Guerilla street artist Banksy has livened up the new Basquiat exhibition in London with some choice murals outside. But is it an homage or infringement?
- Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
Have American companies just been given the green light to deploy “edgy” branding that goes way too far?
The UK is the latest country where tobacco companies cannot market their brands on their packets.
When commercial giants want to capitalise on graffiti ‘logos’, it’s time to protect street artists under copyright law.
The Uruguayan government’s victory over Philip Morris should embolden other countries to introduce stronger tobacco-control policies.
Composers and musicians wouldn’t have created many masterpieces if the current copyright laws had always been around.
An expert in copyright law explains who is better placed to win the trademark battle over the name “Kylie” – popstar Minogue or reality TV star Jenner.
There is a window of opportunity for the least developed countries to develop their own pharmaceuticals industry.
Trump is getting protective over his trademark ‘Make America Great Again’. But it might not be such a good idea.
Dans la négociation transatlantique en cours entre les Etats-Unis et l'UE, l'agro-alimentaire reste la pierre d'achoppement. L'accord Europe-Canada, pourrait offrir un modèle pour sortir de l'impasse.
An important sticking point in TTIP negotiations has US and European representatives fighting over food labels.
It’s one of the best-known songs in the world and it’s the copyright preserve of music publishers Warner Chappell. But possibly not for much longer.
An EU court has ruled that Lego’s iconic mini-figures are a protected trademark and so cannot be copied. Here’s why.
The argument that plain packaging encroaches on trademark rights is unconvincing – here’s why.
The Rubik’s Cube has confounded millions of people, including myself since discovering it in my uncle’s house as a child. And now the iconic three-dimensional puzzle has been the subject of an EU ruling…
Converse is taking action to protect its famous All Star sneakers from alleged imitators. The product in question is the All Star Chuck Taylor shoe that was first marketed by Converse in 1917. The trainers…
Painting over Banksy’s latest work has proved an embarrassment for the local council responsible. Council officials had to admit that they hadn’t realised the work was by Banksy and, more pertinently…
Some good news for soul music lovers from an unlikely source: a recent trademark decision by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) sent a strong message that the iconography of the “northern soul…
Graffiti is sometimes considered a lesser art as it is either produced illegally or just displayed on the streets and therefore outside the official art gallery circuit. Yet graffiti, and street art more…
Just hours after MH17 crashed into fields in eastern Ukraine, a mysterious Malaysian company filed an application with authorities in Australia to trademark the doomed plane’s flight number. If accepted…
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