A blog focusing on brand issues, trademark, copyright, advertising and more.
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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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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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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On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling holding that a copyright owner cannot file a lawsuit for copyright infringement until the U.S. Copyright Office has registered the work at…
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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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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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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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By Tamar Duvdevani (NY), Airina Rodrigues (NY) and Michael Geller (Chicago)
Interview with Melissa Schoffer Farber, SoulCycle’s Senior Director of Legal Affairs
To describe New York-based SoulCycle as a company offering indoor cycling classes is…
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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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By John Wilks, Claire Sng and Ella Castle
In the wake of GDPR, the UK’s Committee of Advertising Practice has amended the CAP Code to introduce new rules on the use of data for…
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