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Content Delivery Networks – could porn change how the internet works?

Content Delivery Networks – could porn change how the internet works?

Oct 20, 2020
OnlyFans is a subscription based content platform, similar to Patreon, but that has a strong bias towards adult content. Deniece Waidhofer is an adult model that posts images o...
WWE faces dispute over use of wrestlers’ tattoos

WWE faces dispute over use of wrestlers’ tattoos

Oct 19, 2020
Catherine Alexander is the tattoo artist of renowned World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) superstar Randy Orton. Alexander has brought a claim for copyright infringement against ...
What next for the Aboriginal flag?

What next for the Aboriginal flag?

Oct 15, 2020
The Aboriginal flag represents the Aboriginal Australians and holds special legal and political status for the Aboriginal people. Unlike many official national flags, the Aborigin...
Can “THE” be a registered trade mark?

Can “THE” be a registered trade mark?

Oct 15, 2020
In May 2019, Marc Jacobs the fashion brand filed a trade mark application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), seeking to register the word “THE” as a trade mark for ...
Bad Spaniels and Jack Daniels – the battle continues

Bad Spaniels and Jack Daniels – the battle continues

Oct 13, 2020
Jack Daniels (or, really, its owner Brown-Forman), sent various cease and desist letters to dog toy maker, Bad Spaniels, over allegations that the name Bad Spaniels infringed the t...
Freeplay Music or Free to Play Music? That is the question.

Freeplay Music or Free to Play Music? That is the question.

Oct 12, 2020
Freeplay Music Company is a music productions company that provides a library of music tracks for its customers. Earlier in April this year, Freeplay Music issued a claim against ...
Writer casts some light on NBCUniversal’s Darkest Hour

Writer casts some light on NBCUniversal’s Darkest Hour

Oct 9, 2020
Darkest Hour is a 2017 war drama starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in his fight against Adolf Hitler in WWII. On Friday 18 September, TV & film writer Ben Kaplan filed...
Legal500 2021 - Top Tier

Legal500 2021 - Top Tier

Oct 8, 2020
Every year the Legal500 interviews solicitors, barristers, and clients to gather information and feedback on lawyers around the world. This year's Legal500 rankings have now been a...
Sony and its battle for the “PS5” trade mark

Sony and its battle for the “PS5” trade mark

Oct 8, 2020
While many gamers pre-order the much anticipated PlayStation 5 prior to its release on November 12 2020 in the US, Canada, Japan, Mexico and many other jurisdictions, the many game...
Hermès Unveils Sophisticated Counterfeit Ring

Hermès Unveils Sophisticated Counterfeit Ring

Oct 7, 2020
Hermès, the French luxury goods manufacturer, together with French authorities has recently uncovered a sophisticated counterfeiting scheme which has seen seven former Hermès emplo...
Princess Peach’s fight against porn

Princess Peach’s fight against porn

Oct 6, 2020
Nintendo has a formidable reputation for going after infringers of various types. It does not have a reputation for pursuing pornography studios or developers, but that is exactly...
Inline Content Embedding Requires Copyright Holder Permission

Inline Content Embedding Requires Copyright Holder Permission

Sep 18, 2020
EU Advocate General Szpunar has recently advised the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) that embedding a copyright work into a secondary website from another website re...
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