A new report recently published by the data provider Darts-IP details the prevalence of litigation in Europe brought by ‘Non-practicing entities’ (...

High profile copyright infringements in popular music continue as Taylor Swift is in the firing line, once again. She was recently a target for ano...

The European Patent Office have recently published an insightful series of case studies analysing the IP strategies of a number of European-based S...

This week, the World Intellectual Property Organisation launched their inaugural study on the value of “Intangible Capital” in manufactured goods....

Port vs. Whisky and Geographical Indications You may have heard of the rules governing the use of certain geographical names in products. For examp...

We have been offering stand-alone IP cover, including for patents, for several years. However, many CFC customers across our US and UK product lines may not necessarily purchase stand-alone IP cover. That’s not surprising, seeing as intellectual p...

It has been a month of strange trademark news. A local UK convenience store hit the headlines after the owner was threatened with legal action by S...

Last month (22nd May 2017), the US Supreme Court delivered a significant ruling in its verdict on TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Food Brands LLC.

Here is some recent legal news that we didn’t mind sinking our teeth into…

Each year, the European Patent Office releases in-depth statistics about patent applications by country. The results of their research are publishe...

We like to keep you informed about the legal structure and remedies for intellectual property, so we were pleased to discover IP watchdog recently published a very helpful article comparing some interesting differences between IP enforcement in th...

There have been further developments in intellectual property litigation in the USA as San Francisco-based OpenTV, now owned by Swiss digital compa...

A recent case in the Southern District of New York resulted in a loss for luxury brand Louis Vuitton when the provisions of a ‘parody defence’ was...

The biggest development in European patents this year will be the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The UPC is an agreement which seeks to create a singl...

It’s the end of the year and as always, there’s a slew of reviews out there, of everything from movies to albums and songs, to the inevitable ‘fail...

We have been kept busy this year, with our broker partners sharing some of the most innovative risks we have ever seen, including a lot of start-up...

Following his election victory earlier this month, the next few weeks will likely see most of President-elect Trump’s time spent formulating priori...

Earlier this summer the high profile legal battle between Oracle and Google took a new turn, when a Federal Jury found that Google’s use of certain...