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The UK has become the first member state to sponsor the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Creators initiative. 1 November 2021
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has, for the first time, held that individual parts of a whole product which have been disclosed to the public may be protected as unregistered Community designs. 1 November 2021
Trademarks
A case involving resold car parts forced Russia’s courts to revisit its IP exhaustion rules—with a positive outcome for trademark owners, says Vladimir Biriulin of Gorodissky & Partners. 29 October 2021
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The operator of non-profit TV streaming service Locast has agreed to pay $32 million to US television networks for rebroadcasting local TV channels. 29 October 2021
Patents
The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a consultation on how the copyright and patent system should deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI). 29 October 2021
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Following a wave of lawsuits from ex-Marvel writers and artists attempting to win back copyrights of some of the company’s flagship characters, Disney retaliated with suits of its own in September, asking courts to invalidate their termination notices. 28 October 2021
Trademarks
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday mostly affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (TTAB) determination in a dispute centring on trademarks for beer-making kits. 28 October 2021
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A major US baseball league team is facing a trademark infringement lawsuit by a Cleveland-based roller derby team over its plans to change its controversial name to the ‘Cleveland Guardians’. 28 October 2021
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The growth in e-commerce sales of counterfeit goods poses a “serious and growing risk” to economic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. 27 October 2021
Trademarks
The Federal Circuit’s finding that an Australian contraceptive wholesaler can challenge a rival’s US registration stands after the US Supreme Court declined a request for a review. Julia Anne Matheson of Potomac Law unpacks the decision. 27 October 2021
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