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This week we look at a copyright dispute over the film Top Gun: Maverick and the EU General Court case T-117/23.

This week we focus on the recent sale of KISS' music catalogue and IP, and the CJUE case C-10/22 on copyright collective societies.

Can you use Mickey Mouse, the Grinch or Shrek in your own works? It depends, but in general you need to be very careful!

This week we look at the recent blocking of Telegram in Spain and the General Court case on the trade marks 'Sanoid' and 'SANODIN'.

This week we focus on the French Competition Authority imposing a new fine to Google and the CJEU case C-382/21P on the priority of a Community design application following an international application under the PCT.

This week, we focus on the General Court case T-647/22 regarding the Puma design and a patent dispute involving Amazon.

This week we look at two cases from the General Court of the European Union, one of which involves PUMA and its case T-756/22 regarding the descriptiveness of a trade mark.

This week in the news, we focus on a trade mark case involving l’Oréal, and a recent change in the interpretation of "Substance or Composition" in Medical Use Claims.

In this monthly Blog Post, we have a look at how the rising movement of digital art can - and should - use measures afforded by intellectual property mechanisms.