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Jurisdiction reports
The high rates of obesity among children in Chile is a problem that the health authorities have tried to tackle through different measures during the last few years. One of the most relevant actions was the modification of the food labelling regulation. Andrés Grunewaldt and Luis Felipe Opazo of Silva report. 3 November 2017
Copyright
Sports broadcaster ESPN has been told it cannot be excused from a jury trial following accusations of copyright infringement over a documentary it made on the late college football player Chucky Mullins. 2 November 2017
Copyright
Leason Ellis has appointed two partners and one of counsel in its office in New York. 2 November 2017
Patents
Fish & Richardson has hired a former partner of Patterson + Sheridan as principal in its litigation group in the firm’s Houston office. 2 November 2017
Trademarks
Less than a week after settling its trade dress and design patent infringement case with rival Lululemon, clothing company Under Armour has asked a US court to declare it has not infringed two trademarks. 2 November 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has backed a lower court in finding that patents owned by technology company Two-Way Media are invalid under the Alice v CLS Bank test. 2 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
One of the requirements for a trademark to be registered in Malaysia is that the mark or device has to be used ‘in the course of trade’. A clarification of this definition was raised in the case of Mesuma Sports v Majlis Sukan Negara (2015). Kelvin Ganesan of Henry Goh reports. 1 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
With the enactment of the America Invents Act (AIA), signed into law on September 16, 2011 and effective as of March 16, 2013, there are radically new criteria governing who will be awarded a US patent, writes Paul Sutton of Sutton Magidoff. 1 November 2017
Trademarks
The English Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from The London Taxi Company against a finding that designs of the city’s famous black cabs lack distinctive character. 1 November 2017
Trademarks
Several amendments to regulations under the Madrid Agreement and Protocol came into force today. 1 November 2017
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