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OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
- The Legal Practice Service of EUIPO has published an overview of the Case-Law from the General Court and from the Court of Justice in connection with trademark and design matters. Check it out at the following link:
- UPDATE: Vogue's Parent Company is Still Fighting a Brand Called Black Vogue Over its Name
- http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/voguesparent-company-is-still-fighting-a-brand-called-black-vogue-over-its-name;
- for previous coverage on these proceedings (in Italian): https://www.pambianconews.com/2018/10/02/vogueporta-in-tribunale-black-vogue-244969/.
- NASA has one small portfolio of trademarks, one giant global identity for its brand
- The trademark question that never stops giving: when is there a material difference between the registered form and the form of actual use?
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/thetrademark-question-that-never-stops.html;
- https://www.singaporelawwatch.sg/Portals/0/Docs/Judgments/2019/%5b2019%5d%20SGIPOS%206.pdf;
- http://www.conventuslaw.com/report/singaporeno-sweet-ending-for-local-chocolate/.
- Kawhi Leonard Sues Nike for Copyright Infringement of His Logo
- https://www.intellectualpropertynews.com/copyrightnews/kawhi-leonard-sues-nike-for-copyright-infringement-of-his-logo/;
- for a more indepth analysis of the matter: https://www.technologylawsource.com/2019/06/articles/intellectualproperty-1/copyright/kawhi-leonard-v-nike-inc-how-copyrights-can-trump-trademarks/; https://www.technologylawsource.com/2019/07/articles/uncategorized/kawhileonard-v-nike-inc-copy-derivative-work-or-distinct-work/;
- https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=073f5dfa62da-4165-8f35-de865bf83d4d.
- Copyright Infringement Confirmed, but No Damages for "Cordoba" Photographer
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/07/copyrightinfringement-confirmed-but-no.html;
- for the full decision (in German language only): http://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgibin/rechtsprechung/document.py?Gericht=bgh&Art=en&az=I%20ZR%20267/15&nr=96761.
- Tiffany & Co. Asks Appeals Court to Uphold Lower Court's Decision, Despite Costco's "False Narrative" & "Mischaracterizations"
- Amazon Sued for Trademark Infringement by Prime Trucking Company
- https://www.intellectualpropertynews.com/trademarknews/amazon-sued-for-trademark-infringement-by-prime-trucking-company/;
- https://www.businessinsider.com/truckerprime-inc-suing-amazon-prime-copyright-infringement2019-7?IR=T.
- The Italian Guardia di Finanza seizes 600 Yves Saint Laurent “Kate Tassel” bags in Brindisi
- The Italian Guardia di Finanza seizes numerous counterfeit products in Grosseto