Rosie BurbidgeOct 4, 20212 min readCan unreasonable behaviour lead to a higher IPEC costs award?In early 2021, Deputy High Court Judge David Stone (sitting in the IP Enterprise Court, IPEC) in a dispute over the use of the name...
Rosie BurbidgeOct 4, 20212 min readA rotten judgment for John LydonWho has the power to control the use of the Sex Pistols IP rights? That was essentially the question decided by Sir Anthony Mann in Jones...
Rosie BurbidgeOct 4, 20212 min readWhat is required for a successful moral rights claim?Moral rights disputes don’t come to court very often, so Mrs Justice O’Farrell’s judgment in The Front Door (UK) Lt (t/a Richard Reid...
Rosie BurbidgeSep 15, 20214 min readWhy is easyGroup usually successful in trade mark proceedings (& why did it recently lose)?easyGroup, which owns the IP rights for companies such as easyJet and easyHotel, has been active, and largely successful, in bringing...
Rosie BurbidgeSep 15, 20212 min readWhere's the line for music copyright infringement The popular song Waiting All Night by the band Rudimental was not copied from a 2007 song Can You Tell Me, performed by Kelly-Marie...