NIPC Law

Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court  (HH Judge Melissa Clarke) Dryrobe Ltd v Caesr Group Ltd    [2025] EWHC 3167 (IPEC) (4 Dec 2025) This was an action for trade mark infringement and passing off and a counterclaim for revocation or, alternatively, invalidation of the trade marks in suit. Dryrobe The claimant was a private company incorporated with limited liability under the Companies Act 2006 , in the name of  Dryrobe Limited ("Dryrobe") , with  company number 08782079.  Dryrobe makes and sells outdoor clothing products under the brand name DRYROBE.  Its most popular product is the Dryrobe Advance changing robe shown in the above photograph. The Marks Dryrobe is the registered proprietor of the following British trade marks: Number Mark Filing Date Registration Date Goods UK00003001195 DRYROBE 9 Apr 2013 19 Jul 2013 Class 25 "Changing robes" "waterproof and windproof robes" "robes, gowns and capes of towelling material" "be...

By Rbirkby at English Wikipedia - Photo taken by rbirkby on en:26 July en:2006 (Transferred from en. wikipedia to Commons by Holger.Ellgaard.), CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3736830 Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Sir Colin Birss, Chancellor, Lord Justice Arnold and Lady Justice Falk)  AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1622 (15 Dec 2025) This was an appeal by UK Innovations Group Ltd. ("UKIG") against the judgment of Mr Nicholas Caddick KC in    AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd and another [2024] EWHC 1727 (IPEC) on 8 July 2024 that UKIG had infringed trade marks held by  AGA R a ngemaster Group Ltd ("ARG") .  There was also a cross appeal by ARG against the dismissal of its claim for copyright infringement.  I discussed Mr Caddick's judgment in  Trade Marks and Copyright - AGA Rangemaster Group Ltd v UK Innovations Group Ltd . on 18 July 2024.  The appeal cam...