Features:
A word of encouragement
Carol Nyahasha explains how a language learning project that started in lockdown has led to lasting benefits
IP across the divide
Cherrie Stewart investigates the novel solution to Brexit that now prevails in Northern Ireland
Some like it hot
That’s why it pays to approach every dispute with due respect, says Dewdney Drew.
Diversity findings are fascinating
Lord Chris Smith explains which responses to a recent sector survey he found most remarkable.
Meet Madrid’s most refused
What’s behind the high rate of rejection for UK Madrid users filing overseas?
The perils of popularity
Blake R. Wiggs assesses the impact of Canada’s accession to the Madrid Protocol on CIPO.
Regulars:
Events calendar: July 2021
Our upcoming events for members.
Insider: July 2021
Our latest news and updates of interest.
TM20: Gifty Gakpetor
Tea and biscuits are her touchstones.
Case comments:
Confusion is a complex concept
The courts are bound to take in the bigger picture, writes Beverley Potts. [2021] EWCA Civ 425, UK Gymnastics Ltd, UK Gymnastics Affiliation Ltd & Christopher Adams v British Amateur Gymnastics Association, Court of Appeal, 24th March 2021.
Cheesed off
The latest appeal related to Halloumi has amounted to nothing, Ellie Wilson reports. T-282/19, Foundation for the Protection of the Traditional Cheese of Cyprus named Halloumi v EUIPO, General Court, 24th March 2021
Safety Bull takes all
For Peter Collie, this case is an interesting illustration of conceptual meaning’s role in finding indirect confusion. O/097/21, BULL (Opposition), UK IPO, 9th February 2021.
Present and corrected
Charlotte Wilding highlights the danger of relying solely on dictum. B 3 017 194, Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. v Shenzhen Jia Li Fu Kang Logistics Co. Ltd, EUIPO, 23rd March 2021.
BHPC is boxed in
Joel Smith discusses why the judge rejected the Claimants’ arguments entirely. [2021] EWHC 118 (Ch), Lifestyle Equities CV & Another v Amazon UK Services Ltd & Others, High Court, 27th January 2021.
Watch what you say
Helene Whelbourn explains how a bit of silence went a long way for Swatch. [2021] EWHC 719 (Ch), Swatch AG v Apple Inc., High Court, 29th March 2021.
