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New address for service requirements at the UKIPO affecting comparable (clone) UK trade marks and re-registered designs - effective 1 January 2024
Posted: 01/12/2023
As of 1 January 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) is changing its rules concerning addresses for service for certain proceedings affecting United Kingdom trade marks and designs. This important development affects EU/EEA owners and representatives of UK comparable trade marks and re-registered designs (‘cloned rights’)......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle aggregator - October 2023
Posted: 31/10/2023
The introduction of automation is impacting the fashion industry globally – from the use of robots and smart warehouses to pick, pack and ship orders, to chatbots and other AI handling customer service matters. Computer-aided design (CAD) software has also displaced the need for physical prototypes and samples, and facilitates......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle aggregator - September 2023
Posted: 29/09/2023
Resale and sustainability were on the fashion forecast for 2023 and so far the predictions have been spot on. On 7 September, Zara expanded its offering of selling, repairing, or donating second-hand clothing in France, after the pre-owned platform was first made available to British consumers in November 2022. Its aim is to extend......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle aggregator - August 2023
Posted: 29/08/2023
Barbiemania has gripped the world’s attention. Consumers have flocked to cinemas, embracing the Barbie brand following the much-anticipated release of Barbie on 21 July 2023. Since its premiere, the film has made Greta Gerwig the highest-grossing female director of a live-action film, with box office sales reaching over US $1.2 billion......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle aggregator - June 2023
Posted: 30/06/2023
Harrods has announced an overhaul of its womenswear departments as part of a multi-year revamp to promote discovery and experience for customers over hard sales. As one element of a £200 million upgrade, the luxury department store will combine 47 brands across lounge, lingerie and sleepwear in a 16,000-square-foot space......>>
Burton’s Foods Ltd v Not Guilty Food Co Ltd: the wrong approach?
Posted: 28/06/2023
The UK IPO has rejected an appeal by Not Guilty Food Co Ltd (the appellant), opposing an application by Burton’s Foods Ltd (the respondent) for a figurative series mark (shown above) covering a variety of baked goods, confectionery and desserts in class 30. The appellant relied on its senior UK trade mark registrations for “The Skinny Food Co”......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle aggregator - May 2023
Posted: 30/05/2023
This year, an additional bank holiday was granted on 8 May to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, which was predicted to have a mixed impact upon the retail sector. Despite retailers rejoicing in the historic occasion with coronation ranges, decorations, offers and events, online spending was expected to decrease......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - April 2023
Posted: 28/04/2023
This month L’Oréal announced its largest acquisition to date: it signed an agreement to purchase Australian brand Aesop from Natura & Co for the sum of £2 billion (USD$2.5 billion), reportedly outbidding LVMH, Shiseido and Clarins in the process. The cash acquisition, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close......>>
Why businesses should register their design rights
Posted: 05/04/2023
Registered designs are often overlooked by businesses assessing how best to protect their intellectual property (IP). This is in part due to the complex and multi-layered legal framework for design right protection in the UK, but it also results from an underestimation of the role such rights can play in a business’s portfolio......>>
Fashion, luxury and lifestyle news aggregator - March 2023
Posted: 30/03/2023
In the Spring Budget, the chancellor announced that the UK is to avoid a technical recession this year and introduced a range of measures to support individuals and businesses against economic uncertainty. However, despite pleas from retailers and industry bodies, it failed to re-introduce the VAT Retail Export Scheme (tax-free shopping for international visitors)......>>

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