Federer and Nike trade mark dispute in centre court

Wimbledon is in full swing in sunny london! Yesterday we saw Angelique Kerber take the women's title and the men's final concludes this afternoon between Anderson and Djokovic. Defending champion Roger Federer only made it to the semi-finals, but no doubt keen IPKat readers would have noticed something different about his appearance when he stepped out onto Court this year.Love MatchCredit: BounderJacqueline Pang kindly provides us with the details of Federers new sponsorship deals and the trade mark issues involved. Jacqueline has worked as a trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis for the past 7 years. She is a big Federer fan but claims to hopeless at playing tennis… so she's sticking to the IP Court!When Roger Federer stepped out onto Centre Court at Wimbledon this year as defending champion, there was a striking difference in his appearance: in place of the well-known Nike ‘swoosh’ on his shirt was a bright red UNIQLO…

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