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Ambush Marketing: The Aftermath Of Milano Cortina 2026
K&L Gates LLP are most popular: within Immigration and Insurance topic(s) with Senior Company Executives and HR The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has issued one of the most significant anti-ambush marketing decisions since Italy introduced specific legislation to protect major sporting events.
Could This be the Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence for Generative AI Training | JD Supra
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025. Why does this matter? One of the most hotly debated issues surrounding GenAI is how to train AI models, and how to balance the very real concerns of creators and the necessary flexibility for developers to encourage true innovation.
Could This Be The Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence For Generative AI Training
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025. Why does this matter? One of the most hotly debated issues surrounding GenAI is how to train AI models, and how to balance the very real concerns of creators and the necessary flexibility for developers to encourage true innovation.
Could This be the Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence for Generative AI Training
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025. One of the most hotly debated issues surrounding GenAI is how to train AI models, and how to balance the very real concerns of creators and the necessary flexibility for developers to encourage true innovation.
Everybody knows that trade marks are necessary to protect a brand’s logo and name, and a lot of people know that registered designs are a powerful tool in stopping counterfeit goods, but did you know these rights can also be used to help protect against unwanted “dupes” (also known as “copycat” or “lookalike” products)?
Make Protecting Your UK And EU Product Packaging And Labels Your New Year's Ip Resolution. Part 2: Combatting Dupes And Copycats In The United Kingdom
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Make Protecting Your UK and EU Product Packaging and Labels Your New Year’s IP Resolution. Part 2: Combatting Dupes and Copycats in the United Kingdom
Skip to main content March 17, 2025 Volume XV, Number 76 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending News Make Protecting Your UK and EU Product Packaging and Labels Your New Year’s IP Resolution.
Fashion Law Update - February 2025
In this edition of Fashion Law, we have compiled thought leadership published on our blogs and website throughout 2024—providing an overview of significant legal and regulatory updates in the fashion industry over the past year. From Chanel's legal victory win against a reseller selling counterfeit goods to controls against anti-money laundering in Australia, we touch on relevant fashion topics all over the world.
When Life Gives You Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK | JD Supra
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider Company, concluding that Aldi had infringed Thatchers’ registered trade mark under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, by taking unfair advantage of Thatchers’ packaging trade mark (see comparison below).
When Life Gives You Lemons….Thatchers Successful As Court Of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount To Trade Mark Infringement In The UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider Company, concluding that Aldi had infringed Thatchers' registered trade mark under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, by taking unfair advantage of Thatchers' packaging trade mark (see comparison below).
Make Protecting Your UK And EU Product Packaging And Labels Your New Year's IP Resolution. Part 1: Protect Unique Packaging In The EU
On 19 December 2024, the EU's new Packaging Regulation was signed and will come into force 18 months after the date of publication, still to be announced. This repeals the old packaging directive and makes significant changes to the regime. These changes include introducing stringent requirements on sustainability, recyclability and limiting single-use plastics for products sold in the EU.
When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider Company, concluding that Aldi had infringed Thatchers’ registered trade mark under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, by taking unfair advantage of Thatchers’ packaging trade mark (see comparison below).
When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider Company, concluding that Aldi had infringed Thatchers’ registered trade mark under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, by taking unfair advantage of Thatchers’ packaging trade mark (see comparison below).
President Biden Issues Last-Minute Cybersecurity Executive Order
On January 16, 2025, President Biden issued Executive Order 14144, titled “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (“EO 14144”). EO 14144 builds on President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Security (“EO 14028”), and aims to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity requirements on federal contractors, combat cybercrime, and encourage the development of identity verification technologies.
Make Protecting Your UK and EU Product Packaging and Labels Your New Year’s IP Resolution. Part 1: Protect Unique Packaging in the EU | JD Supra
New developments in Europe make a filing strategy for registered designs and trade marks even more essential for the modern consumer business. Read on to find out more. On 19 December 2024, the EU’s new Packaging Regulation was signed and will come into force 18 months after the date of publication, still to be announced. This repeals the old packaging directive and makes significant changes to the regime.
Make Protecting Your UK and EU Product Packaging and Labels Your New Year’s IP Resolution. Part 1: Protect Unique Packaging in the EU
New developments in Europe make a filing strategy for registered designs and trade marks even more essential for the modern consumer business. Read on to find out more. On 19 December 2024, the EU’s new Packaging Regulation was signed and will come into force 18 months after the date of publication, still to be announced. This repeals the old packaging directive and makes significant changes to the regime.
Lawn and Order: Major Steps Against Greenwashing in Europe | JD Supra
A new and powerful wave of “greenwashing”1 bans will sweep the European Union (EU) shortly. The EU’s Green Claims Directive and Greenwashing Directive2 (together, the Green Directives) are key legislative tools being introduced in the EU as part of the European Green Deal, focused on combatting misleading claims regarding products’ environmental friendliness or social consciousness.
