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Articles for April 2008
Equality in trademark law – must trademark authorities be coherent?
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01 April 2008
Dr Alexander von Mühlendahl, JD, LL M, Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich, Germany
Eircom in High Court over illegal downloads
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01 April 2008
Four record companies have launched legal action against the internet service provider Eircom to force it to stop its networks being used to illegally download music.
It is the first case in Ireland brought against an..
Consultation of trademark rules launched in UK
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01 April 2008
Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for IP, Baroness Delyth Morgan, has launched a consultation into the modernisation and consolidation of the Trade Marks Rules 2000.
The consultation, which is open for comment until 26 May 2008, proposes..
Yahoo! wins keyword case
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01 April 2008
The High Court has found in favour of Yahoo! in the recent infringement case brought by a plaintiff who claimed sponsored links brought up by keywords typed into a search engine breached his MR SPICY..
Patent Troll Tracker is Cisco insider
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01 April 2008
The anonymous author of a controversial blog tracing people and companies behind patent troll suits has been revealed as Rick Frenkel, director of intellectual property at Cisco Systems Inc.
Frenkel unmasked himself as the Patent Troll..
Ralph Lauren loses logo dispute
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01 April 2008
Ralph Lauren has lost its bid to overturn the 2005 ruling that three US Polo Association logos infringe its trademark logo of a polo player.
The 2nd US Court of Appeals upheld the jury’s decision that..
Trademark filing reaches record levels in 2007
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01 April 2008
A record number of international trademark filings were made in 2007 under the Madrid system, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which reported 39,945 filings, representing an impressive 9.5% increase on 2006 figures.
Germany..
Nine Inch Nails launches copyright-free music
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01 April 2008
In a bold move, industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails has shown that it is possible to offer music free of charge to download and share and still make money.
The band has offered its 36-track..
VAIL mark not infringed by 1-800-SKI VAIL
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01 April 2008
The vanity telephone number and registered trademark 1-800-SKI VAIL does not infringe the VAIL mark, according to the Court of Appeals.
This decision upheld that of the District Court for the District of Colorado, where it..
Court to review damages in Adamo v Microsoft
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01 April 2008
A Californian district court has been told to reconsider the damages Microsoft must pay an inventor for infringing his software patent in several versions of the Microsoft Office Suite.
Carlos Armando Amado is looking for damages..
US$1m in fake goods seized in New York
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01 April 2008
Police have carried out a raid on counterfeit goods in Chinatown in New York and seized over US$1m in fake designer merchandise. No arrests have been made but the police have closed 32 stores and..
EU copyright levy reviewed
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01 April 2008
The European Commission is reviewing copyright levies in the EU with the aim of simplifying practices.
These copyright levies are controversial because they imply that all devices which can copy protected material will be used to..
Fake Ferrari ring uncovered
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01 April 2008
In an investigation into mechanics who were turning Pontiacs into replica Ferraris, Italian tax police have seized 14 counterfeit cars and are investigating eight people.
The investigation started six months ago, and leads on cars and..
Customs procedures in the EU
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01 April 2008
Isabel Davies, senior IP partner and Susie Carr, associate, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
News in brief
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01 April 2008
Fraud costs Arab world US$50bn
DUBAI
Intellectual property theft has reached ‘epidemic’
proportions according to the Arab League, which estimates that it costs the Arab world US$50bn per year in lost revenue. Illegal copying of software,..
Court rules against eBay’s use of trademark-protected AdWords
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01 April 2008
Philippe Péters, partner, IP and IT, Brussels office, NautaDutilh
Lloyd's and the Lloyd's Crest are trademarks of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871
by the name of Lloyd's
