Ben Lincoln considers the recent case of Johnson Matthey buying the intellectual property and assets of a counterpart and what it tells us about the importance of due diligence in the process.
In a recent drop of the Brooklyn art-collective MSCHF Product Studio Inc, the group founded a website where it sold racing-style shirts with registered trade marks of eight multinational corporations: Coca-Cola, Disney, Amazon, Tesla, Subway, Microsoft, Walmart and Starbucks.
Much of the value in high-end fashion brands comes from the exclusivity of their products. Protecting themselves through appropriate intellectual property is therefore paramount to their value. But this is not without its challenges, particularly in relation to the protection of shapes, as shown by a recent case relating to the iconic Moon Boot.
Potter Clarkson is delighted to feature in the 2022 edition of WTR 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals - the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking world-class legal trade mark expertise.
The Henry Royce Institute and the World Economic Forum have drawn attention to the need for us to accelerate the development of advanced materials, including 2D materials.
When you think of intellectual property (IP) rights, you probably think about protecting drugs, devices or logos which means IP rights aren’t for cutting edge creatives like digital designers, right? Wrong!