Lawn and Order: Major Steps Against Greenwashing in Europe
A new and powerful wave of “greenwashing”1 bans will sweep the European Union (EU) shortly. The EU’s Green Claims Directive and Greenwashing Directive2 (together, the Green Directives) are key legislative tools being introduced in the EU as part of the European Green Deal, focused on combatting misleading claims regarding products’ environmental friendliness or social consciousness.
Goodbye To The UKCA Mark. Lifespan Of The EU's CE Mark Extended Indefinitely By The UK Government
On 1 August, the UK government announced that it would extend use of the EU's Conformité Européene (CE) mark for certain products placed on the market in Great Britain indefinitely. This is an abrupt change from the intended plan of phasing out use of the EU's CE mark and replacing it with a new British version known as the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by the end of 2024. What are the CE and the UKCA marks?
It's The Final Countdown…or Is It?: CMA Issues Decision On Online Pressure-selling Tactics
Countdown clocks are a useful feature of digital advertising. Think "Sale ends midnight!" accompanied by a clock counting down the minutes you have left to make an order. When used correctly these urgency claims can help drive interest in a sale. However, they can also easily become misleading and breach UK consumer protection laws.
Goodbye to The UKCA Mark. Lifespan of The EU’s Ce Mark Extended Indefinitely by The UK Government
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 On 1 August, the UK government announced that it would extend use of the EU’s Conformité Européene (CE) mark for certain products placed on the market in Great Britain indefinitely. This is an abrupt change from the intended plan of phasing out use of the EU’s CE mark and replacing it with a new British version known as the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by the end of 2024. What are the CE and the UKCA marks?
Goodbye to the UKCA Mark. Lifespan of the EU’s CE Mark Extended Indefinitely by the UK Government
On 1 August, the UK government announced that it would extend use of the EU’s Conformité Européene (CE) mark for certain products placed on the market in Great Britain indefinitely. This is an abrupt change from the intended plan of phasing out use of the EU’s CE mark and replacing it with a new British version known as the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by the end of 2024. What are the CE and the UKCA marks?
Goodbye to The UKCA Mark. Lifespan of The EU’s CE Mark Extended Indefinitely by The UK Government
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 On 1 August, the UK government announced that it would extend use of the EU’s Conformité Européene (CE) mark for certain products placed on the market in Great Britain indefinitely. This is an abrupt change from the intended plan of phasing out use of the EU’s CE mark and replacing it with a new British version known as the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark by the end of 2024. What are the CE and the UKCA marks?
It’s the Final Countdown…or Is It?: CMA Issues Decision on Online Pressure-Selling Tactics
Countdown clocks are a useful feature of digital advertising. Think “Sale ends midnight!” accompanied by a clock counting down the minutes you have left to make an order. When used correctly these urgency claims can help drive interest in a sale. However, they can also easily become misleading and breach UK consumer protection laws.
Registering NFTs and Virtual Goods in the UK
As we learned to appreciate over the past year or so, virtual goods are intangible assets that can be traded within a virtual economy, worth whatever participants in the virtual market are willing to pay for them. Though a type of virtual good, NFTs have their own unique definition, which can now be found in the Cambridge Dictionary: An NFT is a unique unit of data (the only one existing of its type) that links to a particular piece of digital art, music, video etc.
Why CMA, What Large Teeth You (Could) Have! Take Care to Heed the ASA and CMA’s Warnings Against Misleading Advertising
In the UK, we have seen an increase in regulator activism, and particularly, in relation to advertising misleading consumers. This can be seen in the recent spate of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) investigations and a whole host of the UK Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) decisions. Companies will need to take extra care as the CMA may get some (very large) new teeth from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (“Bill”).
Why CMA, What Large Teeth you (Could) Have! Take Care to Heed the ASA and CMA’s Warnings Against Misleading Advertising
In the UK, we have seen an increase in regulator activism, and particularly, in relation to advertising misleading consumers. This can be seen in the recent spate of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) investigations and a whole host of the UK Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) decisions. Companies will need to take extra care as the CMA may get some (very large) new teeth from the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (“Bill”).
Cosmetic Blunder – All UK Instagram Content Must Make Clear on The Face of It that It Is an Ad, Including Reels and Stories
Monday, September 12, 2022 The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has found that an influencer’s Instagram reel and story breached the advertising regulations. All advertising made by influencers must make it clear that it is an advertisement; otherwise, brands, even if they have no control, will be held jointly responsible.
