IP Case Reports - Trade Marks, Designs, Copyright & Confidential Information 

 
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Here are recent case reports on trade mark, designs, copyright and confidential information cases, including appeals from the UK Intellectual Property Office to the Appointed Office to the Appointed Person, judgments from the Courts (England & Wales) and decisions of the General Court (previously known as the Court of First Instance) and the European Court of Justice.

The reports are prepared monthly by our lawyers in the London IP department under Katharine Stephens' direction and published in the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys journal. To find a case report of particular interest, you can also search our archive by using the tool on the left.  The reports go back to January 2001.

The information in these reports is provided subject to the terms of use of this websiteReports give general information only as at the date of first publication and are not intended to give a comprehensive analysis. They should not be used as a substitute for legal or other professional advice, which should be obtained in specific circumstances.

29.06.2012
This month we report on the decision of the CJEU in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd on copyright in computer programmes, and we report on the decision of the Court of Appeal in Samsung v Apple ...
31.05.2012
This month we report on the CJEU's decision that a trade mark infringement action against an advertiser using keyword advertising can be brought either in the Court of the Member State where the trade ...
30.04.2012
This month we report on the CJ's decision on the extent of database protection in Football Dataco v Yahoo! as well as its decision clarifying the date of filing of a CTM application in the Génesis Seguros ...
10.04.2012
This month we report on the CJ's decisions on jurisdiction for trade mark infringement via the internet and also on the exclusive right conferred by a registered Community design to prevent infringing ...
01.02.2012
This month we report on the CJ decision in OHIM v Nike International Ltd concerning 'locus standi' to appeal under Article 59 CTMR. We also report on the Court of Appeal decision in Specsavers International ...
31.01.2012
This month we report on the CJ decision on whether filling of packaging bearing an infringing mark constitutes trade mark infringement and we report on the decision of the Patents County Court on copyright ...
01.01.2012
This month we report on the CJ's decision in relation to copyright in the context of reception and use of broadcasts in Football Association Premier League v QC Leisure/Karen Murphy v Media Protection ...
01.11.2011
This month we report on the CJ's decision on registered Community design rights and the "informed user" in PepsiCo Inc v Promer. We also report on the Court of Appeal's ruling in Dyson v Vax ...
30.10.2011
This month we report on the CJ's decisions on keywords and trade marks with a reputation in Interflora v Marks & Spencer, as well as a further instalment in the long-running trade mark dispute between ...
30.09.2011
This month we report on selected decisions of the Appointed Person between January and July 2011, as well as the decision of the Patents County Court in Beechwood House Publishing T/A Binleys v Guardian ...
 
 
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