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Jurisdiction reports
The Italian Industrial Property Code confers autonomous protection on names which become famous in non-commercial fields, regardless of whether they are also registered as trademarks. 17 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
On the May 27, the District Court of The Hague ruled that Nestlé’s Incredible Burger infringes the EU trademark ‘Impossible Burger’, owned by Impossible Foods, and ordered a pan-European interim injunction. 17 August 2020
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The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property has signed a deal with the Kingdom’s TV regulator to jointly enforce IP rights in the wake of criticism from the World Trade Organisation. 17 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
The proportion of women appointed as arbitrators almost doubled between 2015 and 2019, a new report from the International Council for Commercial Arbitration has revealed. 17 August 2020
Copyright
The US Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in the long-running copyright dispute over authorship of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven”. 17 August 2020
Patents
Texas-based Pixmarx IP has accused Chinese-owned social networking service TikTok of infringing three digital photography patents. 17 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
With the rapid growth of the internet and globalisation, the marketing of products and services through websites and domain names has become a vital part of brand-building and commerce for trademark owners. 14 August 2020
Jurisdiction reports
In a preliminary decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in April on the responsibility of Amazon warehouse-keepers for the sale by a third-party seller on the online marketplace of perfume bottles for which the rights had not been exhausted. 14 August 2020
Copyright
Myanmar’s IP system is undergoing fundamental change: in the coming year, the country will establish an IP office and begin to enforce new IP laws. Sarah Morgan speaks with Moe Moe Thwe, deputy director general of the country’s IP department, about the progress made so far. 14 August 2020
Copyright
Whether a technical drawing can be protected under copyright or design law in India is a complex issue, as Ranjan Narula and Suvarna Pandey of RNA Technology and IP Attorneys explain. 14 August 2020
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