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The English High Court has dismissed the owner of cheese brand Babybel’s appeal in a trademark dispute over the colour of the cheese’s wax coating, in a win for UK supermarket Sainsbury's. 17 December 2019
Patents
An IP solutions company must pay the attorney fees of the companies it sued because of its “unreasonable” litigation tactics, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled. 17 December 2019
Copyright
US prosecutors are claiming victory after two computer programmers pled guilty late last week to being behind major film and TV streaming sites iStreamItAll and Jetflicks. 16 December 2019
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The makers of popular video game, Fortnite, have settled with a user experience tester who was found to have leaked trade secrets concerning the latest edition of the game. 16 December 2019
Trademarks
A collective of breweries has taken action against a competitor for selling beer which allegedly infringes its trademark. 16 December 2019
Trademarks
British singer Vera Lynn has won an opposition at the UK Intellectual Property Office, which held that an application to register her name as a trademark was filed in bad faith. 16 December 2019
Copyright
Taylor Swift is exercising her synchronisation licensing rights to block unauthorised use of her music amid an ongoing struggle for control of her work, the US pop star has said. 13 December 2019
Trademarks
Portuguese beer maker Super Bock Group has failed to stop the registration of a trademark which it said would infringe one of its own. 13 December 2019
Copyright
The estate of the late US playwright Paul Zindel has urged the Ninth Circuit to revive a copyright infringement suit against the producers of 2017 Academy Award winner “The Shape of Water”. 13 December 2019
Trademarks
A US district court has ruled that a trademark owned by the organisers of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for the word ‘Sturgis’ is invalid. 13 December 2019
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