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Trademarks
The German Patent and Trademark Office has concluded that the term ‘Black Friday’ lacks distinctiveness, in a trademark dispute involving PayPal and a Hong Kong-based company. 13 April 2018
Patents
Hybrid vehicle technology company Paice has settled its patent battle with Ford as part of a licence agreement between the parties. 13 April 2018
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected a trademark opposition filed by the production company behind popular TV series “MasterChef”. 13 April 2018
Copyright
China’s State Intellectual Property Office has announced that the country will soon introduce punitive damages for IP infringements in an effort to ensure that offenders pay a “big price”. 13 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
The funding of US contingency-fee patent and IP litigation has morphed into a respectable industry. No longer does private patent litigation funding carry the stigma once associated with it. The number of funders is increasing and their arrangements with owners of US patent portfolios are being more frequently examined and embraced by ‘big law’. 12 April 2018
Patents
Andrei Iancu, director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, has said the US must create a more positive dialogue around patents. 12 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
A public disclosure by shoe maker Crocs has resulted in the cancellation of the registration of its well-known clogs design. 12 April 2018
Trademarks
UK-based Liverpool Football Club is taking on US-based Red Slopes Soccer Foundation in a trademark infringement case. 12 April 2018
Copyright
An academic file-sharing platform is allegedly hosting four million illicit articles despite attempts by publishers to make the site “copyright-compliant”, according to a progress update from a coalition of publishers. 12 April 2018
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has dismissed a mattress retailer’s trademark opposition, after finding that its opposition to a competitor’s mark was “untenable”. 12 April 2018
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