McDaniels Law

McDaniels Law Specialist Intellectual Property Lawyers helping you to protect your business' most valuable assets. Handling trade mark, patent, copyright and design matters.

At McDaniels Law, we're devotees of detail. We pore over every pixel, stitch and rivet. We revel in every chamfer, keystroke, strapline, trim and line break. We make a note of every soldered resistor, chiselled groove and chunk of code. All this, to provide you with impenetrable Intellectual Property protection. Intellectual Property is a core business asset for any business involved in an enterpr

ise, and always for some which are classed as ‘creative’. The most important first step in the protection and exploitation of any IP right is to understand what IP you have in the first place. Often IP rights will overlap with one another and businesses are often surprised to find they have more Intellectual Property than they thought. In 2005, Niall and Rozanna Head-Rapson opened a niche Intellectual Property practice in Newcastle, bringing a City flavour of legal services to the North East from their Magic Circle milieu. Now, based in Gateshead's Northern Design Centre, neighbouring the banks of the iconic River Tyne, the growing team support our national reach and client base.

🔹 NEWSIn a recent claim issued in the US District Court for the Central District of California, American TV producer and...
24/08/2026

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In a recent claim issued in the US District Court for the Central District of California, American TV producer and show-writer Lauren J. Salkin has alleged that Yellowstone’s co-creator Taylor Sheridan has infringed copyright owned by her in the script she had created for a series named ‘Sovereign Nation’.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/us-copyright-claim-erupts-over-yellowstone/

🔹 NEWSSeattle-based Christian heavy metal band Demon Hunter, through its corporate entity Hyde Lane Incorporated, has is...
21/08/2026

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Seattle-based Christian heavy metal band Demon Hunter, through its corporate entity Hyde Lane Incorporated, has issued a claim against Netflix and AEG Presents, creator and live producer respectively of the animated film KPop Demon Hunters, in the Central District of California Court. It follows after Demon Hunter, formed in 2000, received numerous instances of actual confusion from television producers and KPop Demon Hunters fans, who had purchased tickets to see Demon Hunter in concert expecting to see a live rendition of the tracks from the Netflix movie.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/christian-metal-band-hunts-trade-mark-and-unfair-competition-claims-against-netflix/

🔹 NEWSIrish chain restaurant, Supermac’s, recently enjoyed resounding success before the UK Intellectual Property Office...
19/08/2026

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Irish chain restaurant, Supermac’s, recently enjoyed resounding success before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) Tribunal Section, where globally renowned McDonald’s sought to oppose Supermac’s UK trade mark applications, one for the word ‘SUPERMAC’S’ and the other as a figurative representation of Supermac’s logo, both applied for in class 43 for services relating to providing food and drinks, takeaway services, and restaurant services.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/supermacs-defeats-mcdonalds-in-trade-mark-battle/

🔹 NEWSAmongst the various publishers and authors of literary works banded together as claimants against AI company Anthr...
23/07/2026

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Amongst the various publishers and authors of literary works banded together as claimants against AI company Anthropic was Bloomsbury Publishing, known best for publishing the Harry Potter books. Following settlement terms being reportedly agreed in September 2025, the details of the settlement agreement have now been released.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/harry-potter-and-the-historic-copyright-settlement/

🔹 NEWSBritvic Limited, owner of various juice brands including J2O and Robinson’s, has recently had a claim brought agai...
13/07/2026

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Britvic Limited, owner of various juice brands including J2O and Robinson’s, has recently had a claim brought against it by Northamptonshire based couple Amanda & David Robinson, who run a popular glamping lodge called the Magic Mushroom Cabin. The claim was filed in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court on the basis of copyright infringement after Britvic allegedly used an image of the Magic Mushroom Cabin, taken by Mrs Robinson as part of a summer competition, without the Robinsons’ consent.

Read more: https://mcdanielslaw.com/juicy-copyright-claim-brought-against-j2o-parent-company/

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