After three decades of collaboration with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (“Fifa”), Electronic Arts Inc. (“EA”), the company that owns EA Sports, has told fans that it will no longer produce its world-famous football video game under the name “FIFA”. It now plans to release a game…
“Muzmatch” is a dating and marriage app that provides Muslims with the means to find a marriage partner online in a way that is compatible with Islamic values. Match Group recently brought proceedings against Muzmatch for trade mark infringement and passing off. It relied on a number of…
This case review from our trade mark expert, Maria-Elena Cacace, highlights the pitfall of failing to do a thorough trade mark clearance search and then being clobbered several years down the line by a major brand owner. On 16 February 2022, Hacon HHJ handed down judgment[1] for a…
IP Precautions Part One: Trade Mark Clearance Searches
AI cannot be an inventor for the purposes of UK patent law
A brave (or foolish) SME is suing Facebook. Background RitaNoTiara Ltd. is a small, online clothing retailer. Scammers had created fake adverts using images taken from RitaNoTiara’s website and its logo. The fake adverts redirect to a “fake” website purportedly selling RitaNoTiara clothing. When a transaction is completed,…