A win for Peppa Pig in the long-running battle with Wolfoo On 25 June 2026, the owners of the rights in the iconic British cartoon series Peppa Pig obtained summary judgment on the sound recording copyright part of their claim against the Vietnamese owners of the Wolfoo cartoon. According to the Judge (Sir Richard Smith), despite “the enormous […]
Practice Area: Copyright
Amanda Michaels
Andrew Norris KC
Nicholas Caddick KC
Jeremy Reed KC
Jonathan Moss KC
Michael Hicks
Edward Bragiel
Guy Tritton
Gwilym Harbottle
Phillip Johnson
Nick Zweck
Benjamin Longstaff
Charlotte Blythe
Jamie Muir Wood
Sam Carter
Kendal Watkinson
Bella Dennis
Laura Adde
Becky Knott
Joseph Kay
Courtenay-Smith & or v. The Notting Hill Shopping Bag Company Ltd & ors [2025] EWHC 1793 (IPEC)
Notting Hill Shopping Bag In Courtenay-Smith & or v. The Notting Hill Shopping Bag Company Ltd & ors [2025] EWHC 1793 (IPEC), the Claimants had alleged trade mark infringement, passing off and copyright infringement. In a lengthy judgment, handed down on 18 July 2025, Master Kaye, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge found in […]
Pasternak v Prescott [2022] EWHC 2695 (Ch)
Summary The High Court found that a novel partly based on the real-life love affair of Boris Pasternak, author of the world-famous Doctor Zhivago, did not infringe the copyright in the selection, structure and arrangement of facts and incidents contained in a non-fictional account of Pasternak’s affair written by his great-niece. It did, however, infringe […]
WaterRower (UK) Ltd v Liking Ltd (T/A Topiom) [2022] EWHC 2084 (IPEC)
Strike Out Refused: WaterRower could be a work of artistic craftsmanship The Defendant sought to strike out the Claimant’s claim for infringement of copyright in its water resistance rowing machine (the WaterRower), on the basis that the WaterRower did not meet the requirements to be a “work of artistic craftsmanship” within the meaning of s.4(1)(c) […]
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Urbanbubble Ltd & others v Urban Evolution
Urbanbubble Ltd & others v Urban Evolution Property Management Ltd & others [2022] EWHC 134 (IPEC). When consent precludes trade mark infringement: Amanda Michaels acted for the successful Defendants in an action for trade mark infringement and passing off. Not only was there found to be no likelihood of confusion, but the Claimants were found […]
Semtech Corp v Lacuna Space Ltd – English Courts had no jurisdiction over IP claim against French employees
This case concerned whether or not the English courts had jurisdiction over a company’s claims against an English company and two former French employees who were domiciled in France. The French employees had worked for the Claimant and worked in the field of communications networks between satellites and Internet of Things. Although the claims were […]
