NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Hacon) easyGroup Ltd v Easyfeetstore OU and others [2026] EWHC 767 (IPEC) (1 April 2026) His Honour Judge Hacon, who tried this claim, described it in para [1] of his judgment in  easyGroup Ltd v Easyfeetstore OU and others [2026] EWHC 767 (IPEC) (1 April 2026) as "the latest in a line of claims brought by the claimant ('easyGroup') against parties trading under a name which begins with the word 'easy'."  he added that the claim was for trade mark infringement and passing off. The Parties The claimant is the owner and licensor of all intellectual property rights relating to the various 'easy' businesses set up by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the best known of which is easyJet. The first defendant ('Easyfeetstore') is an Estonian company which sells orthopaedic and orthotic insoles and related accessories online in several territories including the United Kingdom.  The second defend...

  Jane Lambert UK Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Briggs, Hamblen and Stephens and Lady Rose)    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another [2025] UKSC 25 (24 Jun 2025) This was an appeal by Dream Pairs Europe Inc. and Top Glory Trading Group Inc. ("Dream Pairs") against the Court of Appeal's judgment in  Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2024] EWCA Civ 29, [2024] RPC 10 which I discussed in Trade Marks - Iconix's Appeal on 5 Feb 2025.  The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL ("Iconix") against Mr Justice Miles's dismissal of Iconix's claim for trade mark infringement under s.10 (2) and (3)  of the Trade Marks Act 1994 in    Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc and another   [2023] RPC 15, [2023] EWHC 706 (Ch). I wrote about Mr Justice Miles's judgment in  Trade Marks - Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream ...