World IP preview reports on a good old fashioned rockstar spat…..By all account Mr Blackmore isn’t the most loveable of people and here at LIPS we still remember with pleasure the arrival of the Sex Pistols and the Clash so we didn’t have to hear older cousins playing Smoke on the Water for the umpteenth time
Three recent decisions involving a trademark dispute between a member and a former member of English rock band Deep Purple have created potential problems for all post-grant trademark invalidity proceedings based on bad faith, a lawyer has claimed.
Mark Engelman, a barrister at London-based Hardwicke and counsel for Deep Purple band member Ian Paice, was speaking to WIPR in a personal capacity.
Last week, WIPR reported that the EU General Court had dismissed cross-appeals from both Paice and former guitarist Richard Blackmore in the trademark clash.
