In our latest round-up, we look at Pinduoduo removing counterfeit sellers from its subsidy programme, Kiklis Law Firm launching in Alexandria, and more.
Microsoft’s head of trademarks, Cam Gatta, reveals how the team overcomes the challenges of protecting some of the world’s most recognisable and valuable brands.
Brand and IP experts offer nine strategic takeaways for forward-looking protection and commercialisation of IP assets at IPBC Australasia.
In the film industry, awards season is in full swing. While the Academy Awards will make international headlines this month for celebrating the best of the silver screen, in Germany there has been a flurry of media coverage of a rather different type of awards programme – one that hands a statuette of a black gnome with a golden nose to organisations that are allegedly exploiting the IP of other parties.
16 February 2016
Growing use of technology based on the Bitcoin protocol will transform the fight against counterfeiting, claims one industry expert, who suggests that it could also help to rebuild consumer trust in luxury brands.
15 February 2016
A recent Court of Milan decision confirms that the protection of trademarks against third-party use as keywords is always relative, never absolute. However, such use must never mislead consumers about the origin of the products or services or suggest an association between the trademark owner and the advertiser.
15 February 2016
The Supreme Court has refused leave to appeal a district court ruling which overturned a Israel Patent and Trademark Office decision to register the stylised mark SONICGEAR notwithstanding the opposition by Sony Corporation.
12 February 2016
A new trend of sellers on online marketplaces offering customisable code for programmers to easily reskin popular phone apps is on the rise, and should be on the radars of all trademark counsel who enforce marks that are represented on app stores. The good news is that, as one industry expert notes, taking down one infringing customisable code could potentially stop hundreds of infringing apps from entering the app store environment.
10 February 2016
A recent High Court decision serves as a warning that not just any evidence of confusion will do; evidence of confusion and deception must be carefully analysed as to the cause of it.
29 January 2016
The General Court recently upheld the refusal on absolute grounds of a Community trademark application for the stylised mark TRIPLE BONUS. The decision was unsurprising, given the dominance of the word elements and their apparent descriptiveness in relation to gaming.
28 January 2016
The General Court has rejected Olympus’s application to register a figurative mark in Class 10 of the Nice Classification. The General Court’s decision was consistent with the earlier proceedings in the case, finding the mark both to be descriptive and to lack distinctive character.
27 January 2016
The growing number of sales transactions facilitated through the WeChat app means that a large volume of counterfeiting and trademark infringement activity has followed. A white paper on IP rights protection over the last year has outlined the company’s efforts to tackle infringement.
26 January 2016
Intel sued SeaIntel for trademark violation. During the trial, SeaIntel claimed that 'intel' is an abbreviation of 'intelligence' and that the INTEL mark was thus descriptive.
21 January 2016
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