Leeds IP lawyers defeat Apple in High Court trademark dispute
A team from Leeds IP law firm Kempner & Partners has defeated tech giant Apple at the High Court over a trademark dispute.
Apple applied for protection in the UK of its IWATCH brand of smartwatches. The High Court ruled that it was not registrable as a trademark.
It had tried previously to register IWATCH, but was opposed by Arcadia Trading (unrelated to Philip Green’s Arcadia Group) last year.
Kempner & Partners repsresented Arcadia, and the High Court agreed, rejecting Apple’s appeal and ordering the technolo... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
