Long Read: Can You Guess The Song? Budweiser’s Controversial Cannes Lions Grand Prix Win
Budweiser has landed itself in hot water for its recent award winning ad campaign which featured some of the “world’s most iconic songs” with reportedly “$0 spent on music rights”.
The ad in question, created by agency Africa Creative DDB, won a prestigious Cannes Lions Grand Prix award and included one-second snippets of popular songs from artists such as The Beatles, Beyonce and Taylor Swift, encouraging fans to gu…
L&T analyses Criminal Convictions for Trade Mark Infringement Conspiracy for LexisNexis
LexisNexis Case Analysis: Iqbal and another v City of Wolverhampton Council [2025] EWCA Crim 498
Trainee Solicitor Saher Amin and Legal Director Helene Whelbourn discuss the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)’s decision to uphold criminal convictions of brothers Majid and Mohammad Iqbal for conspiracy to infringe trade marks, brought by the City of Wolverhampton Council over the sale, ownership and distribution of goods that infringed the …
IP Case Analysis: EU – When can stocking goods be an infringing use of a trade mark?
Advocate General Spielman affirmed that Article 10(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436, which refers to the stocking of goods as being an infringing use of a trade mark, applies to goods stocked in another member state from that where the registered trade mark rights subsist.
Legal Director Helene Whelbourn discuss the practical implications of the case in an article written for, and published by, LexisNexis, and is available to read here or by clicki…
L&T’s trademark team recommended by World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)
We are delighted that Lee & Thompson has been recommended by World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) in their UK Trademark Rankings 2025, for both Non-Contentious and Contentious IP work.
Dispute Resolution Partner Amanda McDowall is also recommended individually in both categories.
World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) is a leading international publication focused on the latest developments in IP law, policy, and practice. This year&…
L&T shortlisted for Managing IP’s UK Copyright Firm of the Year award
We are thrilled that Lee & Thompson has been shortlisted in the “Copyright Firm of the Year – UK” category for the Managing IP Awards (EMEA) 2025.
Partner Dominic Bray is also nominated for an award in the “Soft IP Practitioner of the Year – UK” category.
The Managing IP awards (EMEA) recognise the past year’s most complex and innovative work of leading law firms specialising in intellectual property, across…
L&T analyses trade mark disputes involving Easygroup brand for LexisNexis
LexisNexis Case Analysis: Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 2282 (Ch) – EXC0011854
Milena Velikova and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney Helene Whelbourn reviewed EasyGroup’s success in their unfair advantage claim in a much discussed trade mark dispute (Easygroup Ltd v Easy Live Services Ltd). The opinion piece uncovers the case’s practical implication, the wider context of the issues at play and the…
IP Case Analysis: Reviewing the scope of General Court’s jurisdiction in assessing facts
Lee & Thompson legal director and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney Helene Whelbourn, from our Brand Protection team, discusses a recent examination of the General Court’s jurisdiction in assessing case facts, by the Advocate General (European Union Intellectual Property Office v Neoperl).
The opinion reviews the appeal filtering mechanism and confirms that a serious legal principle was at issue by holding that a trade mark application was …