United Kingdom - May 3 2019
For many years now it has been possible to register “unconventional” marks as registered UK and EU trade marks. Such trade marks are described on…
United Kingdom - April 29 2019
Leading law firm Ashfords LLP is proud to have been positioned 63rd in the CITMA 2018 Top 100 UK Trade Mark filers. Ashfords was also positioned 79th…
European Union, United Kingdom - November 15 2018
The case in question concerns cheese. In summary, Levola makes a cheese called Heksenkass. It brought a case before the Dutch Courts, alleging that…
European Union, Netherlands - September 18 2018
With autumn now upon us, I wanted to talk about a case that was reported in late July, but which may have got overlooked by many as a result of the…
United Kingdom - November 15 2017
In January 2016 and January and May of this year I wrote short pieces about the difficulties trade mark owners face in trying to secure, by way of a…