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From ashes to mobots - trademarks and sport

  • Morton Fraser
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 23 2013

Several stories which have hit the headlines recently demonstrate the value of registered trademarks in protecting sporting brands. The Ashes

Social media usernames and brand protection strategies

  • D Young & Co
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 23 2013

More and more frequently, people are utilising social media not just as a way of connecting with others and socialising online but also to interact

High court finds that 'history' can be repeated

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 8 2013

A recent High Court decision dismissed trademark infringement and passing-off claims in respect of television channel name 'Discovery History'

TMT legal update: comparative advertising claims criteria relaxed

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2013

Following consultation, on 20 February 2013 CAPBCAP announced changes to their price comparison rules. What? Under the CAPBCAP Code, non-branded

No monopoly in history: The History Channel v Discovery History

  • Swan Turton LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 28 2013

AETN broadcasts two cable and satellite channels in the UK: HISTORY (known as the HISTORY CHANNEL from 1995 to 2008) and MILITARY HISTORY. AETN is

Battle lost by History Channel in trade mark claim

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 20 2013

A recent judgment has highlighted the difficulties involved in enforcing descriptive trade marks. It also gave the English Courts another chance to

Community Trade Mark owners take note

  • Wedlake Bell
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 15 2013

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal has upheld two separate High Court decisions concerning parallel Community Trade Mark ("CTM") infringement

Space marines in the Amazon: generic terms and trade marks

  • Marks & Clerk LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 11 2013

Games Workshop Limited has recently come in for criticism after asserting its rights over the term SPACE MARINES. When US author Maggie Hogarth

Surveying the landscape: admissibility of survey evidence in trademark disputes

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 21 2013

The Court of Appeal has issued its much-anticipated decision on the admissibility of survey evidence in the long-running trademark dispute between

To stay or not to stay: that is the question - Starbucks (HK) v Sky, EMI v Sky

  • D Young & Co
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 1 2013

On 13 September 2012, the UK Court of Appeal upheld a stay of infringement proceedings pending the outcome of an invalidity application at OHIM in