Category: Family Law

Apple sought registration for the trade mark ‘IWATCH’, Arcadia opposed this on the grounds it is descriptive and devoid of distinctive character. Lord Justice Arnold has dismissed Apple’s appeal on the grounds that ‘I’ is descriptive of the product; and the prefix cannot have distinctive character based on the success of other Apple products using the ‘i’ prefix.

The claimant was a butler for the royal family and worked under them for over 21 years. In 2002, various meetings took place between the claimant and the defendant, a prominent and successful public relations consultant. Throughout these meetings, the claimant sent a letter to the defendant with information of his relationship with the royals, and specifically the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. This letter was then faxed through to a newspaper, and although it wasn’t published, the claimant sought action for breach of confidence and the misuse of private information.

Samuel French Ltd- the publishing company that handle the licensing of theatre productions have threatened legal action against Hounsdown School in Totton, Hampshire for their version of the multi- award winning West End and Broadway hit- Blood Brothers.

The UK Intellectual Property Office has partially granted Swatch’s opposition to Apple’s trade mark application for ‘iWatch’.

Following a verdict last year the lawyers for Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and TI have started the appeal process

Drink giant, Coca Cola has recently been halted in its attempts to register a number of marks containing the word ‘ZERO’.