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The concepts of sustainability and corporate social responsibility should be front and center of brand owners’ corporate philosophy, as Sarah Morgan hears from two companies. 22 May 2018
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The Internet can provide a plethora of opportunities for counterfeiters, so professional sports brands need to remain vigilant in protecting consumers. Aaron McDonald reports. 22 May 2018
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Canada’s new IP Strategy proposes some important reforms to the trademark system, as Mark Schaan, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development, tells Ed Conlon. 22 May 2018
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Fashion brand Marc Jacobs International, LLC adopts as creative an approach to IP registration and enforcement as it does to its designs, says Antonio Borrelli, the company’s Vice President, Associate General Counsel, in an interview with Ed Conlon. 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
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Practitioners are curious about the fate of color trademarks in Europe in light of Red Bull Gmbh v. EUIPO, as Aislinn Burton 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
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
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