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Junk Food Ad Battle is Heating Up
July 2018
The Advertising Standards Agency has today published three decisions against food manufacturers in respect of advertisements which have been held to breach the CAP Code. The ASA has warned advertisers not to take “easy options” when advertising high fat, salt and sugar (“HFSS”) products to under 16’s.
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Switching a swoosh for a square: keep you eye on the ball
July 2018
The summer in the UK has arrived with Wimbledon in full swing for the next two weeks (thankfully hand-in-hand with some sunshine for a change!) however, the score appeared to be low on the agenda when it came to Roger Federer’s match against Serbia’s Lajovic on Monday. Twitter went into turmoil not only regarding the Swiss nationals ninth win at Wimbledon, but on his choice of attire.
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HGF acts in successful invalidity action for Love Music Hate Racism
July 2018
HGF has acted successfully for Love Music Hate Racism Ltd (LMHR) in its attempt to cancel a trade mark registered by one of its associated merchandising suppliers. In a decision handed down on 1st June 2018, the UK Intellectual Property Office has declared that a registration of the mark Love Music Hate Racism belonging to Mr Chetan Patel was made in bad faith. The UKIPO has declared Mr Patel’s registration invalid. The Office has also dismissed an opposition by Mr Patel to a trade mark application for LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM made by LMHR.
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"Protecting greatness" FutureNorth - Distributed with The Times
June 2018
Kate Taylor discusses empowering women at work in The Life Sciences Edition of FutureNorth, distributed in The Times.
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IAM Patent 1000
June 2018
The IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2018 guide has now been published. HGF has 10 attorneys published within the Patent 1000. HGF are also listed as Recommended firm within the guide.
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Website blocking orders and trade mark infringement
June 2018
Internet service providers (“ISPs”) should not pay the costs of implementing website blocking orders in relation to trade mark infringements, the Supreme Court has ruled in Cartier International AG and others v British Telecommunications Plc and another [2018] UKSC 28.
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International registration of industrial designs
June 2018
From 13 June 2018, the UK officially joins the Hague Agreement for the international registration of designs. The Hague Agreement allows applicants to register a design in any one of the 67 contracting parties through a single application, covering up to 82 countries in total, without the need to file individual, national applications.
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MIP Stars 2018
May 2018
Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS 2018 - The list of highly recommended IP professionals has now been published. The firm is delighted to have 13 IP Stars listed for 2018.
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AG Opinion in the Truvada SPC case: are the issues specifically and precisely identifiable for the CJEU?
May 2018
AG Wathelet has given his opinion on the “thorny issue” of the criteria for determining whether an active ingredient or combination of active ingredients of a medicinal product is “protected by a basic patent in force” within the meaning of the SPC Regulation (Article 3(a) of Regulation No 469/2009).
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HGF announces 2 new Partners
May 2018
HGF Ltd is delighted to announce that from the 1st of May 2018, Kieran Killough and Dr Susan Keston have been promoted to Partner, increasing the Partner group to 53 Partners.
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