Our Trademark Disputes pages explain UK court judgments about trademarks and passing off in plain English, for business owners rather than lawyers. This page sets out where the judgments come from, how each summary is written and checked, what we never do, and how to ask for a correction or a removal.
What these pages are
Each case page summarises one published UK judgment: what happened, what the court decided, what a business owner can learn from it, and the businesses involved. Our case guides group the most important cases by type of dispute, such as trademark infringement cases, so you can see how the courts approach a problem like yours.
They are information, not advice. Every dispute turns on its own facts, and a summary is no substitute for looking at your own situation properly.
Where the judgments come from
The judgments are published by The National Archives on Find Case Law. We use them under the Open Justice Licence and a transactional licence from The National Archives that allows us to analyse judgments at scale. Every case page links to the judgment on Find Case Law, and the full case file is available to registered users in the Temmy Portal.
We only publish summaries of judgments that involve a trademark or passing off claim.
How a summary is written
- Reading the judgment. We extract the key facts, the legal tests the court applied and the outcome into a structured record.
- Drafting. An AI model drafts the summary from that record, in plain English and in our house style. It is instructed to use only the material supplied and never to quote the judgment.
- Business details. Company details come from the Companies House register, and trademark counts from the UK trademark register. These are refreshed as the registers change.
- Press and commentary. Where a case has been covered by the press or by other commentators, we summarise what they said in our own words and name the source. We don’t link to other websites.
- Automatic checks. A second automated pass checks every factual sentence against the source material. Anything it can’t support is removed or rewritten, and a page that still fails cannot be released. A house-style check runs as well.
Human review
Every case page is reviewed and signed off by Jonathan Paton, our Founder and CEO, before it is published. The “Last reviewed” date on each page is the date of that sign-off. Our case guides are written and reviewed by our team in the same way.
What we never do
- We never say whether a court got a decision right, or comment on the judge. We don’t name judges.
- We never publish personal details about individuals. People are described only by their role in the case, and never by health, family, nationality or other personal circumstances.
- We never publish the full text of a judgment on these pages.
- We never publish success rates, win or loss figures, or statistics about particular judges or parties.
- We don’t offer a search by party or company name.
Corrections and removal
If you think something on one of our case pages is wrong, or you were involved in a case and want to raise a concern about how it is described, please email enquiries@thetrademarkhelpline.com with the page address and what you’d like us to look at. We will respond within 7 days, review it, correct anything that is inaccurate, and honour any valid request to remove or anonymise a page. Each case page also has a “Report an error” link.
Keeping pages up to date
When a case is appealed or a later judgment changes the picture, we update the page and its “Last reviewed” date, and link the cases together.
Need help with a dispute?
If something in these cases sounds familiar, our cease and desist letter service and brand protection service can help, and a trademark search is a quick first look at the register. Book a free call, email enquiries@thetrademarkhelpline.com or ring 0161 833 5400.
Last reviewed 26 October 2026.
