Reports of Trade Mark Cases for CIPA - February 2018

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Emma Green

Partner
UK

I'm a partner in our London Intellectual Property team and specialise in brand management. I also lead Bird & Bird's International Wellness group, part of our retail & consumer sector.

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Katharine Stephens

Partner
UK

I am fascinated by IP and the challenge of helping my clients protect, exploit and defend their IP rights to further their business objectives.

This month we report on whether the mark BIRLEA was infringed by the advertising and sale of beds on Amazon (Birlea Furniture Ltd & Anr v Platinum Enterprise (UK) Ltd). We also report on the issues of validity and infringement explored in Burgerista Operations GmbH v Burgista Bross Ltd.

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