An article written by Waterfront Solicitors Associate Phil Leonard looking closely at what SMEs should do if a big company infringes on their trademark has been published by SME Magazine.
Phil’s piece “How to handle trademark disputes” considers the recent Bentley Clothing v Bentley Motors case which should give confidence to SME companies that, armed with a strong case and specialist IP lawyers, they should well be able to prevail against the much bigger companies who have more resources.
Phil’s piece can be read here.
A recent EU trade mark application for the word mark, PUT PUTIN IN, has been refused by the European Union Intellectual Property Office on the grounds of being contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality. While a fairly straightforward decision, this is a timely reminder…
Late yesterday UK time, it was reported that a lawyer for Twitter had sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg complaining about Meta’s new Threads app. Twitter claimed that it “has serious concerns that Meta Platforms (Meta) has engaged in systematic, wilful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property”.