May 12, 2023 The Good Cup is a Eurovision winner By Susan Bradley The crowds flocking to the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend will no doubt need a whole lot of coffee to get them through the four...
Apr 28, 2023 Singer Katy Perry loses trade mark battle against Australian designer Katie Perry By Hannah Finster After a long-running legal battle a judge in Australia has ruled that Katy Perry has infringed the trade mark rights of an Australian...
Apr 27, 2023 Marks & Clerk expert commentary on the latest Ed Sheeran case featured in global news By M&C Newsroom Earlier this week we were invited to give our views on the latest Ed Sheeran case to media outlets including This is Money, New York Folk...
Apr 17, 2023 Heart On My Sleeve - Rappers' viral collaboration that never happened By Sarah Chittock A YouTuber called Ghostwriter has used AI software trained on the voices of rappers Drake and The Weeknd to produce a track called Heart...
Mar 29, 2023 Tetris movie - making sure your IP has fallen into place By Jack Stevenson-Hill I went to an advance screening of the Tetris movie last night - I was filled with a nostalgic envy for the people I knew in the early...
Feb 20, 2023 Pinocchio: a BAFTA win with no strings attached By Graeme Murray Back in November I attended the Gala Screening of Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio at Manchester Animation Festival, and it's no surprise...
Feb 17, 2023 The difficulties of exploiting IP through royalty-based NFTs By Mike Shaw As expected, Rihanna's performance at the 2023 Super Bowl generated considerable press coverage, including publicity centred around the...
Feb 12, 2023 A Fntastic trade mark mishap By Adam Wilson The game developer Fntastic has been forced to delay the release of their game "The Day Before" due to a trade mark dispute with a third...
Jan 19, 2023 Harry Styles takes legal action over counterfeit merchandise By Megan Rannard Harry Styles has filed a lawsuit in the Chicago Federal Court against various online marketplaces selling unofficial merchandise. The...
Dec 16, 2022 One of the biggest (tech) wins of Qatar 2022 By Samuel Mailer The 2022 World Cup in Qatar draws to a close this Sunday with the showpiece final between Argentina and France in the Lusail Stadium in...
Nov 16, 2022 Mariah: Officially not a Queen... but still a Princess By Alison Melling Mariah Carey, whose famous song "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is already ringing out at festive markets across the UK, has chosen to...
Nov 16, 2022 Who's laughing now? Banksy "in charge" of trade mark rights... By Julie Canet Banksy's mark representing his 2002 graffiti of a monkey strapped with a blank sign, which in the original artwork reads "Laugh now, but...