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Rosie Burbidge
Jan 29, 20233 min read
What constitutes "use" of a domain name?
A case about rival builders and insulated timber framed panels had a bit of everything: patent & copyright infringement, passing off...


Rosie Burbidge
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Who controls a jointly owned trade mark?
This is a family dispute about control of a trade mark for "Legea" for sports goods. E.g. who can terminate an assignment?


Rosie Burbidge
Jan 6, 20232 min read
Is Amazon liable for ads from third-party sellers?
Ecommerce may be transformed by an EU decision about who is responsible for ads on Amazon by third-party sellers for infringing goods


Rosie Burbidge
Dec 22, 20224 min read
Can a country name be registered as a trade mark?
In December 2016, I wrote a post for the IPKat blog about a dispute over the ICELAND trade mark. Six years on, we now have two EU decisions


Rosie Burbidge
Dec 22, 20222 min read
MISTER CHEF v MASTERCHEF: Where is the line for conceptual similarity?
MISTER CHEF is not conceptually similar to MASTERCHEF says the High Court in an appeal from the UKIPO
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