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A Chinese company has been accused of selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee, in a suit which has made the highest ever compensation demand in a consumer civil public interest litigation in China. 30 November 2020
Trademarks
The US Trade Representative’s annual counterfeiting and piracy report should not “target” US companies, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association. 30 November 2020
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Nearly 22,000 domain names offering counterfeit and pirated items over the internet have been seized as part of ‘In Our Sites’, a joint international operation. 30 November 2020
Patents
The German Bundestag has approved a ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement, yesterday, November 26. 27 November 2020
Patents
Twitter has secured a victory at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, after it upheld a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to invalidate a patent owned by video streaming service VidStream. 27 November 2020
Trademarks
UK beer company Brewdog can’t register the logo for its “Doghouse” hotel brand as a trademark, the UK Intellectual Property Office has ruled. 27 November 2020
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The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization has registered its first geographical indication, in the same week that the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched a new search database. 27 November 2020
Patents
Düsseldorf Regional Court has referred a standard-essential patent licensing dispute between Nokia and Daimler to the Court of Justice of the European Union. 26 November 2020
Patents
The European Commission has promised to “reduce frictions” and bring down the level of litigation surrounding standard-essential patent licensing in the auto industry. 26 November 2020
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has refused to register French cookware manufacturer Tefal’s figurative mark, after finding the applied-for trademark as devoid of distinctive character. 26 November 2020
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