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Trademarks
The existence of a disclaimer relating to an element of an earlier trademark shouldn’t have any bearing on the assessment of the likelihood of confusion between that mark and an applied-for trademark. 6 March 2019
Copyright
The Indian government has proposed new measures to tackle counterfeiting and online piracy. 6 March 2019
Trademarks
A Polish sweet maker has lost an appeal after its application to register a trademark was opposed by Ferrero, the maker of Tic Tac mints. 6 March 2019
Copyright
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v Wall-Street.com is likely to drive more creators to file for copyright registration and force businesses to reassess their IP strategies. 6 March 2019
Copyright
Google’s senior vice president of global affairs has weighed in on the European Union’s copyright directive, describing it as “one step forward, two steps back” for Europe’s creative economy. 5 March 2019
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International law firm Bird & Bird has hired a partner for its intellectual property practice in Warsaw. 5 March 2019
Patents
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the US Patent and Trademark Office in a dispute over attorneys’ fees in Iancu v NantKwest. 5 March 2019
Patents
Coca-Cola is at the centre of a patent infringement suit filed by Texas-based company Virtual Immersion Technologies. 5 March 2019
Trademarks
A Croatia-based furniture retailer, Meblo Trade, has lost an appeal before the European General Court in which it asked the court to revoke a competitors’ trademark. 5 March 2019
Copyright
The US Supreme Court has ruled that copyright infringement suits cannot be filed until after the US Copyright Office has granted registration of the work at issue. 4 March 2019
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