A Step-by-step guide on how to apply for a trademark in the United Kingdom

Determine the Need for a Trademark: Make sure you have a distinctive name, logo, or slogan that you want to protect ensuring that it is not already in use by another company.   Trademark Search: Conduct a trademark search to check if someone else is already using a similar or identical trademark. Use the UK…

World Snooker Tour threatens legal action against five of its own players

The World Snooker Tour (“WST”) has threatened legal action against five of its own players for breach of contract if they take part in a non-sanctioned event in Macau. Former world champions Mark Selby and John Higgins, this year’s world champion Luca Brecel, Ali Carter and  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh have all pulled out of the WST’s Northern…

McLaren seeks at least $23 million in damages from Alex Palou

It has been reported that McLaren is seeking at least $23m from IndyCar champion Alex Palou after the driver reneged on his contract for 2024. According to a claim filed in the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales Commercial Court, Palou had agreed that he had “no outstanding obligation…

Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn by EU over breach of data protection

Ireland’s data regulator, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has imposed a record €1.2 billion fine on Facebook owner Meta, which has its EU headquarters in Dublin, for violating European privacy rules, in a move that takes total penalties against the company above €2 billion. It follows from a long investigation into transfers by Facebook of…

Paddington Bear at centre of legal dispute over royalty payments

Michael Clutterbuck, the son of the producer behind the Paddington Bear TV show is involved in a legal battle with the author Michael Bond’s former business, Paddington and Company Ltd. over potentially royalties. Pursuant to a  ‘gentleman’s agreement’ in the 1970s, Mr Bond would give TV producer Graham Clutterbuck 10 per cent of all future worldwide…