A decision concerning bad faith arguments in a dispute between Lidl and Tesco could have significant implications for trademark owners, finds Muireann Bolger.
What led Justice Richard Arnold to rule that Apple must accept Optis’ FRAND terms while chastising both for ‘gaming the system’? Muireann Bolger finds out.
Lanham Act: will SCOTUS review of $114m TM win bring further scrutiny of US law?
By agreeing to review a win by a US company against its European distributor, the Supreme Court will wade into how foreign sales can influence damages awards. Sarah Speight reports.
The UK’s trademark body has written to the IP minister to help fix a system ‘clogged up’ by foreign entities. Its president, Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy, tells Sarah Speight, why closing loopholes is ‘pro-growth’.
The NFTs clause: are licensors waking up to digital use?
As the settled Miramax v Tarantino case failed to yield much-anticipated answers to licensing disputes involving non-fungible tokens, what key questions remain? asks Muireann Bolger.
As the US Supreme Court Justices dance around definitions, creators wait for a decision that could ‘impact everything from the mundane to the sublime’, finds Muireann Bolger.
A case for aligning copyright and the videogame industry
The first global study into copyright infringement and enforcement in the videogame industry reveals the key threats and makes recommendations, explain the report’s authors Gaetano Dimita, Yin Harn Lee and Michaela Macdonald.
Costs savings, skilled practitioners and diverse organisations make South Africa an attractive destination for IP outsourcing, says Darren Olivier of Adams & Adams.
New guidance on the office’s examination of AI inventions provides helpful scenarios for innovators, explain Howard Read, Paul Roscoe, and Matthew Bennett of Appleyard Lees.
With ships sailing between territories and around half of the world’s surface outside any jurisdiction, how does patent protection apply at sea? Steven Shape of Dennemeyer & Associates dives into the facts.