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Lookalike Legal Battle: Thatchers Takes on Aldi Over Copycat Cider

Trade mark registration and enforcement is an important tool for brand owners. Once registered, a trade mark allows the owner to prevent third parties from using the same or a confusingly similar mark...

Food and Drink

Kilburn & Strode supports the Startup Innovation Awards of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization

For the second year in a row, Kilburn & Strode has sponsored the Startup Innovation Awards (SIA) at the yearly World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event held in Rome in autumn 2024.

Food and Drink

New year, new export strategy: Accelerating your exports in 2025

Against a continuing backdrop of rising costs, economic and political uncertainty, and the ongoing effects of Brexit, it’s no wonder that so many UK food & drink companies see exports as a way to boos...

Food and Drink

Gastvrij Rotterdam 2024: A taste of what’s cooking in the future of food

If there's one event in the Netherlands that food experts, culinary innovators and trend-spotters look forward to every year, it’s Gastvrij Rotterdam.

Food and Drink

Finding the zest in life, one cocktail at a time….

“Celebrating life, love and friends!” When I heard this was the tagline of our interviewee, Dutch-based leading craft distiller, Toorank, I knew it was going to be a good session!

Food and Drink

From microbes to market: Protecting innovation in precision fermentation

Fermentation has always been at the heart of food and drink production, evolving from ancient techniques to modern marvels.

Food and Drink

Keeping our eye to the ground: what’s new in Food & Drink?

At Kilburn & Strode we regularly attend events in the food & drink sector to meet with our clients, see what they and their competitors are doing, and spot and stay up to date with the latest developm...

Food and Drink

The proof is in the packaging: registered design rights in the Food & Drink sector

From eye-catching packaging to innovative product shapes, designs play a crucial role in shaping brand identity. Registered design protection is often overlooked, but it can be a powerful tool for com...

Food and Drink

“Es geht um die Wurst” – Now it's getting serious

What “Fish and Chips” is to the Brit, so “Currywurst und Pommes” is to the German. And yes, Germans and sausages is a cliché, but still it is truly a fundamental part of German heritage - it's almost ...

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