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The Labour Party has obtained confidential documents from trade negotiations between the UK government and the US, which detail the US position regarding IP provisions. 27 November 2019
Trademarks
The CJEU recently confirmed that where customers are ‘targeted’ can be the basis for deciding jurisdiction in online EU trademark infringement cases, as Jeremy Blum and Marc Linsner of Bristows explain. 27 November 2019
Trademarks
The EU Intellectual Property Office Board of Appeal has sided with the publisher of Vogue magazine in a trademark cancellation appeal. 27 November 2019
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A global geographical indication system operated by the World Intellectual Property Organization, which provides protection for names identifying the geographic origin of products such as coffee, tea, fruits, and cloth, will come into force in February 2020. 27 November 2019
Jurisdiction reports
On September 5, 2019, in the matter AMS Neve v Heritage Audio, the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified the question of jurisdiction in cases where the defendant has committed several potentially infringing actions in more than one EU member state, for example by offering goods on the internet, or by sending an email offer to a customer in another member state. 27 November 2019
Copyright
Italian brand Versace has taken fast-fashion company Fashion Nova to court in a bid to “redress the flagrant infringement of legendary fashion designer Versace’s iconic apparel”. 27 November 2019
Jurisdiction reports
A landmark judgment was recently passed by a special five-judge bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of Carlsberg Breweries v Som Distilleries and Breweries wherein it overruled an earlier judgment passed by a three judge bench in Mohan Lal v Sona Paint & Hardwares. 27 November 2019
Patents
Future tech will rely on ultra-fast data speeds, making the standard-essential patents on which it operates some of the most coveted IP of all time, as WIPR’s Rory O’Neill explains. 26 November 2019
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Plant breeders in Mexico find it almost impossible to protect their rights in a country where enforcing IP can bring you face-to-face with the cartel, as WIPR’s Saman Javed finds. 26 November 2019
Trademarks
China has committed to further increasing penalties for IP infringement, as the government aims to finalise a trade deal with the US. 26 November 2019
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