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McDaniels Law Specialist Intellectual Property Lawyers helping you to protect your business' most valuable assets. Handling trade mark, patent, copyright and design matters.

At McDaniels Law, we're devotees of detail. We pore over every pixel, stitch and rivet. We revel in every chamfer, keystroke, strapline, trim and line break. We make a note of every soldered resistor, chiselled groove and chunk of code. All this, to provide you with impenetrable Intellectual Property protection. Intellectual Property is a core business asset for any business involved in an enterprise, and always for some which are classed as ‘creative’. The most important first step in the protection and exploitation of any IP right is to understand what IP you have in the first place. Often IP rights will overlap with one another and businesses are often surprised to find they have more Intellectual Property than they thought. In 2005, Niall and Rozanna Head-Rapson opened a niche Intellectual Property practice in Newcastle, bringing a City flavour of legal services to the North East from their Magic Circle milieu. Now, based in Gateshead's Northern Design Centre, neighbouring the banks of the iconic River Tyne, the growing team support our national reach and client base.

🔹 NEWSIn a recent claim filed in the US Federal Court for the Central District of California, the company responsible fo...
08/10/2026

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In a recent claim filed in the US Federal Court for the Central District of California, the company responsible for the late soul legend Bill Withers’ back catalogue of music, Mattie Music Group, lodged complaints of copyright infringement following the release of Olivia Dean’s 2025 track ‘I’ve Seen it’. Mattie Music Group alleges that Olivia Dean’s track, particularly the rhythm and composition of the instrumentals, copies the whole of Bill Withers’ ‘Just the Two of Us’. Mattie Music Group’s claims are supported by an expert musicologist, who concluded in an expert report that the respective tracks were strikingly similar.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/just-the-two-of-us-we-can-sue-them-if-we-try/

🔹 NEWSFamous US hip-hop duo, Outkast, recently issued proceedings against Californian rapper and producer, Ovrkast, in t...
23/09/2026

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Famous US hip-hop duo, Outkast, recently issued proceedings against Californian rapper and producer, Ovrkast, in the federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, for alleged trade mark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. Outkast accuse Ovrkast of deliberately using a confusingly similar stage name with the aim of riding on the coattails of their fame.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/im-sorry-ms-lawsuit-never-meant-to-make-your-trade-mark-cry/

🔹 NEWSAutomobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO) were recently successful in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) aft...
21/09/2026

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Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO) were recently successful in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) after Deputy Judge David Stone ruled that Omologato Ltd had infringed several of ACO’s registered trade marks featuring the phrase ‘LE MANS’ and representations of the layout of the Le Mans track. Amongst other goods and services, ACO’s marks are registered against class 14 goods such as “timepieces” and “watches”, which are also Omologato’s main offerings, with Omologato also using “LE MANS”, “LM” and “LMR” signs in the course of its trade.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/aco-in-pole-position-following-ipec-trade-mark-infringement-claim/

🔹 NEWSIn a recent court filing with the Massachusetts federal court, New Balance has alleged that French sportswear bran...
18/09/2026

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In a recent court filing with the Massachusetts federal court, New Balance has alleged that French sportswear brand Decathlon has infringed its ‘N’ registered trade mark on the basis that Decathlon’s logo for its ‘Kiprun’ running trainers, a backwards ‘K’, was confusingly similar to the New Balance trade mark.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/decathlon-needs-to-find-its-steps-after-new-balance-claims/

🔹 NEWSThe Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has ruled in favour of FLOWERBX Limited in its trade mark infrin...
16/09/2026

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The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has ruled in favour of FLOWERBX Limited in its trade mark infringement claim against Flowers Box London Limited for alleged infringement of the former’s ‘FLOWERBX’ trade mark (UK00003223726), in a decision that also included lengthy consideration as to whether the FLOWERBX mark upon should be declared invalid.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/high-end-florist-receives-its-flowers-in-tricky-ipec-claim/

🔹 NEWS A bed-and-breakfast on the Isle of Portland is facing legal action from Airbnb over its use of the name bnb-side,...
15/09/2026

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A bed-and-breakfast on the Isle of Portland is facing legal action from Airbnb over its use of the name bnb-side, for its six-bedroom hotel which was opened to help raise money for the area’s famous arts festival, ‘b-side’.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/battle-of-the-bnbs/

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