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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...
MLex: The trade mark fight over George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ has reached the EU General Court, where judges are asked whether a famous book title can...
Law360, London: A London judge ruled on 13 August 2026 that Temu had not infringed Shein's copyright for several product images, concluding that Temu...
EU Law Analysis: The General Court dismissed OpenAI’s challenge to the EUIPO’s refusal to register ‘OPENAI’ for goods and services in classes 9, 42...
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...
Patents—employee rights and compensationThis Practice Note introduces the UK law on employee inventions, namely when and how an employee who invents something at work will be allowed to either own the invention they made, or if they do not own it, eg if employed to invent, the circumstances in which
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
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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