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Huawei vs Chanel and Colin the caterpillar protecting its trademark

The principle of IPR territoriality applied to space activities

Some IP news from the entertainment world

Nike suing MSCHF over Satan shoes and 4 Spanish wineries accused of DOP infringement

France secures france.com domain and Lego successfully secures design

Taylor Swift settling her dispute and trade dress dispute over the Amazon Coat

Nintendo fighting piracy and Google reaching an agreement with Italian press publishers

Copyright protection for sculptures, and the specific situation of those permanently placed in public spaces. 

Establishing whether Mahou used incorrectly the term radler, and a rather unique DMCA situation for Adobe

News on the rise of luxury counterfeits on the internet and misuse of the Corona trademark.

Can you protect a bullfighting show via IP? Chanel infringing IP rights related to the use of furniture. Supreme using the photo of a famous monk

Roger Federer and the RF logo

Reels facing trademark infringement, Amazon launches IP accelerator in Europe, Amazon patents a tracking technology to fight against piracy

The term “public domain” refers to creative materials that are no longer protected by intellectual property rights such as copyright, trademark, or...

Copyright infringement in LA, Thermomix vs Mr Cuisine, Mequila Mariachi trademark cancelled, CEDRO fights against Google Discover, another succesfull

Amazon actively fighting counterfeits, a problem with Nerds, phonograms in TV shows and CMOs, and Hamilton losing the legal battle over Hamilton's...

Derivative works and authorisation: the example of “La reina de España”
Off-White is suing a Californian ice cream shop over alleged infringement

eBay launches a sneaker identification service to fight against counterfeits
UK announces post-Brexit GI protection rules

Burberry securing a victory regarding its pattern trade mark, Nokia trying to block Lenovo's sales over patent infringement and news regarding unregis

Discovering case-law and IP in the candy industry

France rules Google must pay for news content
Pakistan challenges India’s application for Basmati’s Geographical Indication in the EU

New tool to prove date of creation; the battle of the Gruyère

Tequila vs. Heineken and Yoko Ono filing copyright and confidentiality infringement claim against Seaman

Apple accused of copyright infringement regarding its emojis, Caboom infringing Knievel's trade mark rights, Facebook's new tool to protect and manage

Banksy losing its trade mark over the Flower Thrower, Messi registering his surname as a trade mark and Advocate General Spuznar's opinion on embeddin

Nike succesful in the footWARE case and the latest opinion in the Star Taxi case

Street art and copyright

Amazon advertising trade mark infringing products, Europol taking down one of the biggest piracy group, and the birth in Spain of a new collective man

Welcome back!

Good morning everyone. This is going to be our last summer post. We will be back in September.

Good morning dear readers. We are ready for another week of IP news.

Protecting your know-how

Ferarri losing its trade mark over the 250 GTO and Amazon further supporting the fight against piracy

Nike collaboration facing trade mark infringement, Amazon accused of copyright infringement, trade secret accusations in the beauty industry and a win

Neighbouring rights for actors and performers materializing in Spain

Twitch and copyright infringement claims

Facebook defending its trade mark against domain fraud, a dispute over a colour-changing stone patent and a big hit against online piracy

Converse against Steve Madden for copying one of its Converse design, a battle between a US start-up and Nestlé over a vegan burger

On trade marks and design protection

Ubisoft vs. Qookka+Google+Apple: defending Siege / Nintendo actively defending the switch against piracy / Dior seeks registration for its saddle bag

Copyright grants exclusive rights to the creators over their literary and artistic creations

Nike seeks to register “SNKRS” as a trade mark / Hermès secure its Kelly trade mark / Protecting copyright in photographs

Nintendo vs. Mario64 on PC / DIY and copyright strikes

Chrome Hearts vs. MNML / Watch Tower Bible and their fight against infringement

Have you heard of the Open COVID Pledge? / Victoria Beckham in a trade mark battle in Australia / Ugg vs. Steve Madden: the battle of the fluffy shoe

Tattoos are not only a form of self-expression, telling a lot about the person who bears them, but it is also, undeniably, an art (most of them anyway

3M is a Minnesota based company specialized in industrial and safety supplies.

After the scrunchy battle, we now have the plastic hair tie battle

another influencer infringing copyright, trade mark battles and a new decision of the CJEU regarding Amazon and its position.

Videogame developers can reproduce athlete’s tattoos / BMW defending its trade mark in India / Armani cannot register “Le Sac” as an EUTM

Uber, Inc. vs Uber Technologies, Inc. / The “Dark Horse” saga continues / Warner Bros sues the manager of Harry Potter clubs

Now, more than ever, eSports have been growing continuously, and as the audience grows so does the revenue.

Dior being sued for copyright infringement / Spotify vs. XSpotify / Bank of Oklahoma vs. Dank of Oklahoma / Led Zeppelin wins the appeal in favor of “

Down-N-Out vs In-N-Out / When Indie videogame developers “embrace” piracy / Jehovah’s Witness body in its fight against copyright infringement

Mascots have copyright / The WIPO Geneva Act entered into force / NGO vs. LeBron James / Kendrick Lamar faces copyright lawsuit / Netflix seeks to end

The Beatles against fake merch / Oracle vs. Google / Jägermeister's successful Swiss trade mark registration

“Inter” or the fight between Miami and Milan’s soccer clubs / GTA running over the infringers / Lil Nas X accused of copyright infringement /

Over the span of the last two months, we have had many questions regarding the Apache 2.0 license.

Helly Hansen (HH) has filed a lawsuit against Off-White (OW) claiming trade mark infringement.

Glossier, a beauty brand, tried to register back in spring 2019 before the USPTO (US patent and trade mark office) its pink zip lock pouch in which

We have received a lot of helplines enquiring about the effects of Brexit. Well here are the news:

In the framework of another project, we had this crazy task to teach teenagers about intellectual property. How are we supposed to catch teenager’s

Masimo, a medical technology company, has filed a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly committing patent and trade secret infringement.

easyGroup vs. Easyfly / Facebook: copyright abuse is one of its main challenges / Tiffany vs Costco / Fashion Nova vs. Versace. Take 2.

No sale of second-hand e-book is permitted / Copyright and videogames: Red Dead Redemption / Michael Jackson and Disney settle their copyright dispute