In this episode of the Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast, Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor review the High Court’s decision in relation to Photobox’s use of FREEPRINTS in respect of a free printing app. 

They cover what the High Court considers when assessing whether trade mark infringement had occurred and also provide their key take away from the case. 

In this follow-up episode of our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law, Sophie Lawrance and Helena Connors will cover the key takeaways from the Court of Justice’s long-awaited judgment in Lundbeck.

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In this episode of Bristows’ Designs and Copyright Review of the Year podcast, Andy Butcher and Sukanya Majumdar discuss the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment of September 2020 in the Recorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd case.

In this episode of the Review of UK and European Trade Mark Cases podcast, Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor review Monster Energy’s recent opposition to Robot Energy Limited’s application for the mark HYBRID in a stylised form, covering class 32.

Tim Heaps and Sara Sefton discuss the landmark CJEU decision in Brompton Bicycle handed down in June 2020. It’s a case in which the courts give consideration to whether copyright applies to technical designs. Over the course of this podcast, they explore how this is very much a judgment that focuses primarily on the requirement of originality for copyright subsistence.

Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor provide the latest guidance on jurisdiction and without notice applications in their latest podcast. In this episode, they focus on the recent High Court judgment of easyGroup Limited v Easyfly S.A. 

The first podcast in a series linked to our annual review of design & copyright cases for 2020.  Sean Ibbetson and Marc Linsner discuss the High Court decision in Response Clothing v Edinburgh Woollen Mill, as well as the implications of the CJEU decision in Cofemel.

Abigail Wise and Stephanie Taylor lead this discussion on the General Court’s decision which discussed an application to invalidate Louis Vuitton’s chequerboard trade mark. 

Pat Treacy and Erik Müürsepp round up our podcast series on patent settlement agreements and competition law with a look at some practical considerations for those involved in the negotiation and drafting of patent settlement agreements.

Starting with common mistakes which may inadvertently lead to issues from a competition law perspective, Pat and Erik discuss some of the issues that frequently arise in the course of settlement negotiations and, drawing on their experience, how best to address these in a commercially acceptable and low risk manner.

This podcast is accompanied by an animation illustrating the topics covered which you can watch here on our Bristows Law Firm YouTube channel.

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In short: quite a few! Sophie Lawrance, Katie Cambrook and Helena Connors lead this penultimate episode in our podcast series on the competition law issues arising in relation to patent settlement agreements. In this episode, they look ahead and discuss  some of the outstanding points which may arise in the context of patent settlement agreements but which have not yet arisen in any of the cases to have come before the European courts. Is it acceptable, from a competition law perspective, for parties to a patent settlement agreement to enter into a licence agreement at the same time? What if that licence grants early or partial entry to alternative markets?  Does the type of patent at issue affect the analysis?

For more information on the work we do, see our patent litigation and competition litigation practice area pages.