Jaguar fails to block Cheshire campervan maker from trademarking ‘Overlander’ brand February 26, 2023 Luxury carmaker Jaguar has failed in its bid to block a Cheshire campervan company from trademarking the word ‘Overlander’. Jaguar asked a tribunal to block Warrington firm Car & Commercial Solutions Ltd from registering the word ‘Overlander’ as a trademark, due to it sharing similarities with its own ‘Lander’ brand. The tribunal ruled, however, it [...]
Walthamstow’s Renegade Winery in hot water after champagne giant Louis Roderer pops off over ‘trademark infringement’ October 25, 2023 Renegade Winery has been hit with a legal letter by Louis Roderer after the champagne giant said its “Crystal” wine infringes its trademark
Tesco wins appeal against Lidl over logo trademark November 3, 2022 Tesco has won a court of appeal scrap with rivals Lidl, allowing it to argue the latter applied for a trademark claim “in bad faith”. In a judgment this week, Britain’s biggest supermarket has been “permitted to continue to argue at trial that a wordless version of Lidl’s logo was periodically filed and refiled by [...]
Lidl gets injunction over Tesco trademark infringement – and it could cost UK’s biggest grocer £8m June 23, 2023 German-owned discount supermarket Lidl can have an injunction to stop rival Tesco copying its logo, London’s High Court has ruled, despite hearing it will cost Tesco nearly £8m pounds to remove them all. Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco in April lost a trademark lawsuit brought by Lidl after Tesco adopted a yellow circle against a blue [...]
Twiggy loses trademark battle against Lord Sugar-backed pet accessory firm, Twiggy Tags April 17, 2023 Twiggy has lost a legal battle to stop a pet accessory business registering a trademark similar to the legendary model’s name, after Lord Sugar’s firm Trade Mark Wizards stepped in. Dame Lesley Dawson DBE, better known as Twiggy, tried to stop a company that designs leads and harnesses for dogs from registering the trademark Twiggy [...]
Tussle over Iceland: Supermarket’s trademark row with country continues September 11, 2022 Retailer Iceland is back in court with the country Iceland as the trademark row over its name continues.
Microsoft in trademark row with UK children’s reading firm Word Windows August 22, 2022 US tech titan Microsoft is locked in a trademark dispute with a woman in Northampton after she named her business Word Windows. Kate McKenzie’s company sells handheld tools designed to help children with reading. But on 1 July, nine days before the product was due to be launched, she received a letter from lawyers representing [...]
Amazon liable to pay damages as Supreme Court says it targeted Brits with US ads March 6, 2024 This dispute relates entirely to events that occurred before the UK left the EU, when UK trademarks were part of the EU trademark system.
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Muslim dating app Muzmatch loses trademark battle with Tinder owner April 20, 2022 The firm behind Tinder and Hinge has won a court battle with a British dating app for Muslims Muzmatch after it was accused of copying its product.