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Since Naoko Munakata assumed the position as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), on July 5, 2017, the JPO’s IP policies have been smoothly and dramatically improved, driven by Munakata’s intelligence and the practical knowledge that she obtained while working for Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. 9 April 2018
Patents
Several of Apple’s watch products have been accused of patent infringement because of their heart rate monitoring system. 9 April 2018
Patents
Japan is seeking to join the US’s World Trade Organization complaint against China over the alleged theft of IP, according to The Japan Times. 9 April 2018
Trademarks
Clothing brand Levi Strauss has gone to war with French luxury house Kenzo over the use of “tabs” on the back pocket of trousers. 9 April 2018
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The Istituto dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria (IAP) is the Italian advertising standards authority, a private body created in 1966 with the aim of ensuring that every marketing communication must be honest, fair and truthful. 9 April 2018
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In Germany and all over Europe, Ritter Sport is a well-known brand for chocolate products. At least in Germany, the special form in which Ritter Sport chocolate bars are packaged—a quadratic form with a wrapping paper that can easily be opened by breaking the quadrat in half—contributes to the product’s special appeal to consumers (at least in this author’s mind). 9 April 2018
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Paris will welcome the summer Olympic Games in 2024. It will be the third time, after 1900 and 1924. An organising committee has been set up and includes 15 major French companies as partners. One-and-a-half billion euros are expected from those companies towards funding of the event. 9 April 2018
Copyright
Foley & Lardner has completed its merger with Gardere Wynne Sewell, bringing the firms’ revenue to $830 million. 9 April 2018
Trademarks
Dubai-based cryptocurrency company Alibabacoin Foundation has denied allegations by Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba that it has operated an “unlawful scheme to misappropriate” Alibaba’s renowned brand name. 9 April 2018
Trademarks
A man based in Portland, Oregon has been sentenced to four months in prison for selling counterfeit Nike trainers online. 9 April 2018
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