard says it went beyond its obligations to promote and sell the music.

  • July 10, 2024

    Unilever Rinses Major Rivals Over Stain-Removal Patent

    Unilever has fended off attempts to kill its stain-removal patent by rival manufacturers, with the European Patent Office tossing bids by three companies to nix it on the basis that it did not contain an inventive step.

  • July 10, 2024

    Moderna's MRNA Win Weakens Patent Pledges

    Moderna's win over Pfizer and BioNTech in a U.K. dispute over mRNA patents could undermine increasingly popular pledges not to enforce patents, intellectual property experts say, after a London court held boilerplate language in the pledge made no assurances Moderna would not enforce patents in the future.

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