Trademark

If you haven’t already realised, trademarking is one of our favourite topics here at Jamieson Law. One question we get pretty often across the board is “does registering your trademark in the UK give you protection elsewhere?”. For example, would registering your trademark in the UK protect your brand name (or whatever you’re registering) in, […]

We’re often asked by clients whether they can use notable words or phrases, like “Muggles” in their business without infringing on copyright or trademark. If these words have been trademarked, the simple answer is no.   As we know, trademarks are a tool that most companies, big or small, strive for and rightly so. Successful

The King is back in the building…and so are we with another celebrity trademark battle, you know that these are our favourite (fun and educational, can you beat that?!). Have you heard of this big trademark clash that happened a few years back between the King of Rock and Roll and famous Scottish brewery and

Here’s a fun Christmas fact for you, did you know that ‘Merry Christmas’ is actually trademarked?! With all the mass produced Christmas stuff we see every year, it’s pretty crazy to think about. In fact, in the US there are actually four federally registered trademarks for ‘Merry Christmas’: 1. For wine, we know that’s flowing

Here at Jamieson Law, we have a bit of a guilty pleasure – looking up celebrity trademark cases. We hear you saying “get a life”, but we’re trademark geeks and proud (and we’ll shout this from the rooftops)! Not only are these cases interesting to read in general, we can also use them to learn

Starting your business is super exciting. You just want to get going with the fun stuff…but often this means that the more ‘boring’ things can be left out. This frequently comes down to legal matters. As uninteresting as it may seem, protecting your business from a legal perspective is INCREDIBLY important…this includes making sure your