Real-world trademark disputes, decisions and brand-protection news — researched and summarised by our team, with links to the original sources.
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Published: 21 September 2026A 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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Published: 20 September 2026The 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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Published: 19 September 2026A 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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Published: 18 September 2026In 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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Published: 17 September 2026A 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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Published: 16 September 2026The 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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Published: 15 September 2026The 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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Published: 14 September 2026A 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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Published: 13 September 2026The 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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Published: 11 September 2026A 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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