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UKIPO releases plan to shipwreck pirates
Jun 21, 2018
Recently, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has published its plans and strategies to improve services in the enforcement of anti-piracy. Piracy, which is a common term u...
EU General Court says Ralph Lauren mark 'Polo' has enhanced distinctiveness
Jun 20, 2018
It has been confirmed by the EU General Court that Ralph Lauren's word mark 'Polo' has enhanced distinctiveness as the result of an opposition that was first filed three years ago ...
FIFA takes decisive action against broadcast pirate
Jun 19, 2018
More World Cup news for you today, as FIFA have announced that it is taking preventative action to disable a pirate channel from illegally streaming World Cup matches in the Middle...
Counterfeit World Cup merchandise seized in Hong Kong
Jun 18, 2018
Hong Kong Customs has seized more than HK$15 million (£1.4m) worth of counterfeit FIFA World Cup merchandise in the last two months under the authorities' appropriately named 'Oper...
Hague System extended to the UK
Jun 15, 2018
On 13 June 2018 the Geneva (1999) Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (a mouthful) came in to effect in the UK. What this me...
Louboutin successfully defend their red sole trade mark
Jun 15, 2018
Christian Louboutin, the French fashion designer and man behind the Louboutin shoe, has been victorious in a recent court battle concerning the famous red sole that characterises t...
UK Supreme Court gives judgment in ISP costs-bearing dispute
Jun 13, 2018
The UK Supreme Court ("UKSC") has given judgment in a significant appeal concerning who should bear the costs of implementation of injunctions to block access to websites participa...
Uber plays 'Spot the Drunk'
Jun 12, 2018
Uber has applied for a patent for technology that identifies inebriated customers. They say that it would be used to allow drivers to avoid picking up drunk customers that are more...
Samsung signs licensing agreement with Hera Wireless
Jun 8, 2018
Samsung has ended a long legal battle with Sisvel Group, by entering in to a licensing agreement with its subsidiary Hera Wireless ("Hera"). Samsung will now have unfettered use o...
FlightSimLabs at it again
Jun 4, 2018
We reported back in February that FlightSimLabs ("FSL") had been caught by Reddit users installing spyware on its customers' computers in a strange attempt to catch a pirate. You c...
Moonwalking all over Disney
May 31, 2018
The Michael Jackson Estate ("the Estate") is suing the Walt Disney Company ("Disney") and ABC for unauthorised use of dozens of copyrighted works. The use relates to the Disney pro...
Film producers cross Sesame Street
May 30, 2018
STX Productions, the company producing the upcoming film Happytime Murders, is facing a lawsuit from Sesame Workshop, the creators of the famous children's TV show Sesame Street. S...
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