The pub’s landlord, Mark Graham, received a letter from Condé Nast demanding that he change The Star Inn at Vogue’s name or face legal action. The media company said they were "concerned that the name which you are using is going to cause problems because as far as the general public is concerned a connection […]
Nike Inc has told a Manhattan federal court that e-commerce site StockX has been offering counterfeits of its footwear. The claim adds to an already existing lawsuit against StockX which claims the site has been violating Nike’s trademarks by selling digital images of its footwear in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). On Tuesday, Nike […]
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc is being sued by a non-profit blockchain developer that claims Meta’s new logo will cause consumer confusion with its own infinity-symbol logo. Swiss non-profit organisation Dfinity claims that being associated with Meta’s “sordid” history of poor user privacy could damage its efforts to attract users to its blockchain platform. Dfinity […]
According to mediakix.com, there are between 3.2 million and 27.8 million influencers on Instagram, YouTube, and/or TikTok who profit by posting their “opinions” on products. Influencer marketing is now a $13.8 billion global industry. One reason influencer marketing has become such a staple in marketing techniques is the accessibility of influencers to any company of […]
Sheeran had been accused of plagiarising the 2015 song “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri, who claimed the “Oh I” hook in Sheeran’s “Shape of You” was strikingly similar to an “Oh Why” refrain on his own track. Sheeran said he did not remember hearing “Oh Why” before the legal case. On Wednesday, Judge Antony Zacaroli […]
We recently reported on G 2/21, the EPO referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the question of whether post-published evidence can be used to support inventive steps (see the previous discussion here). Post-published evidence can be crucial to establishing patentability, especially in the fields of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology. It has been established […]
Asda announced its “Just Essentials" range on Monday as part of its promise to expand its line of budget-friendly products to support customers through the cost of living crisis. However, Waitrose has said that Asda’s branding is too similar to its own “Essential Waitrose” range which the retailer launched back in 2009. Following the news, […]
Pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc has persuaded a federal judge in Delaware to dismiss a lawsuit claiming its proposed generic version of a blockbuster lung-disease drug would go against the patent rights of the drug's original manufacturers, Roche Genentech Inc. On Tuesday, US District Judge Richard Andrew found parts of Genentech's patents to be invalid and […]
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