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Patents
After years of debate over the best approach to FRAND licensing, it is time for a reasonable—rather than a perfect—solution, says Bill Merritt, president and CEO, InterDigital. 20 February 2019
Trademarks
The Scotch Whisky Association has obtained victory in a six-year legal battle to stop a German distillery from selling a whisky called ‘Glen Buchenbach’. 20 February 2019
Copyright
The European Commission has been forced to delete a blog post about its copyright legislation and issue an apology to readers. 19 February 2019
Patents
Swedish telecoms company Ericsson has announced a new global patent cross-licensing deal with Chinese smartphone retailer Oppo, covering patents from both companies’ 2G, 3G, and 4G portfolios. 19 February 2019
Trademarks
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case between athletic-wear maker Mission Product Holdings and Tempnology, a company which previously sold cooling fabrics. 19 February 2019
Trademarks
United Parcel Service is suing the operators of a self-described ‘non-profit’ medical marijuana collective, “United Pot Smokers”, for infringing its trademarks. 19 February 2019
Trademarks
A Chinese national was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in the US, after a district judge found him guilty of directing the shipment of counterfeit computer-networking equipment into Texas. 19 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
Any owner of a trademark registered in a member state of the EU may claim the seniority of his national trademark in a European trademark for identical goods or services. This claim of seniority has the effect of allowing this owner, if he ceases to maintain his trademark locally, to continue to benefit from the same rights he would have had if his national trademark had been maintained. 19 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
One might have thought that warning letters in IP infringement and unfair competition cases are useful as their purpose is, first and foremost, to warn the alleged infringer of court action if they do not stop the infringing behaviour. 19 February 2019
Copyright
Miley Cyrus has been unsuccessful in her bid to dismiss a copyright infringement suit concerning her 2013 song “We Can’t Stop”. 18 February 2019
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