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Trademarks
Taylor Swift’s rights holders TAS Rights Management has launched a countersuit against Utah theme park Evermore Park, following the park’s accusation that Swift infringed its trademarks. 26 February 2021
Trademarks
The owner of BeIN Sports is suing Turkish football club Fenerbahçe after it used a distorted version of the Qatari broadcaster’s logo to protest against alleged bias in its coverage. 26 February 2021
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office has urged a federal court to uphold its finding that patents cannot cover inventions by artificial intelligence, and dismiss a suit challenging its position. 25 February 2021
Copyright
US streetwear company Supreme could face legal action over a shirt that displays an image of a Buddhist monk allegedly without permission. 25 February 2021
Trademarks
The Bezos Family Foundation, a non-profit organisation run by the family of Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has lost its appeal against a trademark invalidation at the EU General Court. 25 February 2021
Patents
Which? Has launched a £480 million collective claim against chipset manufacturer Qualcomm on behalf of 29 million UK consumers. 25 February 2021
Patents
After the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board was first formed in 2012, it soon gained a reputation as the ‘patent killer’ for knocking out patents via inter partes review. 24 February 2021
Trademarks
The US Olympic Committee has sued Puma for trademark infringement, alleging the sportswear company has ‘declared war’ on Olympic trademarks. 24 February 2021
Copyright
In a win for Stephen King, a US federal appeals court upheld an earlier ruling that a character in his “Dark Tower” novels did not copy traits of a protagonist in a comic book series. 24 February 2021
Influential Women in IP
Many women still struggle to advance in IP and find it necessary to leave an organisation to start their own firm to attain a leadership position, a key finding from a new report by the International Trademark Association has confirmed. 24 February 2021
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