Does Your Trademark Strategy Mind the Gap?
Transport for London just lost the first round in a fight with Gap Inc. over a recent trademark application that included sunglasses, bags, wallets and umbrellas! Anyone who has tr
How your people lost a $billion asset
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You’re Authentic? Really? Why No Registered Trademark?
Can you be authentic without a registered trademark? Not with Google, or Outlook, or Outlook, or Microsoft, or Amazon, or MailChimp……….etc. The blue tick (or chec
Some Re-Brands Make More Sense Than Others!
Some Re-Brands Are Logical To Existing Customers ‘It does what it says on the packet’ Others are ambitious even ‘game changing’, especially when seeking to
Defending Registered Trademarks – Article in The Times newspaper
Why Portakabin is Entitled to Fight its Trademark Battle I was very pleased to be quoted in Friday’s The Times. A brilliant article by Harry Wallop demonstrating the importan
Google Made The Calculated Decision To Bulldoze Their Trademark Rights
What can you do when Big Co decides they like your name? In 2021 there were 750 companies registered at UK Companies House with Meta in their name. Did Facebook care when they chan
Deliberate Trademark Infringement by Nike?
Deliberate Trademark Infringement by Nike? Big Co knowingly infringes Small Co’s trademark expecting to go to court and win because it could outspend smaller Co? This is what
Easy Trademark When You Know How
Why invite trouble when you choose your name? ‘Easy’ anything is going to get challenged by Stelios and his easyGroup lawyers so why would you even bother? Change Your Name? Po
It is worth getting naming and domain name strategy right
It is worth getting naming and domain name strategy right
Starbuds too close to Starbucks never mind the dope smoking lady
Starbuds too close to Starbucks never mind the dope smoking lady . Starbuds is smokin, but for how long? Starbuds are getting the publicity but the party will end and they could be