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Trademarks
As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, the trademark registers have seen a spree of opportunistic filings related to the disease and its impact on our lives. 31 March 2020
Trademarks
Connecticut-headquartered American Cruise Lines has taken its competitor HMS Global Maritime to court after the marine management company attempted to expand its trademarks. 31 March 2020
Copyright
In order to remove IP obstacles in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of scientists, lawyers and entrepreneurs have launched an initiative urging companies to free their IP. 31 March 2020
Copyright
Last week, the digital library Internet Archive launched its ‘national emergency library’, expanding access to 1.4 million digitised works, to meet the “unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials” during the COVID-19 pandemic. 31 March 2020
Trademarks
The EU General Court has denied a Turkish dairy company trademark protection for the shape of a cheese stick, consisting of separate pieces twisted together. 30 March 2020
Trademarks
A new sub-plot in the McDonald’s and Supermac’s trademark saga could see the fate of a central London cocktail bar’s mark rest on the outcome of the fast-food giant’s dispute with the Irish restaurant chain. 30 March 2020
Patents
The UK Intellectual Property Office has introduced ‘interrupted days’ as it seeks to support rights owners, businesses and IP professionals amid the “unprecedented disruption” of the COVID-19 pandemic. 30 March 2020
Patents
The German government is pushing for the Unified Patent Court project to go ahead, just one week after the country’s Federal Constitutional Court concluded that the Act of Approval for the UPC Agreement was null and void. 30 March 2020
Copyright
Depicting sports stars’ tattoos in video games does not infringe copyright owned by the tattoo artist or their licensee, a US federal court has ruled. 27 March 2020
Trademarks
Philip Morris International has failed in its efforts to have a UK e-cigarette maker’s trademark cancelled, after the UK Intellectual Property Office said it had failed to prove the reputation of its ‘IQOS’ product. 27 March 2020
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