OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. Deepfakes: Can you “copyright” a person?

https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/guest-post-deepfakes-can-you-copyright.html

2. CJEU broadly follows AG and recognizability approach in Mio/konektra judgment https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/cjeu-broadly-follows-ag-and.html  
3. Kneschke vs. LAION - Landmark Ruling on TDM exceptions for AI training data – Part 1

https://legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-blog/kneschke-vs-laion-landmark-ruling-on-tdm-exceptions-for-ai-training-data-part-1/

4. Salomon Nabs Win in Trademark Fight Over Zigzag Shoe Design

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/salomon-nabs-win-in-trademark-fight-over-zigzag-shoe-design/#:~:text=The%20European%20Union%20Intellectual%20Property%20Office%20%28%E2%80%9CEUIPO%E2%80%9D%29%E2%80%99s%20Cancellation,a%20graphic%20too%20similar%20to%20Salomon%E2%80%99s%20registered%20trademark.

5. EU activates protection on CIGI products

https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/?XID=BHA5410

6. World's Largest IP Survey Reveals Increased Awareness and Trust in IP

https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2025/article_0013.html

7. Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Mixed Decision on IBM Single Sign-On Patent Claims

https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/12/10/federal-circuit-affirms-ptabs-mixed-decision-ibm-single-sign-on-patent-claims/

8. How the new EU Design Regulation can kill your infringement claim

How the new EU Design Regulation can kill your infringement claim - The IPKat

9. CAFC Affirms Non-Infringement Finding for Shopify, Scrapping $40 Million Jury Verdict

https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/12/09/cafc-affirms-non-infringement-finding-shopify-scrapping-40-million-jury-verdict/

10. Is Using the Word Emoji Illegal? The Emoji Trademark Saga Continues

https://www.mandourlaw.com/is-using-the-word-emoji-illegal-the-emoji-trademark-saga-continues/