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Trademarks
UK-based luxury fashion house Burberry has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against online counterfeiters. 5 December 2016
Copyright
Challenges faced by brand owners and effective trademark and copyright enforcement in the digital world were two topics highly discussed during a panel at an industry conference. 5 December 2016
Trademarks
The ‘internet of things’ will completely change “the structure of the industry” and nature of competition, but it is not something to be afraid of. 5 December 2016
Patents
Law firm Jones Day has hired Thomas Bouvet as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice in Paris. 5 December 2016
Copyright
Readers answering the latest WIPR survey have agreed that President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is likely to be bad for intellectual property owners in the signatory countries. 4 December 2016
Patents
Flash memory manufacturer SanDisk has been sued by a US business for patent infringement over MP3 technology. 2 December 2016
Copyright
Porsche has been named in a copyright infringement complaint by a US music publisher, in a case centring on a song called “Jungle”. 2 December 2016
Copyright
David Fares, senior vice president of government affairs of 21st Century Fox, has said he is trying to dispel some piracy myths in a bid to have a rational debate. 2 December 2016
Patents
The UK government’s recent announcement that it will give the green light for the Unified Patent Court Agreement was welcomed yesterday at the IP Summit 2016. 2 December 2016
Trademarks
Traditional enforcement strategies, such as demand letters, may backfire in a social media context, and trademark owners attempting to assert their rights could be accused of bullying. 2 December 2016
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