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Canadian Trade Mark Registrations to be Randomly Selected to Prove Use
Andy King - January 2, 2025

Canadian Trade Mark Registrations to be Randomly Selected to Prove Use

Owners of trade marks registered in Canada should be aware of new initiative that could require ...

Bad Faith or Business Strategy? Sky vs. SkyKick Sets a Precedent
Andy King - November 27, 2024

Bad Faith or Business Strategy? Sky vs. SkyKick Sets a Precedent

The long running saga of the battle between Sky Ltd (“Sky”) and SkyKick UK Ltd (“SkyKick”) is ...

Mewburn Ellis wins the NetDocuments Inspire Customer Automation Award
Andy Newland - November 21, 2024

Mewburn Ellis wins the NetDocuments Inspire Customer Automation Award

Mewburn Ellis is proud to announce that we have been awarded the prestigious NetDocuments Inspire ...

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2025
Joanna Smith - October 2, 2024

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2025

We are extremely proud to once again be ranked tier one for our patent and trade mark practices in ...

Navigating the Sonic Maze: overcoming the challenges with registering sound marks in the UK
Andy King - March 8, 2024

Navigating the Sonic Maze: overcoming the challenges with registering sound marks in the UK

In an increasingly crowded market, businesses are recognising the value of sound marks (or ‘sonic ...

Unlocking Affordability: Our Exciting Trade Mark Price Reductions for 2024!
Andy King - January 23, 2024

Unlocking Affordability: Our Exciting Trade Mark Price Reductions for 2024!

As part of our commitment to providing exceptional services that offer great value and put our ...

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2024
Joanna Smith - October 5, 2023

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2024

We are extremely proud to once again be ranked tier one for our patent and trade mark practices in ...

Meet The Team: Andy King, Head of Trade Marks, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Andy King - May 22, 2023

Meet The Team: Andy King, Head of Trade Marks, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney

As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner and Head of Trade Marks Andy King about ...

Percy Pig ice cream renamed after M&S request
Andy King - May 15, 2023

Percy Pig ice cream renamed after M&S request

A small family-run ice cream parlour based in Hertfordshire has recently renamed its 'Perky Pig ...

Fail to Prepare; Prepare to Fail: a discussion about representation issues at the UK IPO
Andy King - April 28, 2023

Fail to Prepare; Prepare to Fail: a discussion about representation issues at the UK IPO

The UK IPO has recently introduced an important change to the rules on representation of certain ...

WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2023
Joanna Smith - February 20, 2023

WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2023

We are delighted be ranked silver for prosecution and strategy in WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading ...

Form TM7 & TM7A — discrepancies between threatened and actual opponents at the UKIPO
Andy King - January 9, 2023

Form TM7 & TM7A — discrepancies between threatened and actual opponents at the UKIPO

Publication of a UK trade mark application, following examination and acceptance by the UK IPO, ...

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2023
Jacqueline Murphy - October 14, 2022

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2023

We are extremely proud to be ranked tier one for our patent and trade mark practices in the 2023 ...

WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2022
Jacqueline Murphy - March 4, 2022

WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2022

We are delighted be ranked silver for prosecution and strategy in WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading ...

COVID pandemic sparks significant increase in domain name disputes
Andy King - March 2, 2022

COVID pandemic sparks significant increase in domain name disputes

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published updated statistics on ...

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2022
Jacqueline Murphy - September 30, 2021

Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2022

Mewburn Ellis is proud to be ranked top tier for our patent and trade mark practices in the 2022 ...

The Trademark Registry Exchange - protecting trade marks against Generic Top-Level Domains cybersquatting
Andy King - August 23, 2021

The Trademark Registry Exchange - protecting trade marks against Generic Top-Level Domains cybersquatting

The Trademark Registry Exchange (or ‘TREx’) offers domain name owners a cost-effective measure for ...

Apply for your Brexit UK trade mark re-filings now to minimise the risk of possible examination delays
Andy King - August 12, 2021

Apply for your Brexit UK trade mark re-filings now to minimise the risk of possible examination delays

Owners of EU trade mark rights that were pending on 31 December 2020 have until 30 September 2021 ...

UEFA v The (European) Super League – intellectual property rights on the legal playing field
Andy King - July 12, 2021

UEFA v The (European) Super League – intellectual property rights on the legal playing field

On 18 April 2021, the proposal for a new mid-week competition for European football sent shockwaves ...

Ambush marketing: playing by the rules at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games
Andy King - July 2, 2021

Ambush marketing: playing by the rules at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

In the year of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (yes, it is still Tokyo 2020 and not Tokyo ...

YouGov survey finds that nearly a quarter of businesses have been a victim of cybersquatting
Andy King - June 28, 2021

YouGov survey finds that nearly a quarter of businesses have been a victim of cybersquatting

A recent survey conducted by Mewburn Ellis, in conjunction with YouGov, revealed that nearly a ...

