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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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, TTAB
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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WORD FROM THE INDUSTRY’S MOUTH
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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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 ADVERTISING CODE (CAP CODE): RULES CHANGES AND FURTHER CONSULTATION ON THE USE OF DATA FOR MARKETING
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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UK TRADEMARK REFORMS: IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN TRADEMARK DIRECTIVE IN 2019
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
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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UK – NEW ASA GUIDANCE FOR INFLUENCERS
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Posted in Advertising, UK
By John Wilks and Claire Sng
Background
The ASA has this week published new guidance for influencers about how to make their ads clear (see link here “Guidance”). This Guidance follows the ASA’s call for…
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NEW UK ADVERTISING REGULATOR 5 YEAR STRATEGY FOCUSES ON ONLINE IMPACT
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Posted in Advertising, UK
By Claire Sng
Yesterday at a conference hosted by the UK advertising regulator, the ASA, billed as “The future of ad regulation”, the ASA announced its new 5 year plan entitled “More impact online”, with…
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SCOTCH WHISKY AND CORNISH PASTIES: WHAT DOES A HARD BREXIT MEAN FOR GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS?
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
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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DEAL OR NO-DEAL? IMPLICATIONS OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT FOR UK IP LAWS
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Posted in Trademark and Copyright, UK
By: Sam Mitchell
THE UNITARY PATENT (UP) AND UNIFIED PATENT COURT (UPC)
BACKGROUND
This week, the UK Government released multiple technical notes detailing the intellectual property implications of a no-deal Brexit for exhaustion of rights…
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