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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a Texas court’s claim construction in a case involving telecoms companies AT&T and Ericsson. 13 August 2019
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The French law No. 2019-486 of May 22, 2019 on business growth and transformation, known as the PACTE Law, introduces important changes in the French patent system, including conditions for infringement and invalidity actions for all the industrial property rights. 13 August 2019
Patents
A Delaware jury has told beauty company L’Oréal to pay start-up Olaplex more than $91 million for stealing its trade secrets, infringing two patents and breaching a contract. 13 August 2019
Copyright
New York-based Columbia University has accused a company established by late historian Ehsan Yarshater of falsely claiming to be the copyright owner of the Encyclopedia Iranica, a scholarly resource on Persian and Iranian history. 12 August 2019
Patents
Technology company IBM filed yet another blockchain-based patent application at the US Patent and Trademark Office last week. 12 August 2019
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The Olympic rings and the Olympic Games designations are protected in Germany by their own law. The International Olympic Committee awards the Olympic Games only to countries which guarantee individual legal protection for the Olympic symbols and designations. 12 August 2019
Trademarks
Japanese beer company Asahi has secured the registration of a ‘Snow Globe’ trademark in the UK, after fending off opposition from the China-based brewer of Snow beer. 12 August 2019
Trademarks
The confluence of IP and antitrust laws throws a challenge to trademark owners in the realm of brand protection, and this has often led to a conflict between these two facets of law. 12 August 2019
Copyright
American singer Cyndi Lauper has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by singer-songwriter Benny Mardones, which claimed that Lauper used music from his song “Into the Night” for the finale of her Broadway musical “Kinky Boots”. 12 August 2019
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The Deutsche Fußball Liga, a subsidiary of German football association Die Liga – Fußballverband, has entered into a partnership with content management service Athletia to monitor pirated broadcasts of Bundesliga football league matches. 9 August 2019
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