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Trademarks
Miss World has failed in its opposition to a trademark for another beauty contest at the UK Intellectual Property Office. 9 November 2018
Copyright
The IP brawl between fashion retailer Forever 21 and sportswear company Puma has come to an end, after the parties agreed to settle. 9 November 2018
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Louis Vuitton has accused online retailers of counterfeiting, infringing and diluting its “most distinctive and popular design trademarks”, in a complaint filed yesterday. 8 November 2018
Patents
The new US acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, was linked to a company that was fined by the US Federal Trade Commission for a scam related to patent licensing. 8 November 2018
Patents
Ilkka Rahnasto has joined patent licensing company Marconi as senior vice president after stepping down as head of Nokia’s patent business, with lawyers saying Marconi will benefit from having such a leading IP specialist. 8 November 2018
Trademarks
US-based Mad Dogg Athletics emerged victorious today after the EU General Court annulled a European Union Intellectual Property Office decision to revoke the fitness company’s rights to the EU trademark ‘Spinning’. 8 November 2018
Trademarks
More than 3,000 items of counterfeit Major League Basketball apparel and merchandise were seized during and after the MLB 2018 World Series, as part of a multi-partner enforcement operation. 8 November 2018
Copyright
Nina Fitzgerald has joined Ashurst as a partner in Sydney, after spending three years as a senior associate at Deacons in Hong Kong. 8 November 2018
Copyright
Google last year declined more than ten million adverts suspected of infringing copyright or linking to infringing sites, according to a new report by the company. 7 November 2018
Patents
China approved changes to litigation procedures in patent and other IP cases in late October, in a move that fundamentally alters how the appeal process will work for certain technical disputes, according to law firm Gowling WLG. 7 November 2018
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