Rebecca Anderson-Smith - February 21, 2025 Abbott’s CGM shape trade mark found invalid by high court On 7 February 2025, the High Court of England and Wales issued a decision in Abbott v Sinocare ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - December 17, 2024 Court of Appeal overturns decision in POST MILK GENERATION The primary issue in this case is whether use of the word milk in the mark POST MILK GENERATION for ...
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 ...
Jamie Emerick - January 24, 2024 High Court confirms EU law does not prohibit use of ‘milk’ in a trade mark for milk substitutes in the UK Last year, in December 2023, the Chancery Division of the High Court handed down its decision on ...
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 ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 7, 2023 A badge of green credentials With consumers increasingly choosing brands that are more environmentally friendly, we have seen a ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 1, 2023 Building an international Customs strategy for your pharma brand Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a global problem and pose a significant threat to consumers and ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - August 4, 2023 Court of Appeal confirms filing a trade mark cancellation action does not ‘stop the clock’ on acquiescence In our “Pharma trade marks: 2022 case law round up” (written towards the end of November 2022) we ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 25, 2023 Meet The Team: Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner, Rebecca Anderson-Smith about how she set ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 20, 2023 High Court finds Tesco Clubcard Prices logo infringes Lidl’s trade mark The High Court of England and Wales yesterday (19 April 2023) held that Tesco has been infringing ...
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 ...
Lauren Woolley - February 3, 2023 Veganuary: what a month it has been! Veganuary is done for another year. What a month it has been!
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - December 2, 2022 Pharma trade marks: 2022 case law round up As we enter December, and the year draws to a close, many trade mark practitioners and brand owners ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 21, 2022 Pharma Trade Marks: Exhaustion and Parallel Trade in the UK - Special Report 2022 We are excited to announce the release of our latest special report Pharma Trade Marks: Exhaustion ...
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 ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 26, 2022 Plant-based brands: what does it take to break through? We investigate what it takes to stand out in an increasingly crowded retail space.
Jacqueline Murphy - March 23, 2022 Non-traditional pharmaceutical trade marks - new special report We are excited to announce the launch of our latest special report Non-traditional pharmaceutical ...
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 ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 4, 2021 MIP IP Stars - The Rising Stars in IP 2021 Congratulations to Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Callum McGuinn and Ben Tolley for being recognised as ...
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 ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - July 6, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: position marks In this final blog in our non-traditional pharma trade mark series, we will be examining position ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 27, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: sound, motion and multimedia marks Following on from our previous blog posts examining the role of shape marks and colour marks in the ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 21, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: colours Our previous blog post, Non-traditional pharma trade marks: shapes, explored the relevance of shape ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 23, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: shapes In our previous blog post 'Naming pharmaceuticals: considerations for choosing, clearing and ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 22, 2021 Pharma brands: what's in a name? Pinning down a new drug name that will both catch attention and clear regulatory hurdles requires ...
Maria Hall - February 9, 2021 New partner promotions We are delighted to announce the promotion of two of our senior associates to partner.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - January 29, 2021 In(sta)fringement: reporting trade mark infringement on Instagram Most readers will be familiar with Instagram, a global photo and video sharing social network which ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - October 28, 2020 Naming pharmaceuticals: considerations for choosing, clearing and registering pharmaceutical brand names There are many different types of names you might see associated with a pharmaceutical product.
Jacqueline Murphy - October 22, 2020 MIP IP STARS: The Rising Stars in IP 2020 Congratulations to Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Callum McGuinn and Ben Tolley for being recognised as ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 18, 2020 Banksy’s ‘Flower Thrower’ trade mark cancelled for bad faith A recent decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has seen a trade mark ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - August 5, 2020 Geographical indications: the evolving scope of evocation Under EU law, protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs) ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 8, 2020 Zombie trade marks: overcoming the pitfalls of resurrecting a brand Have you ever fondly remembered a brand from your youth and wished you could get your hands on ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 5, 2020 Branding in times of crisis: It’s time to make your mark meaningful David Benady explains why a brand based on solid values is now a business’s most powerful asset.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 30, 2020 The power of trade marks: social distancing logos during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic We are all now familiar with the social distancing guidelines set out by the World Health ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 27, 2020 Temporary modification of production conditions for PGIs and PDOs will help farmers struggling to deal with coronavirus (COVID-19) The coronavirus lockdowns across many European countries have brought a variety of new challenges ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 9, 2020 Why a "COVID-19” trade mark should be rejected The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly forced us all to adapt our lives and business practices in ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 19, 2020 Parallel imports of pharmaceuticals – A UK trade mark perspective The UK parallel import licensing scheme lets a medicine authorised in another EU Member State be ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 5, 2020 Latest in Halloumi trade mark dispute In July 2014, Bulgarian company M. J. Dairies EOOD filed a European Union trade mark application ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 3, 2020 What’s in a name? Enforcing trade mark rights and the own name defence Clothing and accessories brand Hugo Boss has recently found itself making headlines, and probably ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - November 27, 2019 General Court annuls incorrect interpreted specification of trade mark We are delighted to report that our client Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited has been successful in ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - October 2, 2019 5 top tips to prevent trade mark ‘genericide’ Most trade mark owners will be aware that their UK or European Union trade mark registration is ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 3, 2019 Babybel trade mark blow The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has dealt a blow to the owners of Babybel cheese, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 4, 2019 WTR 1000 2019 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals We are delighted to have been named as a recommended firm in the World Trademark Review 2019 ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - December 6, 2018 Significant blow to Cadbury in purple trade mark battle Cadbury has been dealt a blow by the Court of Appeal in its battle to maintain its trade mark for ...
