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Trademarks
Luxury brand Gucci has hit out at online counterfeiters with the filing of a trademark infringement claim. 13 October 2016
Patents
A number of media outlets including Bloomberg, Forbes and ABC have been targeted in patent infringement lawsuits filed by Texas-based Bartonfalls. 13 October 2016
Trademarks
Germany’s Supreme Court has ruled that descriptive names of apps and domains cannot claim trademark protection unless they have acquired distinctiveness, says Stefan Abel of Klaka Rechtsanwälte. 13 October 2016
Patents
This year looks set to be the slowest for US patent lawsuits since 2011, according to intellectual property litigation research company Lex Machina. 12 October 2016
Copyright
Europe’s highest court has ruled that the initial acquirer of a computer program who has an unlimited user licence can resell the copy and licence in some circumstances. 12 October 2016
Trademarks
Italian eyewear company Luxottica has won the first round in a dispute against a market in Atlanta over contributory trademark infringement. 12 October 2016
Patents
Restaurant TGI Fridays and supermarket chain Whole Foods Market have been caught in the crosshairs of a patent infringement claim. 12 October 2016
Copyright
The World Intellectual Property Organization has agreed to open new offices in Africa. 12 October 2016
Copyright
Online video company Malibu Media filed more than 40 copyright infringement complaints in three days in October, all aimed at unnamed defendants. 11 October 2016
Copyright
Lawyers representing singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran have asked for a copyright complaint filed against him by two US musicians to be amended or dismissed because it is too long. 11 October 2016
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