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Trademarks
The parent company of Dr Martens has filed a lawsuit against online fashion retailers Boohoo, Nasty Gal and Pretty Little Thing. 24 July 2019
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Womble Bond Dickinso as acquired British boutique IP firm James Love Legal, whose team will now be based in WBD’s Leeds office. 24 July 2019
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The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has opened an investigation into the potentially anticompetitive practices of market-leading online platforms. 24 July 2019
Patents
Vodafone will face IP licensing company IPCOM in a trial before the English High Court to decide whether it infringed a patent relating to 4G network technology. 24 July 2019
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refused yesterday to import the doctrine of ‘aesthetic functionality’ from trademark law into the realm of design patents, as it ruled in favour of Ford in an appeal from the Automotive Body Parts Association. 24 July 2019
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The number of domain name complaints which resulted in a domain transfer fell in 2018, according to the UK’s .uk domain name registry, Nominet. 24 July 2019
Copyright
Chinese-owned social media app TikTok has referred a copyright dispute with three European music licensing bodies to the UK’s Copyright Tribunal. 23 July 2019
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a motion to stay last month’s order that state sovereign immunity does not apply in inter partes review proceedings. 23 July 2019
Patents
The North American arm of Philips has accused wearable fitness tracker maker Fitbit of patent infringement. 23 July 2019
Trademarks
The creator of UGG boots, Deckers, has filed a complaint against US retailer Target and brand management company Iconix. 23 July 2019
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