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Trademarks
Fashion brand Amiri is suing Zara for $3 million at the US District Court for the Central District of California, accusing the retailer of “blatantly” copying the design of its skinny biker jeans. 24 January 2020
Copyright
Google and Amazon have again been accused of selling bootleg copies of “virtually every well-known recording artist from the 1930s through the 1960s”, in a series of copyright infringement lawsuits filed in the US this week. 24 January 2020
Trademarks
The management company of “X Factor” winner James Arthur has succeeded in revoking a trademark of his name before the UK Intellectual Property Office. 24 January 2020
Trademarks
Sony has been awarded costs of £1,800 against Beijing Elex Technology after successfully opposing the latter’s “Lord of War” trademark application, according to a UK Intellectual Property Office decision. 23 January 2020
Copyright
Warner Bros Entertainment is suing a Canadian woman it says is the “architect” of a fraudulent enterprise distributing unlicensed works related to the late paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. 23 January 2020
Copyright
German sportswear company Puma has won an injunction at the Delhi High Court against an Indian brand it accused of copying the design of its RSX-3D shoe. 23 January 2020
Trademarks
Almost half of UK and European businesses expect to change their brand protection strategies after the UK leaves the EU, although 31% don’t know how they’ll register trademarks, according to a report from IP specialists HGF. 23 January 2020
Patents
Jessica Grant, a trial lawyer with extensive IP litigation experience, has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its San Francisco office. 23 January 2020
Trademarks
US brand Goya Food wants a Delaware federal court to order the company behind the Goya-Move parental control app to drop the name. 22 January 2020
Patents
International law firm Perkins Coie is facing a $150 million lawsuit for alleged legal malpractice and fraud over a “cover-up” of failures to file key patent applications. 22 January 2020
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