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Protecting Middle Earth: how a reshuffled trademark team guards the Lord of the Rings IP portfolio

Recently honoured as WTR’s Entertainment and Media Team of the Year, we take a closer look at elements of Middle-earth Enterprises’ success.

“Very demure, very mindful” frenzy highlights risks for brands when viral trends lead to misreporting

A frenzy of headlines over a TikTok influencer’s rights to her catchphrase raises wider concerns over the risks that legitimate brands face due to trademark misunderstandings and misreporting, argues this week’s Saturday opinion column.

Bollywood singer prevails in first AI voice-cloning infringement decision in India

The Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of Bollywood celebrity Arijit Singh in an infringement dispute. This first-of-its-kind decision will be critical for future personality rights protection cases in India as it highlights the growing need to reconcile IP rights with the evolving capabilities of AI.

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Star Wars deal propels Disney to top of the ‘most powerful brands’ list

Walt Disney has supplanted Lego as the world’s most powerful brand, according to the Brand Finance Global 500 2016. Acquisition activity has played a key role, with Marvel and Lucasfilm properties propelling the Walt Disney brand up the brand strength league table.

01 February 2016

IPEC finds marks descriptive in dispute between educational charities

In <i>NOCN (Formerly National Open College Network) v Open College Network Credit4Learning</i>, a trademark infringement and passing-off dispute between two educational charities concerning the use of the term 'Open College Network' and its abbreviation 'OCN', the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has held that neither party could claim trademark rights or goodwill in either term due to their wholly descriptive nature.

05 January 2016

Fifth Circuit: 'Voice of America' belongs to US government

In a dispute over the use of the phrase 'Voice of America', the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, addressing the issues of laches and the reliability of a consumer survey in a defence to a trademark infringement action under the Lanham Act, has upheld a district court’s finding of reliability of the survey and no laches based on lack of prejudice.

16 December 2015

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