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Spanish brand protection company raises €2m to fight piracy

Spain-based brand and copyright protection company Red Points has raised €2 million to develop technology that detects piracy and online infringement.   28 September 2016

Patents

European Council to discuss unitary patent system

European Council will discuss the unitary patent system in a meeting tomorrow.   28 September 2016

Trademarks

Calvin Klein targets ‘massive’ counterfeit network

US fashion brand Calvin Klein has sued a group of counterfeiters who have allegedly sold unauthorised and unlicensed products bearing the company’s trademarks online.   28 September 2016

Trademarks

‘Scotch whisky’ registered as certification mark in Taiwan

‘Scotch whisky’ has been registered as a certification trademark in Taiwan, in what the Scotch Whisky Association has called a “major legal breakthrough”.   28 September 2016

Patents

‘Hamdog’ owner to auction IP rights

The creator of a combination of a hotdog and burger in one bun, which is protected by a design patent, has revealed plans to auction his intellectual property rights.   28 September 2016

Copyright

Penguin Random House in copyright tussle with freelancer

A freelance writer has filed a lawsuit against Penguin Random House after a book published by the company allegedly infringed his copyright.   28 September 2016

Copyright

Michael Best: leveraging IPR successes

The inter partes review proceedings under the America Invents Act created a new forum for challenging patents. Law firm Michael Best & Friedrich LLP tells WIPR about its IPR practice and the successes it has had so far.   28 September 2016

Patents

Former Panasonic counsel joins Chadbourne & Parke

Law firm Chadbourne & Parke has hired Michael Solomita as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property group in New York.   28 September 2016

Trademarks

A flexible approach to law making

Chinese judges can use their discretion to overcome the rigidity of statutory laws, but they may also introduce uncertainty to IP cases, as Xiaojun Guo of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office explains.   28 September 2016

Copyright

L’Occitane: the perks of using specialist IP providers

Ingo Dauer of skincare and beauty products brand L’Occitane discusses the benefits of working with Brandstock from the perspective of a general counsel, in the second in a three-part series of articles profiling the IP management company.   27 September 2016

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