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Aug 13, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's decision that BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB trade marks were not infringed by ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE POLO CLUB signs in a decision handed down on 22 July 2024: Lifestyle Equities v Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jude Antony
This article first appeared in WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in July 2024. For further information, please go to www.worldtrade markreview.com.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
AGA's trade marks, but not its copyright, were held to be infringed in an instructive judgment for those involved with upcycling and refurbishment activities, handed down by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) on 8 July 2024 (Aga Rangemaster v UK Innovations & McGinley).
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
On 25 January 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued its highly anticipated preliminary reference concerning Audi's renowned four rings trade mark (C-334/22, Audi Group AG ("Audi") v GQ.
Summary of facts
Audi, the Claimant, owns European Union trade mark no.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Sarah Tedstone
The new Labour Government may bring significant changes to data sharing in the UK with implications for data protection law and regulation. Whilst precise details and timescales are unknown, the promises are set out below.
Data Protection Regulation generally
The Labour manifesto 2024 is largely silent about data protection reforms, and the previous government's Data Protection and Digital Information Bill seems to be a thing of the past.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
The Supreme Court has handed down its keenly anticipated decision inLifestyle Equities v Ahmed, ruling that knowledge is required in order to be liable as an accessory to trade mark infringement. The decision is not limited to trade mark infringement, and applies to all torts, even where the tort itself is strict liability (i.e. does not require knowledge).
This is the most significant change to accessory liability in years.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jonathan Peters
As arguably the biggest tour of the year arrives in London on 21 June 2024 – that's Taylor Swift's Eras tour in case you've missed it – Jonathan Peters in our London Regulatory team takes the opportunity to look at how the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act will affect ticket pricing practices for concerts.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
The Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in Lifestyle Equities CV v Amazon UK Services Ltd ([2024] UKSC 8).
It upheld the Court of Appeal's decision that Amazon's marketing and offer for sale of US branded goods to UK consumers from its US website did target the UK as a territory and therefore infringed Lifestyle Equities' trade marks.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Jennifer Bryant
The Court of Appeal has handed down its keenly awaited judgment in Lidl v Tesco ([2024] EWCA Civ 262).
In a lengthy judgment given just four weeks after the hearing, it upheld the High Court's findings of trade mark infringement and passing off, and overturned the High Court's finding of copyright infringement. It also upheld the invalidity of the "Wordless Mark".
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
fieldfisher.com | Richard Branson
The Government has confirmed that, from April 2024, the national living wage ("NLW") – the minimum wage rate for over 23s – will rise from its current rate of £10.42 per hour to £11.44, an increase of 9.8%.
The national minimum wage ("NMW") rate for 21 and 22 year-olds will also rise to the top figure of £11.44 per hour from its current rate of £10.18, representing a 12.4 per cent jump, and the rate for 18 to 20 year-olds will rise 14.8 per cent from £7.49 to £8.60.