UK Trade Marks - A Round-Up of Recent Case Law

Introduction

Trade mark law is becoming ever more complex and keeping abreast of the latest developments in case law is essential for busy practitioners.

This new virtual classroom seminar will guide you through carefully chosen recent UK trade mark case law and how these have impacted on general practice, as well as the latest tribunal practice notices to ensure your knowledge is up to date.

The cases will cover updates to infringement considerations, passing off, AI, post-sale confusion, interim injunctions, damages, and use of descriptive marks.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Review of recent UK trade mark cases including:
• Iconix v Dream Pairs - considering post sale confusion
• Dryrobe v D.Robe - considering the risk of genericism and how to avoid it
• Getty Images v Stability AI - copyright and AI considerations
• Merck v Merck Sharp - quantifying damages
• Bargain Busting v SKE Technology - interim injuctions (and a look at the UK IPO decision re dangers of late evidence)
• Various easyGroup cases
• Review of 2025 practice amendment notices, following SkyKick v Sky

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.