Marks & Spencer has begun legal action against fellow-supermarket chain, Aldi, arguing that Aldi’s ‘Cuthbert the Caterpillar’ cake, infringes its own ‘Colin the Caterpillar’ intellectual...
Protecting the Best of British Food and Drink
New legislation is being considered by the UK Government to protect authentically British food and drink products post-Brexit. The new Geographical Indications (“GI”) rules, will guarantee the aut...
How Will Your Activity Online be Affected by The New EU Copyright Directive – ‘Meme Ban’ or Fake News?
Due to rapid developments in technology, online commercial and creative landscapes have changed dramatically including the way in which content is created, produced, distributed and exploited. As a re...
Case Update: Ownership of Copyright in Innocent’s Dude Logo
The “dude” In 1998, Fresh Trading Ltd (“Fresh”) started up a new smoothie business that we all now know as Innocent. They engaged an agency called Deepend to design their brand identity. The a...
