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Practice Area: Trade Marks
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
Shorts v Google [2025] EWCA Civ 653
Simon Malynicz KC and Sam Carter acted for the appellant in the Shorts v Google matter (Judgment linked below). They were instructed by Sheridans and were successful in the decision. The Court of Appeal has decided two cross-applications in the context of appeals and cross-appeals brought by both parties to the trial judgment in trade […]
Shine TV Ltd v. Ska Trading Ltd [2022] EWHC 3156 (Ch)
MISTER CHEF v. MASTERCHEF: conceptual dissonance? On 15 December, Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE handed down a short decision in an appeal from the Trade Marks Registry in Shine TV Ltd v. Ska Trading Ltd [2022] EWHC 3156 (Ch). Ska sought to register the mark ‘MISTER CHEF’ for various cooking utensils. Shine owned earlier rights in the form of […]
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Monster Energy Co. v. Red Bull GmbH – CH-2021-000211
The High Court did not believe that Monster didn’t intend to benefit from the Red Bull brand “‘Red Dawg’ will in fact, whether that is what Monster subjectively intended or not, be given a free-ride, and will therefore gain an unfair commercial advantage,” Judge Johnson. Monster had applied to register a U.K. trademark for “Red […]
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Lifestyle Equities & Anr v Amazon & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 552
The Court of Appeal found that listings on Amazon’s US website targeted consumers in the UK/EU and thus Amazon had infringed Lifestyle’s UK/EU trade marks. Michael Edenborough QC and Thomas St Quintin, instructed by Brandsmiths, for the Appellants (Lifestyle Equities) Background Facts Lifestyle Equities CV and Lifestyle Licensing BV (together “Lifestyle”), respectively the owner and […]
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Indo European Foods Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (T-342/20) [2022] E.T.M.R. 1
Representing the successful appellant in seeking to annul a decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal where it had decided that Brexit meant the earlier UK rights could be disregarded in an opposition to registration despite the mark being filed, opposed and initially determined prior to the UK’s exit from the EU. […]
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 […]
Lyle & Scott v American Eagle Outfitters – permission to serve out of jurisdiction and Rome II Regulation
This was an application to set aside permission to serve proceedings on the US defendant alleging breach of a worldwide trade mark co-existence agreement and passing off. Both parties used eagle devices for clothing In dismissing the application, Miles J held that the passing off case had a real prospect of success. He also […]
Lifestyles Equities CV v Copyrights Group – Greenwich Polo Club device marks do not infringe Beverly Hills Polo Club registered trade mark
This case concerned whether various device marks including the words “Greenwich Polo Club” infringed registered trade marks for “Beverly Hills Polo Club” and amounted to passing off. The court held that there was no infringement or passing off. The judgment can be seen here and some of the trade marks in issue can be seen […]
