The tragic death of an IP lawyer, a US Supreme Court case on scandalous trademarks and changes to China’s foreign investment rules were among the most popular stories in April
The similarity of two conflicting marks is one of the fundamentals of trademark law. It becomes relevant whenever two trademarks collide, whether it is during the application process, in opposition and cancellation, or during infringement proceedings.
Charlie Winckworth and Andrew Linch of Cooley look at the controversial provisions of the newly-approved EU Copyright Directive and assess what’s next for the tech companies that will be most affected
Following the highly-anticipated UK Supreme Court decision in Warner-Lambert v Generics on plausibility in November 2018, the High Court applied the new plausibility test for the first time in March, as Varuni Paranavitane of AA Thornton explains
Sarah Turner, Darren Meale and Adrian Smith of Simmons & Simmons consider what brand owners can do when faced with a bad faith trademark application and how to prepare for a potentially important CJEU decision
