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Trademarks
In a blow for Formula One, the UK Intellectual Property Office has prevented the brand from blocking a trademark registration that it claimed would lead to confusion with its own ‘F1’ mark. 18 August 2020
Trademarks
Maintaining business practice under lockdown conditions involves communicating effectively and mastering technological office tools. Mathilde Carle, a lawyer with Paris-based Godin Associés, provides insight into the third session of a virtual discussion series hosted by the International Trademark Association’s Young Practitioners Committee on adjusting to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 August 2020
Trademarks
A US federal appeals court has cancelled a $21 million trademark win for Tiffany over Costco, and sent the case back for trial. 18 August 2020
Patents
German carmaker Daimler, which owns the Mercedes brand, is facing a potential sales ban in Germany after a Mannheim court ruled today, August 18, that it infringed a Nokia telecommunications patent. 18 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
US patent and IP law practices, like other practices, have been suddenly and profoundly affected in many ways by the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. This article attempts to provide insights into and examples of the challenges facing patent companies and their patent attorneys as they cope with the inter-related combination of health and financial onslaughts. 17 August 2020
Copyright
The use of illegal digital services is decreasing significantly in Sweden, most of all by internet users aged 16 to 29, according to a recent survey, “Changed attitudes to illegal streaming”, published February 7, 2020, by Kantar Sifo on behalf of the Swedish Patent and Registration Office. 17 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
The Italian Industrial Property Code confers autonomous protection on names which become famous in non-commercial fields, regardless of whether they are also registered as trademarks. 17 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
On the May 27, the District Court of The Hague ruled that Nestlé’s Incredible Burger infringes the EU trademark ‘Impossible Burger’, owned by Impossible Foods, and ordered a pan-European interim injunction. 17 August 2020
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The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property has signed a deal with the Kingdom’s TV regulator to jointly enforce IP rights in the wake of criticism from the World Trade Organisation. 17 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
The proportion of women appointed as arbitrators almost doubled between 2015 and 2019, a new report from the International Council for Commercial Arbitration has revealed. 17 August 2020
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