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Licensing can achieve more for a company than mere financial gain, but balancing the requirements of licensor and licensee is a challenge, as Peter Scott reports. 22 May 2018
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INTA’s new Strategic Partnerships & Economic Research Department is conducting work across a range of topics and countries, with the Brand Value Special Task Force, Generation Z, and bridge building with non-legal associations as its top priorities for 2018 and beyond. Sheila Francis, INTA’s Director, Strategic Partnerships & Economic Research, tells Sarah Morgan more. 22 May 2018
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The 2017 decision in Matal v. Tam captured the attention of the trademark community and had serious implications for another decades-long trademark case concerning disparagement. Sarah Morgan reports. 22 May 2018
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Anna Mae Koo and Ann Xu of Vivien Chan & Co. (Hong Kong SAR, China, and China) discuss the top 10 updates this year from the China Trademark Office and the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board. 22 May 2018
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Unlike some other EU member states, Germany has not implemented tobacco plain packaging legislation. Ed Conlon spoke to Judge Neugebauer of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court about the key questions in this area. 22 May 2018
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a decision that three patents asserted against two solar panel companies are invalid. 22 May 2018
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UK chocolatier Hotel Chocolat has accused supermarket Waitrose of “crossing the line” and breaching its IP rights with a new line of chocolate products. 22 May 2018
Copyright
A UK-based man who traded as “Billie the Bookie” has been given a ten-month prison term for selling illegal TV devices after having been sentenced for the same crime in 2016. 22 May 2018
Trademarks
Alibaba Group has reported that IP owners filed 42% fewer notice and takedown requests in 2017 compared to the previous year. 22 May 2018
Trademarks
Brand owners will suffer from a decision issued by India’s Supreme Court in a case brought by Toyota, say Pravin Anand, Vaishali Mittal and Siddhant Chamola of Anand and Anand. 22 May 2018
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