Rebekah Sellars

Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA February 2022

European Union - March 21 2022 The GC upheld the BoA's decision that the EUIPO had made an 'obvious error' pursuant to article 103 in recording a transfer of ownership in the marks…

Jonathan Edwards, Alexander Grigg, Aaron Hetherington, Ciara Hughes, Katharine Stephens

Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA Journal

European Union, United Kingdom - August 9 2021 The GC annulled the BoA's decision that there was a likelihood of confusion between the marks under article 8(1)(b) on the basis that it had not…

Hilary Atherton, Maisie Briggs, Amy Cole, Bryony Gold, Alexander Grigg, Aaron Hetherington, Robert Milligan, Katharine Stephens

Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA March 2021

European Union - March 18 2021 The BoA was correct to find that the marks at issue had an average degree of visual similarity, a high degree of phonetic similarity and were…

Charlotte Addley, Stephen Allen, Alexander Grigg, Aaron Hetherington, Ciara Hughes, Emma Ikpe, Lauren Kourie, Carina Rodriguez, Katharine Stephens

Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA Journal

European Union - February 5 2019 The GC upheld the BoA's decision dismissing the opposition on the basis that Aldo had failed to substantiate the existence of its earlier mark…

Daniel Anti, Hilary Atherton, Emma Green, Aaron Hetherington, Mark Livsey, Katharine Stephens, Adeena Wells

WHO can see WHO on post GDPR WHOIS

Global - September 24 2018 Following GDPR, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has changed its policy and now requires domain name registries to…