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IC what you did there
Louise Foster casts an eye over an important clarification. CH-2018-000332, Virgin Enterprises Ltd v Virginic LLC, High Court, 25th March 2019.
Hair tangle tamed
Oliver Tidman sorts out a simple summary. O/097/19, CURL BY CURL (Invalidity), UK IPO, 19th February 2019.
A defining case
Comment on agent-principal was compelling, reports Lana Yahya. T-796/17, Mouldpro v EUIPO – Wenz Kunststoff (MOULDPRO), General Court, 14th February 2019.
Earth Girls has it easy
Its opposition was supported, writes Rebecca O’Kelly-Gillard. O/119/19, Face of Europe & The World Ltd (Application), UK IPO, 1st March 2019.
Whose link is it anyway?
Rose Smalley answers a crucial question. [2019] EWHC 599 (IPEC), Nomination Di Antonio E Paolo Gensini SNC & Anor v Brealey & Anor (t/a JSC Jewellery), High Court, 13th March 2019.
Language barrier looms large
The relevant public has a great importance, warns Sarah Husslein. B 2 801 051, Father and Sons v Mahtab Kaushal, EUIPO, 22nd March 2019.
A lesson on legitimacy
The Court shed light on BMS application, writes Rebecca Campbell. [2019] EWHC 104 (Ch), Dansac A/S & Anor v Salts Healthcare Ltd & Ors, High Court, 21st January 2019.
Another surname scuffle
David Birchall considers competing claims over an Italian surname. O/106/19, tradizione italiana coppola fine food (stylised), UK IPO, 21st February 2019.