A London judge blocked U.K. retail chain Asda on Thursday from arguing at a future trial that two orange varieties were factually distinct when defending against a claim that it had sold a protected variety of mandarin oranges, saying it was not available to it on its current pleadings.
A London judge blocked U.K. retail chain Asda on Thursday from arguing at a future trial that two orange varieties were factually distinct when defending against a claim that it had sold a protected variety of mandarin oranges, saying it was not available to it on its current pleadings.
A record company has sued a former business partner, arguing that it had no right to terminate a license deal following several invalid notices informing it of breaches it denies committing.
Tesla has persuaded British officials to block a company from registering a trademark for "Tesla" over electric motorcycles and mopeds, ruling that the rival appeared to file the mark with bad intentions.
European officials have rejected an attempt by a software development company to register its "Builder Studio" trademark, deciding that the business failed to file a response to its appeal in time.
Mars has succeeded in knocking out patent protection for a chewing gum recipe owned by a subsidiary of Mondelez International, after the rival confectionery brand withdrew its appeal.
With merger and acquisition activity likely to increase in light of the government’s new defense industrial strategy, the role of the National Security and Investment Act will come into sharper focus, and its recent annual report confirms that scrutiny is intensifying, say lawyers at Kingsley Napley.
