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Brand owners can use the UK Intellectual Property Office’s new fast track procedure to object to later-filed trade marks.

The General Court of the European Union has annulled the decision of the Community trade marks Office’s Board of Appeal to partially refuse an application to register the trade mark 'Golden Balls'.

Why did SBM, the owner of Casino de Monte-Carlo, fail in its claim for trade mark infringement and passing off against AIL who provided 'fun' casino entertainment at weddings and corporate functions?

The UK IPO has announced a new fast track for oppositions; stated aim 'affordable cost'.

How does the IPO decide a case when the parties don't turn up? See how the IPO hearing officer dealt with this unusual question in the case of Coupling Technology Limited v Coupling Solutions LLC.

Dickerson and Gibson publish an article about OHIM's discretion to consider evidence filed after the initial deadline in Community Trade Mark opposition proceedings following a recent ECJ decision.

A patent threats principle laid down in the nineteenth century has been reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal in the recent case of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd v Clariant Produkte.

A controversial damages principle for patents which are later revoked has been overturned in the Supreme Court. 

Dickerson and Gibson report on 32Red Plc v WHG (International) Ltd ([2013] EWHC 815 (Ch), April 12 2013). This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in May 2013.

Jeremy Dickerson, Emily Roberts and Georgina Shaw from our Intellectual Property team give practical guidance and advice in World Trademark Review to rights owners managing anti-counterfeiting issues.