On Monday, May 20, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision holding that a bankrupt company’s decision to reject an existing license of its trademarks does not terminate a licensee’s right to
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Will combatting the sale of counterfeit goods at big marketplaces in poland become easier? What is the current enforcement practice in the Czech Republic – the source of the landmark Delta Center Case?
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By: Aleksandra Baczykowska (DLA Piper Poland), Jan Metelka (DLA Piper Czech Republic)
At the moment in Poland entities that facilitate infringements by renting properties and those offering other services used to infringe trademark rights may …
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POLAND – TRADEMARKS QUICKER, STRONGER, BROADER
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New Polish regulation supports the trademark owners in execution of their rights
The recent amendment of the Polish Industrial Property Law, which has now entered into force, introduces significant changes to trademark…
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FOURTH ESTATE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP. V. WALL-STREET.COM: WHEN CAN A COPYRIGHT CLAIMANT SUE FOR INFRINGEMENT? SUPREME COURT SAYS NOT UNTIL THE COPYRIGHT HAS BEEN REGISTERED
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By: Andrew L. Deutsch and Tamar Y. Duvdevani
On March 4, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided an important issue of copyright law that had divided federal courts for years. In Fourth Estate Public …
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SOUND IDENTITIES: BACK IN VOGUE FOR CORPORATE REBRANDING AND BRAND REFRESHES
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By: Melinda Upton, Nicholas Boyle, Jessie Buchan, Lucy Meadley and Valiant Warzecha
Businesses are constantly looking for an extra dimension that will allow their brand to cut through the saturation of the…
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UK – NEW CMA GUIDANCE FOR INFLUENCERS AND COMMITMENTS SECURED WITH PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS
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By: John Wilks, Claire Sng and Sophie Anim
Background
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has announced, following its investigation (see our earlier article available here), that it has secured commitments from 16…
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CONSUMER HAS STANDING TO OPPOSE COMPANY’S RAPUNZEL TRADEMARK FOR DOLLS AND TOY FIGURES BEFORE U.S. TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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By: John M. Nading, Ashley H. Joyce, and Devika Persaud
In a sign of a potentially liberalizing trend for standing at the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Board recently ruled that…
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MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT
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By: Ryan Compton and Thomas Holguin
After many years of litigation and lobbying expenses, the battle over pre-1972 music rights has finally been ended. On October 11, 2018, President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act…
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UK TRADEMARK REFORMS: IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN TRADEMARK DIRECTIVE IN 2019
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By Désirée Fields (Legal Director, London) and Yannick Aaron Zirnstein (Referendar/Trainee Lawyer, Cologne)
Important changes to UK trademark law will come into effect on 14 January 2019 in order to implement the European Trademark Directive…
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SCOTCH WHISKY AND CORNISH PASTIES: WHAT DOES A HARD BREXIT MEAN FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS?
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By Désirée Fields and Sam Mitchell
Geographical Indications (GIs) are signs used on products in order to inform consumers about a product’s geographical origin and a quality, characteristic or reputation of the product linked to…
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