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Trademarks
Disney has cited its own controversial trademark ‘Hakuna Matata’ in an opposition against a Chinese company’s US trademark application. 6 August 2019
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A jury has awarded nine models more than $100,000 over allegations that two Florida-based strip clubs used their pictures in advertisements without permission. 5 August 2019
Patents
Retailer Walmart is the latest entity to move into the cryptocurrency space with the filing of a patent application for a Walmart currency. 5 August 2019
Copyright
A US baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies, have filed a lawsuit against the creators of their “Phanatic” mascot after the pair allegedly tried to make it a “free agent”. 5 August 2019
Trademarks
Amazon has today, August 5, expanded Project Zero, a programme which it claims “empowers brands to help drive counterfeits to zero”, to Europe. 5 August 2019
Trademarks
Sportswear maker Reebok has lost its bid to stop an exercise equipment company from registering a trademark. 5 August 2019
Patents
A team at the University of Surrey in the UK is seeking a major shakeup in patent law after it filed patent applications in multiple jurisdictions which list an AI application as the sole inventor. 2 August 2019
Copyright
A US federal court has ruled that elements of a costume are protectable by copyright, in a case involving a dispute over rival banana costumes. 2 August 2019
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has delivered a mixed ruling in a patent dispute between Apple and IP licensing company VirnetX, after an earlier judgment ordered the smartphone maker to pay $440 million for infringement. 2 August 2019
Copyright
Katy Perry and her record label must pay almost $3 million in damages to a rapper after a jury found, earlier this week, that her single “Dark Horse” infringed his copyright. 2 August 2019
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