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Last week, the digital library Internet Archive launched its ‘national emergency library’, expanding access to 1.4 million digitised works, to meet the “unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials” during the COVID-19 pandemic. 31 March 2020
Trademarks
The EU General Court has denied a Turkish dairy company trademark protection for the shape of a cheese stick, consisting of separate pieces twisted together. 30 March 2020
Trademarks
A new sub-plot in the McDonald’s and Supermac’s trademark saga could see the fate of a central London cocktail bar’s mark rest on the outcome of the fast-food giant’s dispute with the Irish restaurant chain. 30 March 2020
Patents
The UK Intellectual Property Office has introduced ‘interrupted days’ as it seeks to support rights owners, businesses and IP professionals amid the “unprecedented disruption” of the COVID-19 pandemic. 30 March 2020
Patents
The German government is pushing for the Unified Patent Court project to go ahead, just one week after the country’s Federal Constitutional Court concluded that the Act of Approval for the UPC Agreement was null and void. 30 March 2020
Copyright
Depicting sports stars’ tattoos in video games does not infringe copyright owned by the tattoo artist or their licensee, a US federal court has ruled. 27 March 2020
Trademarks
Philip Morris International has failed in its efforts to have a UK e-cigarette maker’s trademark cancelled, after the UK Intellectual Property Office said it had failed to prove the reputation of its ‘IQOS’ product. 27 March 2020
Patents
Lisa Jorgenson is stepping down from her role as executive director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, after more than five years. 27 March 2020
Copyright
The US Patent and Trademark Office could be given emergency powers to waive or change patent and trademark filing deadlines if an historic $2 trillion deal passes the House of Representatives and is signed into law. 27 March 2020
Trademarks
In a loss for Italian luxury fashion house Giorgio Armani, the EU General Court rejected its attempts to file two trademarks yesterday, March 26. 27 March 2020
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