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Copyright
Copyright owners face an array of challenges in protecting and enforcing their rights online, including on social media, and it’s time for a new dispute-resolution policy that is administered internationally, says Jaya Mandelia of Singh & Singh. 19 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
Since 2003, the national legislator has dictated specific sanctions against the use of “made in Italy” and any other signs or pictures, including trademarks, which may lead consumers to infer an Italian origin of a product when it is not Italian. References have been made to the Italian flag and pictures of famous monuments (the Roman Colosseum, the cathedral and tower of Florence, etc). 19 May 2018
Patents
IP Centrum is changing IP services. WIPR caught up with CEO Simon de Banke to discuss how ‘different’ can be ‘better’ for renewals, European patent validations and beyond. 19 May 2018
Patents
The US Supreme Court has decided not to review a patent case concerning podcasts, in a win for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 18 May 2018
Trademarks
A company owned by actress Jessica Alba has failed to prevent the registration of a trademark in the UK. 18 May 2018
Copyright
A New York-based fashion designer has accused shopping channel QVC of copying her slimming jeans, called SkinnyJeans. 18 May 2018
Trademarks
China is on course to overtake the US as the world’s leading source of trademark applications filed on foreign registers by 2020, according to new research by CompuMark. 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
European trademark law is changing as a result of the so-called ‘trademark reform package’, which contains a new regulation (2017/1001) on European Union trademarks and a new directive (2015/2436). 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
The IP rights environment has become very internationally-focused lately. IP owners have many opportunities to protect their IP rights globally, but enforcement of IP rights is still mainly based on national requirements and processes with country specifics and peculiarities. This is also the case in Russia. 18 May 2018
Jurisdiction reports
Have you ever received an invoice from the EPTR (“European Patent and Trademark Register”), OHMI (“Office for International Registration”), “The Community Trademark Register”, or something similar? Is the invoice marked with a sign that looks very similar (but not 100% identical) to the logo of the EU IP Office (EUIPO), the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), or a mix of them? 18 May 2018
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