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New trade mark law opinion bad news for Louboutin’s red soles?

How does Advocate General Szpunar’s opinion affect fashion’s most famous sole trader? Louboutin’s red lacquered soled shoes are famous internationally and are instantly recognisable by fashionistas worldwide. Mr Louboutin has spent decades trying to protect his distinctive branding and stop copycats from applying a red finish to the soles of…

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? Craft brewer BrewDog in trade mark scuffle with Wolf pub

A trade mark dispute in the craft drinks sector illustrates the need to enforce trade marks early. Trade marks and branding in general are extremely important to the drinks industry, where the consumer’s first purchase of a product is often made without having tasted it. The UK craft beer sector…

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Mark

  A case involving competing ukulele orchestras demonstrates the difficulties in proving the validity of a descriptive English language Community Trade Mark and the enduring usefulness of national trade mark registrations and passing off. The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain v Clausen & Anor (t/a the United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra) [2015]…