Do not pass Go - General Court affirms bad faith in Hasbro MONOPOLY trade mark case
Andy King - June 2, 2021

Do not pass Go - General Court affirms bad faith in Hasbro MONOPOLY trade mark case

EU General Court (GC) in Case T‑663/19 confirms that refiling an identical mark for identical ...

Thoughts on UK IPO representation for foreign-owned UK trade mark registrations
Andy King - April 21, 2021

Thoughts on UK IPO representation for foreign-owned UK trade mark registrations

Foreign owners of UK trade mark registrations are advised to appoint a UK IPO representative, if ...

A perfect score for British Gymnastics at IPEC
Andy King - March 15, 2021

A perfect score for British Gymnastics at IPEC

The national governing body (NGB) for gymnastics in the UK, British Gymnastics, has announced that ...

World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021
Jacqueline Murphy - February 17, 2021

World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021

Mewburn Ellis is delighted to once again be ranked in World Trademark Review 1000, the research ...

The principle of replacement in trade marks
Andy King - February 3, 2021

The principle of replacement in trade marks

The creation, by Brexit, of many thousands of new ‘comparable’ (or ‘cloned’) UK trade mark ...

Amazon Pharmacy trade mark battle
Andy King - November 24, 2020

Amazon Pharmacy trade mark battle

Amazon’s latest trademark dispute stems from its efforts to launch a new pharmacy service in the ...

The impact of Brexit on .EU domain names
Andy King - November 6, 2020

The impact of Brexit on .EU domain names

Internet domain names are crucial commercial assets for many businesses. They are communicated to ...

Utilising the potential of Amazon Brand Registry to protect and benefit your brand
Andy King - October 26, 2020

Utilising the potential of Amazon Brand Registry to protect and benefit your brand

As representatives for thousands of our client’s EUTM and UK trade mark registrations, we often ...

Three-dimensional Ferrari trade mark driven to partial cancellation
Andy King - October 22, 2020

Three-dimensional Ferrari trade mark driven to partial cancellation

EUIPO Cancellation Division partially cancels trade mark consisting of a three-dimensional ...

Bad Faith at the UK IPO – a review of recent cases
Andy King - September 18, 2020

Bad Faith at the UK IPO – a review of recent cases

The recent Sky v SkyKick case has put a renewed focus on the issue of “bad faith” at the UK IPO. ...

Jaguar Land Rover unable to defend three-dimensional trade mark before the UK High Court
Andy King - September 11, 2020

Jaguar Land Rover unable to defend three-dimensional trade mark before the UK High Court

UK High Court (HC) upholds decision of UK IPO to refuse registration of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)’s ...

®egistration and/or use of a trade mark – an automatic defence in the UK to trade mark infringement claims?
Andy King - July 29, 2020

®egistration and/or use of a trade mark – an automatic defence in the UK to trade mark infringement claims?

It is quite a common and perfectly reasonable assumption by some clients that by registering a ...

Madrid Protocol designations - the growing requirement for domestic representatives
Andy King - July 16, 2020

Madrid Protocol designations - the growing requirement for domestic representatives

The absence of a requirement to instruct local professional representation is considered one of the ...

Life after Skykick: where next for wide specification filings at the UK IPO and EU IPO?
Andy King - June 18, 2020

Life after Skykick: where next for wide specification filings at the UK IPO and EU IPO?

This article examines some of the issues around the concept of use and intention to use a trade ...

Sky v Skykick - status quo remains for trade mark owners
Andy King - February 20, 2020

Sky v Skykick - status quo remains for trade mark owners

Background Sky, the TV, broadcasting, media and telecommunications giant, brought infringement and ...

Rubik’s Cube trade mark in puzzling General Court decision
Andy King - December 4, 2019

Rubik’s Cube trade mark in puzzling General Court decision

This article was originally published on the CITMA website. View the original article here. Ruling ...

USPTO changes rules of representation for overseas trade mark applicants
Andy King - August 12, 2019

USPTO changes rules of representation for overseas trade mark applicants

The US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has recently changed the rules regarding the need for ...

Cultural (mis)appropriation in trademarks: can (and should) you register culturally sensitive names?
Andy King - July 31, 2019

Cultural (mis)appropriation in trademarks: can (and should) you register culturally sensitive names?

Andy King, Partner and Trademark Attorney at Mewburn Ellis, discusses the controversial issue of ...

New European spirit drinks regulation EU 2019/787
Andy King - July 24, 2019

New European spirit drinks regulation EU 2019/787

Dydra Donath breaks down the new regulation the EU has placed on spirit drink trademarks. Article ...

Glen Buchenbach - Scotch whisky?
Andy King - May 20, 2019

Glen Buchenbach - Scotch whisky?

Originally published in The Trademark Lawyer, Dydra Donath discusses the recent CJEU decision on ...

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