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According to a recent BBC article, US festival brand Coachella has forced Steps star Ian “H” Watkins to change the…

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Manchester finds itself in the middle of an intellectual property dispute In the world of higher education, branding and trade…

In the food and drink space, ‘dupes’ refer to alternative (often, lower cost) products that closely mimic well-known food and…

As a result of ongoing discussions with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) on the subject of Address…

On 1 January 2024, the UKIPO changed its rules surrounding the requirement of an address for service in the UK,…

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Under the current practice of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the suspension of a trade mark application is…

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It’s the correspondence that no one wants to receive: a cease-and-desist letter, informing the recipient that they are infringing Intellectual…