Fashion Law Update – August 2022 | JD Supra
In this edition of Fashion Law, we look at the trends, emerging and evolving, within the retail, luxury goods and fashion sectors around the world. This update provides a through snapshot of the key issues in this sector and around the world. Our team is keeping track of these developments and can provide more information if you have further questions. Please see full Publication below for more information. Download PDF
Lovely Jubbly? Fictional Characters Are Capable of Copyright Protection in The UK
Considering the UK’s rich history of literature, it may be somewhat surprising to know that there was very little case law discussing whether copyright might subsist in a fictional character. However, on 8 June 2022, the UK courts finally tackled whether a fictional character can be protected under copyright law in Shazam Productions Ltd v Only Fools The Dining Experience Ltd & Ors [2022] EWHC 1379 (IPEC).
Trade Mark Infringement – Muslim Dating App Meets its Match [.com]
A recent Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Decision (IPEC) on 20 April 2022 has decided that ‘Muzmatch’, an online matchmaking service to the Muslim Community has infringed Match.com’s registered trade marks. The decision by Nicholas Caddick Q.C was that Muzmatch’s use of signs and its name amounted to trade mark infringement and/or passing off of Match.com’s trade marks.
Cosmetic Blunder – All UK Instagram Content Must Make Clear on the Face of it That It's An Ad, Including Reels and Stories
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Advertising in the Time of Coronavirus
Thursday, February 18, 2021 COVID-19 and the many national lockdowns that have followed have caused a huge shift in advertising and marketing. Suddenly, everyone is at home and receiving nearly all content digitally; through their phones, tablets and TVs, and advertising budgets have been sliced and squeezed as companies shift scarce resources to other parts of their business.
UK Advertising Regulator Makes First Ever Ruling on Disclosures Required for Commercial Marketing via a TikTok Video
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Fashion Law Update - October 2020 Edition | JD Supra
In this edition of Fashion Law, we have a huge selection of articles from around the world. Firstly, given the turmoil over the past year and how many brands have filed for insolvency or needed to restructure, we provide tips to ensure that a financial and operational restructure can succeed. Secondly, we look at supply chains, particularly out of Asia, and the customs, international trade implications and dangers facing global businesses and what you need to do to comply.
Copyright Protection for Brompton’s Folding Bicycle? CJEU Gives Green Light to the Possibility Across Europe | JD Supra
On 11 June 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its decision in the referral from the Belgium Companies Court (Tribunal de l’entreprise de Liège) arising from copyright infringement proceedings by Brompton Bicycle Ltd (Brompton) against a Korean company Get2Get Chedech (Get2Get) relating to its folding bike.
Copyright Protection for Brompton's Folding Bicycle? CJEU Gives Green Light to the Possibility Across Europe
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After the CJEU’s Decision Now There Is a Final High Court Judgment in The Sky v Skykick Case
Mr. Casinader is a Senior Associate in Melbourne's intellectual property team with a range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. This experience includes developing and enforcing brand protection strategies on matters for trade mark, copyright and design owners, and providing contentious and non-contentious advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property law.
COVID-19: UKIPO Declares “Interrupted Days” to Extend Deadlines
Mr. Casinader is a Senior Associate in Melbourne's intellectual property team with a range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. This experience includes developing and enforcing brand protection strategies on matters for trade mark, copyright and design owners, and providing contentious and non-contentious advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property law.
COVID-19: EUIPO Extends All Office Deadlines; CJEU Restricts Operations But Time Limits Unchanged | JD Supra
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COVID-19: EUIPO extends all office deadlines; CJEU restricts operations but time limits unchanged | Lexology
European Union
March 17 2020 With the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic being seen in all facets of our lives, European IP registries are also seeking to manage these exceptional circumstances. On Monday 16 March 2020, the Executive Director of the EUIPO issued a decision extending all time limits for EU trade marks and designs expiring between 9 March 2020 and 30 April 2020, that affect all parties before the Office, to 1 May 2020.
COVID-19: EUIPO Extends all Office Deadlines; CJEU Restricts Operations but Time Limits Unchanged
Mr. Casinader is a Senior Associate in Melbourne's intellectual property team with a range of experience protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights. This experience includes developing and enforcing brand protection strategies on matters for trade mark, copyright and design owners, and providing contentious and non-contentious advice in relation to all aspects of intellectual property law.
Lucky Number 7: IPEC Small Tracks Claims Can Be Issued In 7 New Locations And Are No Longer Tied To London
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Brexit Update | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Court Confirms Additional Tools for Trade Mark Owners to Protect their Brand Where They Operate a Selective Distribution System in the EU | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
A No Deal Brexit - How will Trademarks and Designs Look?
Over two years after the UK voted to leave the EU, there is an increasingly likely possibility that the UK will leave the EU in March 2019 without a deal agreed (although negotiations continue). As a result, the technical guidance notes published on 24 September 2018 give businesses, brand owners and designers much needed insight into how such a scenario will look.
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