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Trademarks
Woof-Tang Clan, self-described as walking the “illest group of dogs in New York City”, has found itself at the centre of a trademark dispute with hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. 23 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
I once had the opportunity to read documents from a very old trial, before World War 1. It was just like reading a mysterious foreign language, with so many expressions that are forgotten today. One of them, however, impressed me very much: a fairly accurate translation would be “in the light of the wisdom of the judge”. All the context suggested that the judge was seen somehow as a source providing wisdom. 22 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
As of October 1, 2017 the last part of the new EU trademark regulation has come into effect. There has been a substantial number of publications inside and outside the EU on what to expect from the new regulation. Below is a short overview with some practical pointers on how the new regulation will affect trademark practice in the EU. 22 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
The current Mexican IP legislation covers the following trademark types: word marks, design (figurative) marks, 3D marks, and composite marks (mix of any of the types of marks). 22 November 2017
Patents
The US International Trade Commission handed a win to television set-top box maker TiVo yesterday, after finding that telecoms business Comcast had infringed two of its patents. 22 November 2017
Patents
Two Hewlett-Packard (HP) companies have asked a US court to clear them of infringing a patent relating to ‘power of Ethernet’ (PoE) technology and accused the patent owner of fraud. 22 November 2017
Trademarks
Online payment platform PayPal has settled its dispute over the letter ‘P’ with streaming service Pandora Media. 22 November 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set aside a permanent injunction and a $2.2 million award of lost profits in a patent dispute yesterday. 22 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
Once upon a time, ‘patent’ was an unfamiliar word to the Chinese people, and a patent war was an alien concept. However, with millions of patent applications and trademark registrations having been filed year after year in China, a patent war has become another method of commercial competition in this country. 22 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
Extra-judicial proceedings can be initiated by a trademark owner against an alleged domain name registered fraudulently, to obtain its withdrawal or transfer through a decision rendered by one or several panellists. 21 November 2017
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