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7 August 2015Copyright

Five things we learned this week: Cecil the lion, ruffled feathers, and more

Lions and magpies helped to dominate this week’s IP news. Here are five talking points plus some analysis on each.

The lion’s share

After the tragic terrorist attack on the offices of “Charlie Hebdo” earlier this year, a flurry of trademark applications for ‘Je suis Charlie’—the slogan popularised in the aftermath—were filed in several jurisdictions.

Seven months later, a similar trend is emerging and we are seeing US trademarks being filed for ‘Cecil the Lion’—despite the prized lion having lived in Zimbabwe before being killed.

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