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Trademarks
E-commerce sites operated by China’s Alibaba and Tencent have been included in the US Trade Representative’s annual “notorious markets list” for the first time, while removing any mention of Amazon’s foreign domains that had been listed in previous years. 18 February 2022
Patents
The Federal Court of Australia has invalidated two patents belonging to fitness company F45 following a four-year legal dispute with rival Body Fit Training. 17 February 2022
Copyright
Apple has persuaded a Californian court to throw out a lawsuit that accuses the technology company of wilfully infringing copyrights covering ethnically diverse emoji characters. 17 February 2022
Copyright
The luxury brand’s lawsuit over non-fungible tokens heralds important questions for brand owners and artists over their IP rights in the metaverse, Joseph Barber of Howard & Howard Attorneys explains. 17 February 2022
Patents
A subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands, looking to bar the sale of allegedly copycat UV light-emitting diode products throughout Europe. 16 February 2022
Trademarks
The Supreme Court of Georgia in the US has affirmed a win for Google, with its refusal to revive allegations that the tech company improperly profited off the name “Edible Arrangements” in its keyword advertising. 16 February 2022
Influential Women in IP
February is Black History Month in the US and a time to reflect on the stark lessons of the past and how corporations and firms can help build a brighter future for all, says Theresa Conduah of Haynes Boone. 16 February 2022
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In 2020, Sharp filed patent infringement lawsuits against Tesla Motors Japan in the Tokyo District Court on the grounds of infringing of Long Term Evolution standard patents. It will be interesting to observe whether the impact of Daimler being defeated in the Mannheim District Court and the Munich District Court in Germany, a major home of automobile manufacture, will be recreated in Japan, also an automobile powerhouse. 15 February 2022
Trademarks
The China National Intellectual Property Administration has unveiled a plan to crack down on bogus trademark filings that infringe on the rights of Olympic athletes, including the skiing champion and fashion model Eileen Gu. 15 February 2022
Trademarks
Artist Mason Rothschild is attempting to secure the dismissal of a trademark infringement suit brought against him by Hermès over Rothschild’s sale of non-fungible tokens of the fashion brand’s iconic Birkin bag. 15 February 2022
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