23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Stelios Haji-Ioannou – the founder of easyJet - has told the airline that it must improve its performance if it wants to continue using the ‘easy’ name. Although he was the founder, his family are...
Tags on this discussion: agreement brand branding brands breach breach of contract commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts contract contracts Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP licence termination trade mark trade marks
23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Wayne Rooney had assigned his image rights to S, to act on his behalf with negotiating sponsorship deals. P agreed with S whereby P would act on behalf of S for exploiting some those rights. The agreement...
Tags on this discussion: agreement brand branding brands breach of contract commercial commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts commission contract contract law contracts dispute High Court image rights reasonable reasonableness restraint of trade unenforceable unreasonable void
16 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against the following: ‘Manufactured by a leading British manufacturer, Tootal’. Tootal was a brand that was not the manufacturer. It was...
Tags on this discussion: Advertising Standards Authority ASA CAP code misleading advertising
14 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Best Buy was a large American retail chain and was opening stores in the UK. Best Buy had applied to register a European Community Trade Mark. The application was opposed by the owner of an existing trade...
Tags on this discussion: brand branding brands illegal Intellectual property intellectual property rights threats trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks unjustifiable threat unlawful
13 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Intellectual Property Office has allowed in part an application from the owners of the POP IDOL registered trade mark to oppose the application for MODEL IDOL. The description of some of the advertising...
Tags on this discussion: brand branding brands goodwill Intellectual property Intellectual Property Office intellectual property rights IP IPO reputation trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks unfair
11 June 2010 | Mark Weston
Coty made and marketed perfumes under its trade marks such as Lancaster and Joop! It used a selective distribution system to sell those goods. Simex was not an authorised seller but it had provided goods...
Tags on this discussion: consent Court of Justice of the European Union EEA EU European Court of Justice European Economic Area European Union infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks unauthorised
