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13 November 2020Trademarks

UKIPO sides with Big Easy in TM dispute with easyGroup

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has turned down easyGroup’s application to register ‘easy’ as a trademark after an opposition from American restaurant chain Big Easy.

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