The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global crisis. Olga Plyasunova, Partner at Zuykov and Partners, explains how this has affected trademark and industrial design filing activity, what trademark owners should do, and whether to registering new trademarks.

Andrew White and Conor McGuinness, of Mathys & Squire, develop key insights into patenting video games with exploration of unsuccessful and successful case examples.

Is US Amazon ‘targeting’ UK and EU consumers? Paul Sweeden, Associate at Locke Lord LLP, evaluates the Lifestyle Equities. CV and Another v Amazon UK Services Ltd and Others [2021] EWHC 118 (Ch) case, and what it means for trademark use in online retail.