Brand Matters Issue 21: May 2021 Post Editor's Note Welcome to the latest edition of Brand Matters. News New Form of Trading? Getting to the bottom of NFT. With Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) booming, and more and more people seeking to use them to extract value from digital assets, we explore the intellectual property issues. News General Court confirms that Hasbro's MONOPOLY trade mark is a bad faith re-filing In Hasbro v EUIPO, the General Court has upheld the EUIPO Board of Appeal's finding that so-called "re-filed" trade marks may be bad faith applications, subject to certain conditions. News Buy-now-pay-later service launches 'Influencer Council' as Government announces regulation of BNPL services Buy-now-pay-later services are under the spotlight with the Government announcing that they are to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. News Double "C" v Double "U": General Court finds Chanel and Huawei logos not similar The EU General Court has agreed with the EUIPO that logos owned by Chanel and Huawei are not similar, as the marks must be compared in the form registered, without altering their orientation. News Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Will the UK be at the forefront of the revolution? The UKIPO has published the Government's response following its 2020 call for views on the interplay between intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence. News Court of Appeal upholds copyright infringement finding against TuneIn Radio TuneIn Radio has substantially lost its appeal against a finding that its radio streaming service infringed copyrights owned by Warner Music and Sony, when its UK listeners streamed foreign radio stations. News New Plans Unveiled to Tackle Harmful Waste Fuelled by Fast Fashion DEFRA has launched a consultation on a new Waste Prevention Programme which aims to reduce waste by increasing the reuse, repair and remanufacture of products - a clear step in further increasing the implementation of the "circular economy" within UK industry. News House of Copycats: infringing designs, but no passing off The High Court has found unregistered design infringement in a case concerning bodycon dresses but, reluctantly, has rejected a passing off claim based on copying aspects of the Claimant's business and marketing. News New ASA report reveals "unacceptable" failure by influencers to abide by the rules A recent report published by the Advertising Standards Authority has found that one in four Instagram Stories posted by influencers included advertising content, but that just 35% of them were clearly labelled and obviously identifiable as such. News Let the music play – just not on cyberlocker and stream ripping websites The High Court has made, for the first time, website blocking orders against unlicensed ‘cyberlocker’ and stream ripping websites which infringe the claimant record companies' copyright in their music/videos. News Court of Appeal upholds findings of trade mark infringement and passing off in gymnastics bodies dispute The Court of Appeal has found in favour of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association (BAGA), the National Governing Body (NGB) for UK amateur gymnastics. Previous Issues Prev Next Issue 31 Nov 2023 Issue 30 Aug 2023 Issue 29 May 2023 Issue 28 Feb 2023 Issue 27 Oct 2022 Issue 26 Jun 2022 Issue 25 Mar 2022 Issue 24 Dec 2021 Issue 23 Sep 2021 Issue 22 Jul 2021 Issue 21 May 2021 Issue 20 Jan 2021 Issue 19 Nov 2020 Issue 18 Sep 2020 Issue 17 May 2020 Issue 16 Mar 2020 Issue 15 Dec 2019 Issue 14 Oct 2019 Issue 13 Jul 2019 Issue 12 Apr 2019 Issue 11 Dec 2018 Issue 10 Oct 2018 Issue 9 Jul 2018 Issue 8 Apr 2018 Issue 7 Nov 2017 Share
News New Form of Trading? Getting to the bottom of NFT. With Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) booming, and more and more people seeking to use them to extract value from digital assets, we explore the intellectual property issues.
News General Court confirms that Hasbro's MONOPOLY trade mark is a bad faith re-filing In Hasbro v EUIPO, the General Court has upheld the EUIPO Board of Appeal's finding that so-called "re-filed" trade marks may be bad faith applications, subject to certain conditions.
News Buy-now-pay-later service launches 'Influencer Council' as Government announces regulation of BNPL services Buy-now-pay-later services are under the spotlight with the Government announcing that they are to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
News Double "C" v Double "U": General Court finds Chanel and Huawei logos not similar The EU General Court has agreed with the EUIPO that logos owned by Chanel and Huawei are not similar, as the marks must be compared in the form registered, without altering their orientation.
News Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Will the UK be at the forefront of the revolution? The UKIPO has published the Government's response following its 2020 call for views on the interplay between intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence.
News Court of Appeal upholds copyright infringement finding against TuneIn Radio TuneIn Radio has substantially lost its appeal against a finding that its radio streaming service infringed copyrights owned by Warner Music and Sony, when its UK listeners streamed foreign radio stations.
News New Plans Unveiled to Tackle Harmful Waste Fuelled by Fast Fashion DEFRA has launched a consultation on a new Waste Prevention Programme which aims to reduce waste by increasing the reuse, repair and remanufacture of products - a clear step in further increasing the implementation of the "circular economy" within UK industry.
News House of Copycats: infringing designs, but no passing off The High Court has found unregistered design infringement in a case concerning bodycon dresses but, reluctantly, has rejected a passing off claim based on copying aspects of the Claimant's business and marketing.
News New ASA report reveals "unacceptable" failure by influencers to abide by the rules A recent report published by the Advertising Standards Authority has found that one in four Instagram Stories posted by influencers included advertising content, but that just 35% of them were clearly labelled and obviously identifiable as such.
News Let the music play – just not on cyberlocker and stream ripping websites The High Court has made, for the first time, website blocking orders against unlicensed ‘cyberlocker’ and stream ripping websites which infringe the claimant record companies' copyright in their music/videos.
News Court of Appeal upholds findings of trade mark infringement and passing off in gymnastics bodies dispute The Court of Appeal has found in favour of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association (BAGA), the National Governing Body (NGB) for UK amateur gymnastics.