Latest News & Features
Trademarks
Monster Energy has accused the creators of the Bang energy drink of false advertising, anti-competitive behaviour and stealing trade secrets. 5 April 2019
Patents
Unified Patents, an organisation that claims to fight ‘patent trolls’, has added three senior patent counsels to its team. 5 April 2019
Patents
UK-based IP firm Appleyard Lees has promoted patent and design attorney Adam Tindall to partner. 5 April 2019
Jurisdiction reports
In many areas in the US, such as California, Uber has almost replaced normal cab or taxi services. In Germany, the legal landscape for Uber is more complicated. 5 April 2019
Patents
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun has hired five new patent specialists, including three attorneys, to be based in the firm’s Chicago office. 4 April 2019
Copyright
A vinyl manufacturer breached copyright by selling unlicensed vinyl copies of rapper Eminem’s debut album, the English High Court said on Tuesday, April 2. 4 April 2019
Copyright
Alston & Bird has hired Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner Yuri Mikulka into its IP practice in Los Angeles. 4 April 2019
Trademarks
Inter Milan are embroiled in a trademark dispute with Major League Soccer over the name of David Beckham’s new football club Inter Miami. 4 April 2019
Jurisdiction reports
The Indian B2C e-commerce market is growing exponentially and rapid digitisation is fuelling its further growth. Most e-commerce platforms in India are marketplaces and they have to deal with the menace of counterfeit or infringing products. This article examines the scope of liability of e-commerce service providers in case of sale of counterfeit goods through their platforms. 4 April 2019
Jurisdiction reports
A decision of the Italian Court of Cassation of November 20, 2017 provided an important principle, according to which the validity of a patent cannot be contested in a proceeding concerning the rights of the dependent-inventor to receive an award from the employee. 4 April 2019
Not finding what you're looking for, please try resetting your applied search and filters,
or try the full site search.