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Trademarks
Brand owners’ organisation says lawsuit over old M&M's mark is important for members | First time the association has waded into a French national case. 11 July 2023
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The new partner has more than 30 years’ experience in high-stakes litigation, including patent, trademark and trade secrets cases. 11 July 2023
Patents
Did the fires that devastated vast areas of Europe in 2017 and 2022 lead to more innovation to help prevent future disasters? Susana Rodrigues of Inventa investigates. 11 July 2023
Copyright
US comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors accuse Meta and OpenAI of copying material to train AI software | Separate case sees authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay level a similar claim against OpenAI. 10 July 2023
Global Trade Secrets
Footwear giant seeks redress for alleged theft of trade secrets in the development of Joybees clogs | Ex-Crocs manager already subject of prior legal action for ‘stealing’ documents before setting up rival company. 10 July 2023
Patents
New hire has extensive experience at the US Patent and Trademark Office | Addition strengthens firm’s East coast IP team. 10 July 2023
Global Trade Secrets
Elon Musk issues a cease-and-desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg on day Threads is released | Twitter boss claims that Meta stole trade secrets to launch the rival platform | ‘Competition is fine, cheating is not’...[Meta] will lose this battle,' tweets Musk. 7 July 2023
Trademarks
District court erred in dismissing suit brought by Herbal Brands over online sales, say judges | Products sold to Arizona consumers by New York defendants via Amazon did constitute personal jurisdiction. 7 July 2023
Trademarks
Court dismisses food and drink company’s appeal for a 3D mark on functionality grounds | Minor arbitrary elements in a mark do not undermine such grounds, it said. 6 July 2023
Patents
The chipmaker’s senior vice president and general manager for Qualcomm Technology Licensing shares his candid views on the company’s licensing model, its critics and the EU’s new SEP proposals. 6 July 2023
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