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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published the 2025–26 innovation and growth report. The annual report sets out how the IPO’s work...
IP analysis: The Court of Appeal dismissed Shorts International Ltd’s appeal against the rejection of its trade mark infringement and passing off...
This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These...
EU Law analysis: The EU General Court clarified the scope of Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 by reaffirming that the exclusion for...
Introduction to passing offUnlike many other countries, the UK has no unfair competition law. Brand owners seeking to prevent competitors from...
Trade mark infringementRights conferred by a trade mark registrationThe registration of a trade mark gives the owner the exclusive right to prevent...
Copyright—authorship and ownershipThe Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) defines the author of a work as the person who created it....
Passing off—goodwill, misrepresentation and damageWhat is passing off?Passing off is a common law tort which protects rights that are not capable of...
Joint ownership of intellectual property rightsWhen parties collaborate on creative projects or research and development, complex questions arise about the ownership of any resulting IP.Joint ownership of IP may seem like a straightforward and fair solution where parties have worked together and
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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