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Trademarks
Amazon has been successful in its bid to stop the registration of a trademark that it said would infringe earlier trademarks for its Amazon Spark mobile application. 22 October 2019
Copyright
The US National Music Publishers Association has called for greater scrutiny of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok amid concerns over copyright infringement. 22 October 2019
Influential Women in IP
Crying at work and whether the work/life balance truly exists were just two of the topics discussed last week at WIPR’s Influential Women in IP in San Francisco. 22 October 2019
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Up to two-thirds of results returned by search engines, such as Google, lead consumers to websites that sell fake or possibly dangerous goods, according to a new report. 21 October 2019
Trademarks
Alumni club Harvard Club of Singapore has been unsuccessful in its bid to stop Harvard University from registering two trademarks in Singapore. 21 October 2019
Trademarks
Nestlé USA has taken legal action against Peru Foods, a company which Nestlé has accused of selling grey market panetón cake in the US without authorisation. 21 October 2019
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office last week released an update to its 2019 patent eligibility guidance, which was initially published in January this year. 21 October 2019
Influential Women in IP
“We don’t have to define success as making our way up the ladder as quickly as possible. If we have the career that we want, that is more successful than reaching the top,” said Emily Collins, vice president of Kilburn & Strode’s San Francisco office last week. 21 October 2019
Trademarks
Money transfer service PayPal has entered into a settlement with Lenmo, after it took its competitor to court earlier this year over claims that its name is an “obvious imitation” of PayPal’s Venmo. 18 October 2019
Trademarks
An Advocate General of Europe’s highest court has dealt a blow to the rights owner of a trademark for ‘Halloumi’. 18 October 2019
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