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• March 14, 2025

  Brands Eye Stronger TM Protections In Supreme Court Appeal

  The U.K.'s top court will hear a high-profile appeal Monday on whether courts weighing trademark disputes should consider whether consumers could confuse two companies' branding on products after the point of sale, in an appeal that could significantly strengthen trademark protections in the U.K.

• March 14, 2025

  Lighting Biz Loses Bid To Invalidate Rival's Handrail IP

  A lighting manufacturer lost its bid to avoid liability for patent infringement on Friday after a London judge refused to overturn a rival's intellectual property protections for lighted handrail technology.

• March 14, 2025

  BAT And Philip Morris Can't Nix Rival's E-Cig Patent

  The owner of the Camel tobacco brand has won its bid to patent a flavor-containing capsule for electronic cigarettes, after British American Tobacco and Philip Morris failed to convince European officials that an existing inhaler revealed its key features.

• March 14, 2025

  Wholesaler Denies Gray Market Imports In 'Clipper' IP fight

  A British smoking and vaping wholesaler has denied lighter manufacturer Flamagas' claim that it infringed its trademark for Clipper lighters by selling Clipper-branded products in the U.K. without its consent.

• March 14, 2025

  Fast Food Chain Can't Change TM To Resemble Rival's

  A London appeals court ruled Friday that a settlement resolving a copyright infringement dispute between two rival fast food chains could not allow for "reasonable modifications" to a trademark if that mark then became more similar to the rival's sign.

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