Ethan Plumb
Associate, UK
Ethan is an Associate in the IP Disputes team. He advises clients on a range of IP matters, including patent litigation, brand enforcement and copyright advice.
Ethan has a background in technical patent disputes, acting for clients in the pharmaceutical and telecoms industries.
Recently, Ethan has been involved in a complex domain name dispute for four Retail and Consumer clients in administration. Ethan was the lead IP Associate advising on a successful interim injunction application to retrieve domains which were crucial to the disposal of the businesses.
Ethan's experience also includes trade mark and design right enforcement for a multinational consumer goods company and passing off disputes for a leading dairy products company.
Ethan joined Osborne Clarke LLP in September 2020 following the completion of a training contract Hogan Lovells.
Ethan is a member of IPSoc, the society dedicated to junior IP practitioners.
Insights
Retail and Consumer
Cloudy day for Aldi as Thatchers secures win in English Court of Appeal 'lookalike' case
Ruling finds supermarket took unfair advantage of reputation of drink makers' trade mark in selling lookalike cider
06/02/2025
Read time
4m
Tech, Media and Comms
English Court of Appeal allows Amazon to amend its pleadings to claim interim licence from Nokia
High Court's decision overturned and proposed claim for an interim RAND licence has reasonable prospects of success
03/02/2025
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7m
Intellectual property
UK Supreme Court finds sales of trade marked goods from US website targeted UK consumers for infringement purposes
US website's targeting of UK consumers amounted to infringing trade mark use in the UK and EU, but no decision...
08/03/2024
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4m
Competition, antitrust and trade
General Court finds geo-blocking of video games breaches EU competition law
Commission's finding upheld that Valve and five PC game publishers had anti-competitive 'geo-blocking' agreements
12/10/2023
Read time
3m
Intellectual property
Unified Patent Court: the basics
The UPC will soon be operational and getting to grips with the basics of how it operates is essential
15/02/2023
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1m
Intellectual property
Long-arm jurisdiction: how remedies can extend to non-UPC states
UPC jurisdiction may be broader than it first appeared but questions remain about its reach over third-state defendants
07/02/2023
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6m
Intellectual property
Hosting third-party products could make online marketplaces liable for trade mark infringement
CJEU opens way for national courts to find website operators liable for trade mark infringement by third-party products
02/02/2023
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4m
Intellectual property
Unified Patent Court: an introduction to the UPC's general jurisdiction
Knowing the UPC's competence and international jurisdiction rules is vital to understand what it can hear and reach
26/01/2023
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8m
Intellectual property
Unitary Patents and the Unified Patent Court: FAQs
Significant changes to the patent landscape across Europe are coming, what can be expected and what can be done to...
30/06/2022
Read time
28m
Retail and Consumer
Court of Appeal says overseas online sales of trade marked goods to UK consumers is infringement
Amazon found to infringe UK and EU trade marks for advertising and selling trade marked goods from its US website...
13/06/2022
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5m
Intellectual property
'Crown use' defence in patent infringement claims hinges on authorisation
Appellate-level analysis of rarely used defence limits up-front protection for suppliers of goods and services to government
04/03/2021
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4m
Tech, Media and Comms
How close is too close? A look into the use of altered trade marks and third-party 'patches' in videogames
Games developers may want to deliver a realistic experience, but this can leave them open to claims where it extends...
16/02/2021
Read time
4m
