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Real-world trademark disputes, decisions and brand-protection news — researched and summarised by our team, with links to the original sources.

Cohen Klein & Associates devient partenaire Enterprise à part entière de Veillor.com

Published: September 2026

Nous sommes fiers d'annoncer que Cohen Klein & Associates Ltd est désormais partenaire Enterprise à part entière de Veillor.com, ce qui nous permet d'offrir à nos clients une surveillance des marques pilotée par l'IA, à la pointe mondiale.

Grâce à ce partenariat, votre marque est surveillée 24 heures sur 24—sur les registres de marques, les noms de domaine, les réseaux sociaux, les places de marché en ligne et les médias d'actualité—et vous n'êtes alerté qu'en cas de contrefaçon avérée. C'est la même protection de classe mondiale que vous accordez votre confiance chez Cohen Klein, désormais propulsée par une technologie parmi les meilleures du marché et incluse avec chaque enregistrement et renouvellement.

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Sweet shop wins partial trademark victory in Scotland

Published: 21 September 2026

A Scottish court has ruled that a Troon-based sweet maker infringed a registered trademark for “Chelsea Chocolate Flavoured Whoppers” but awarded no damages. Helensburgh firm McCandlish Farmhouse Confectionery, trading a…

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Supreme Court Upholds Invalidity of Post Milk Generation Mark

Published: 20 September 2026

The UK Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that the sign “POST MILK GENERATION” cannot be registered as a trade mark for oat-based food and drink products. The decision confirms that the mark falls foul of rules prohibitin…

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High Court Finds GQ Mark Infringement by Events Firm

Published: 19 September 2026

A High Court judgment has clarified the boundary between permissible reference to well-known marks and actionable infringement in the events sector. Advance Magazine Publishers, owner of the Vanity Fair and GQ brands, su…

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UKIPO Decides Opposition to Black Lives Matter Foundation Mark

Published: 18 September 2026

In late August 2026, a UK Intellectual Property Office hearing officer issued a decision in opposition proceedings concerning an international registration for the mark BLACK LIVES MATTER FOUNDATION. The application, fil…

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Greene King Opposes Cornerstone Inns Trade Mark Bid

Published: 17 September 2026

A social enterprise pub operator has entered a UKIPO opposition proceeding after Greene King challenged its attempt to register the Cornerstone Inns name. Cornerstone Inns CIC, which has traded under the mark since 2012…

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UKIPO Dismisses OpenAI ChainGPT Opposition

Published: 16 September 2026

The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected an opposition by OpenAI OpCo LLC against a ChainGPT trade mark application. In decision O/0799/26 dated 3 September 2026, Hearing Officer Mr M Bryant found the mark descri…

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IPEC Upholds Flowerbx Mark in Florist Dispute

Published: 15 September 2026

The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has upheld the validity of the FLOWERBX UK trade mark and found infringement by a rival florist using similar signs. In Flowerbx Ltd v Flowers Box London Ltd, Deputy Judge Amand…

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UKIPO Decides Major Frasers Consolidated Dispute

Published: 14 September 2026

A recent UK Intellectual Property Office decision has resolved the largest set of consolidated trade mark proceedings on record. In Frasers Property Limited v House of Fraser Brands Limited and others, the Registrar hand…

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UKIPO rules on LULUTOX marks in dual action

Published: 13 September 2026

The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued a decision in combined opposition and invalidity proceedings concerning several LULUTOX marks. Hearing Officer Ms S Wilson delivered the ruling on 3 September 2026 in relati…

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London Court Upholds Florist Trade Mark Win

Published: 11 September 2026

A London court has ruled that a rival florist infringed the registered trade marks of luxury brand Flowerbx by trading under names including Flowers Box and Flowers Box London. In a September decision, Deputy Judge Amand…

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