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Nordstrom accused of selling counterfeit goods
Jun 1, 2023
California based outdoor fashion company, Patagonia Inc. (“Patagonia”) has issued proceedings against Seattle based luxury department store Nordstrom, Inc. (“Nordstrom”) in the US ...
Jail time for illegal streaming cartel
May 31, 2023
Members of an illegal streaming group, which made upwards of £7 million by offering cheap subscriptions to watch Premier League matches, have been sentenced to a total of more than...
Google to pay hefty sum over patent infringement
May 30, 2023
Google has been ordered to pay $32.5 million in damages to Sonos for infringing the company’s patent relating to smart speakers. A San Francisco federal jury decided on Friday that...
Whisky Business
May 25, 2023
The stars of Scottish sitcom Still Game have emerged victorious in their trade mark dispute against liquor heavyweight Jack Daniel’s. Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who both w...
Taco Tuesday set to be cancelled?
May 23, 2023
Fast food goliath Taco Bell has filed an appeal with the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the federal trade mark ‘Taco Tuesday’. The mark is owned by Wyoming-based rival ta...
Megadeth settle album artwork lawsuit
May 19, 2023
Thrash metal stalwarts Megadeth have settled a legal dispute with artist Brent Elliott White in relation to the artwork used on the cover of their latest album ‘The Sick, the Dying...
Cleaning up counterfeit goods
May 18, 2023
Over 3,000 electric toothbrush heads have been seized by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) after police raided two addresses in east London last week. If genuine,...
AI in music: It’s (not) a sin?
May 17, 2023
Pet Shop Boys frontman, Neil Tennant, today proposed that artificial intelligence (AI) should be embraced by musicians as a useful part of their song writing toolkit in the future....
Victory for Sheeran, Again!
May 12, 2023
A Manhattan jury have returned a verdict in favour of British singer Ed Sheeran in a federal court in New York finding him not guilty of copyright infringement. Back in April w...
Not the maiden Trade Mark Application
May 10, 2023
Heavy metal giants, Iron Maiden, are seeking to block a trade mark application for the mark “Maiden Wear” at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Los Angeles business...
Watch This Space
May 3, 2023
A mistrial has been declared in a trial between Apple Inc. and Masimo Corp. over Apple’s purported misuse of stolen trade secrets. Masimo issued proceedings against Apple on gro...
Dark Horse victorious over the California Gurl
Apr 28, 2023
American singer-songwriter Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, known professionally as Katy Perry has lost a trade mark battle in Australia. Designer Katie Perry began selling clothes un...
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