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The Trustworthy Accountability Group, an advertising industry organisation that boasts Google, Facebook and Disney as members, has launched a new initiative aimed at protecting European brands. 13 February 2019
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The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit of the City of London police has warned shoppers of the dangers of counterfeit goods ahead of Valentine’s Day. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
The EU General Court has rejected a Spanish company’s bid to oppose an EU cosmetics trademark, finding that its submission was partly filed in the incorrect language and did not identify the grounds of opposition. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
Walmart has been ordered to pay $95.5 million in royalties and profits after a jury found it had infringed a smaller retail chain’s ‘Backyard’ trademark. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
Energy drinks maker Monster Energy has settled a trademark dispute with California-based athletics company Monsta Athletics. 13 February 2019
Influential Women in IP
Women inventors still make up just 12% of all patent inventors in the US, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office. 13 February 2019
Patents
Intel will face more legal proceedings after the Federal Circuit ruled that a lower court erred in its analysis of the scope of claims in a patent infringement suit. 12 February 2019
Copyright
“Foreign countries are increasingly prone to imposing onerous IP regulations aimed at US internet companies”, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association. 12 February 2019
Trademarks
The New York Supreme Court has entered a final judgment in a trademark-licensing suit involving royalties to be paid for licensing the IP of American steakhouse chain The Palm. 12 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
Imagine a board of directors of a US high-tech company which has convened an emergency meeting to address a matter that threatens the very viability of the company. A foreign-based arch competitor has copied exactly the company’s most valuable product. The board has asked the company’s patent attorney to help strategise regarding the options available to it. 12 February 2019
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