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News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.
By Peter Vaughan | July 17, 2024
The EU dispute revealed a cautionary tale and some useful take home points for trade mark proprietors and their advisors.
5 minute read
By Jack Womack | July 1, 2024
The firms filed the separate claims in the King's Bench division of London's High Court.
2 minute read
By Rick Mitchell | June 5, 2024
McDonald's Irish rival Supermac's described the case as "trademark bullying" and called the ECJ General Court decision a significant victory for small businesses worldwide.
4 minute read
By Ulrike Barth | June 5, 2024
K&L Gates has hired an experienced team of IP disputes lawyers who will be based in Frankfurt and provide clients with integrated cross-border advice.
2 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | April 17, 2024
Eric Topel joined Patsnap a company that raised $300 million from an investor group that included Japan's SoftBank at a valuation topping $1 billion in 2021.
3 minute read
By Gail J. Cohen | April 8, 2024
Dario Pietrantonio has been with Quebec-based ROBIC for 30 years in various leadership roles.
2 minute read
By Rick Mitchell | March 21, 2024
Morgan Lewis, Skadden, and Ogletree Deakins also made recent hires in Germany.
3 minute read
By Gail J. Cohen | March 4, 2024
The idea for the product, called Saturn, was born after a Gowling associate was seconded to a client and realized how onerous and expensive brand protection can be.
4 minute read
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 9, 2024
The patent litigators are based in Texas and California.
2 minute read
By Christopher Niesche | January 29, 2024
Melbourne-based Natasha Burns joins from her own firm.
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By Marianna Wharry | July 19, 2024
U.S. District Judge John Antoon II issued an order July 15, allowing three of X Social Media's claims against X Corp. to proceed. Antoon agreed with X Social Media's argument claiming its trademark for "X SOCIALMEDIA" was "incontestable" and plausibly alleged the likelihood of consumer confusion.
3 minute read
By Michelle Morgante | July 18, 2024
Baker & Hostetler contends that West used the plaintiffs' composition in the Grammy-winning song "Hurricane" and has refused to pay royalties despite crediting them as songwriters.
4 minute read
By John McElwaine | July 17, 2024
This article explores the issues associated with trademark protection in blockchain domain names and examines new steps and policies that blockchain domain registrars should implement to safeguard brand owners.
8 minute read
By Sandra Holtzman, David A. Kalow and Paula McConnell | July 17, 2024
Because AI is rapidly changing, it must be addressed from a risk perspective, as a new, but significant, demand for both policy and oversight. When ignored, AI will present one of the largest risks an organization can encounter. Preparing for and having a process for ongoing risk mitigation is a crucial requirement.
7 minute read
By Michelle Morgante | July 16, 2024
Musician Trevor Lawrence Jr. said Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records used two of his copyrighted tracks on songs released on the 2022 album "BODR" and sold through bundled digital "Stash Boxes" by Blockchain Game Partners.
3 minute read
By Michelle Morgante | July 16, 2024
District Judge Robert Pitman of the Western District of Texas in Austin noted in his July 10 order that Roku's corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California, and that the technologies at issue are either in the Northern California District or in South Korea. He said factors such as ease of access to proof, the costs of attendance and the local interest weighed strongly in favor of the transfer. The Northern California District received the case Monday.
3 minute read
By Michelle Morgante | July 12, 2024
Unidisc contends it owns the Canadian rights to the recordings of American folk singer Melanie and universal rights to the music of Utopia, an American band formed by Todd Rundgren. Brian Perera of Cleopatra Records refuted the claim, saying the company holds contracts with both artists.
4 minute read
By Marianna Wharry | July 11, 2024
"Taken together, the evidence favoring WEX is overwhelming, while the evidence favoring HP is slight," U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. wrote. "Accordingly, the Court concludes that WEX is likely to succeed on the merits in this case because it has demonstrated that consumers are likely to be confused by the launch and promotion of HP WEX."
4 minute read
By Michelle Morgante | July 9, 2024
The plaintiffs, led by Fish & Richardson principal David M. Barkan, contend SEL holds patents on semiconductor technology that improves image quality of displays and enhances operational and manufacturing efficiencies.
3 minute read
By Catherine Nyarady and Crystal Parker | July 9, 2024
On May 3, 2023, Judge David C. Nye of the District of Idaho imposed the first-ever bond order under Idaho's Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act. In that order, the court required patent owner Katana or its parent company, Longhorn, to post an $8 million bond before allowing it to proceed with its patent infringement suit against Micron.
9 minute read
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