RL Law Trademark Notice: A New Law Firm’s Name on a Website Four Days Old
On Monday 9 November 2026 a company director forwarded us an email he had received that morning. It was headed “Formal Notice regarding Potential Business Name Rights”, came from rforster@ip.rl-law.co.uk and was signed “Ruth Forster, Registered IP Solicitor”. It told him someone was preparing to apply to register his own company name as a UK […]
Our 2024 Christmas Competition: £300 for Cash for Kids’ Mission Christmas
In December 2024 we teamed up with our friends at I Love Manchester to run a Christmas competition in aid of Cash for Kids’ Mission Christmas. One winner received a £200 Sainsbury’s Christmas feast, and we donated £300 to Mission Christmas in their name. The competition has now closed. Here’s what it helped to do. […]
Jones Hedley Trademark Website: A Real Firm’s Name on a Site Registered This Week
This one did not arrive in our inbox. It arrived in our search box. This week, visitors to our website started searching our scams directory for “Jones Hedley”, and nothing came up. So we looked. What we found was a trademark website, joneshedley.co.uk, registered on the evening of Monday 26 October 2026 and using the […]
Has X Lost the Twitter Trademark? What the Bird and “Tweet” Ruling Means for Rebrands
A US court kept the Twitter name with X but found the bird logo and the word “tweet” likely abandoned. What it means for UK trademarks, non-use and planning a rebrand.
Applegate Legal Services Trademark Notice: Same Letter, Same Phone Number as Hear Law
Update, 12 November 2026: the website is still online, and the same notice has since gone out under two more firms’ names. applegatelegalservices.co.uk was still loading when we checked on 12 November, still carrying Applegate Legal Services’ name and Hevingham address. Since we published this warning, the same notice has been sent in the names […]
Harper Beckham’s Trademark: Registered in the UK, Refused in the US
Harper Beckham’s beauty brand, HARLO BY HARPER, is registered as a trademark in the UK. In the United States, the same name has been refused. One brand, two very different answers, and the reason is simple: trademarks are territorial. A registration in one country tells you nothing about whether the name is free in the […]
Frank Bruno, Amazon and the ‘Replica’ Problem: Why Platforms Block Products That Look Genuine
Amazon and big brands block products that look legitimate because they are protecting something worth far more than one sale: the trust customers place in a name. When a listing appears to use somebody else’s trademark, or describes itself in a way that sounds like a copy, platforms usually act first and ask questions later. […]
Hear Law Trademark Notice: Sent From a Website Registered the Night Before
A client forwarded us an email this morning. It was headed “Formal Notice Regarding Potential Business Name Rights”, it cited four sections of the Trade Marks Act 1994, it was signed by a “Registered IP Solicitor” at Hear Law, and it gave them 72 hours to respond about a trademark application for their own company […]
Fenrick & Stone Impersonation: The Trademark Notice It Didn’t Send
A client forwarded us an email on Thursday afternoon. It was headed “Formal Notice Regarding Potential Business Name Rights”, it cited four sections of the Trade Marks Act 1994, it was signed by a “Registered IP Solicitor” at Fenrick & Stone, and it gave them 72 hours to respond about a trademark application for their […]
RSK Legal Trademark Notice: What the Registers Show
A client forwarded us an email on Monday afternoon. It was headed “Formal Notice Regarding Potential Business Name Rights”, it cited four provisions of the Trade Marks Act 1994, it was signed by a “Registered IP Solicitor”, and it gave her 72 hours to respond about a trademark application somebody else was supposedly about to […]
