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OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
- The US Supreme Court makes history during the COVID-19 pandemic by streaming oral arguments for first time as the Justices work remotely. What is the case about? A dispute between the USPTO and Booking.com over a bid by the online reservation company to trademark the name.
- https://www.worldipreview.com/news/supremecourt-weighs-monopoly-fears-in-booking-com-dispute-19630;
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supremecourt-oral-arguments-remote-uspto-booking-com/;
- for more details on the case, see: https://www.scotusblog.com/casefiles/cases/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-v-booking-com-b-v/.
- Italian Supreme Court applies CJEU Cofemel decision to makeup store layout.
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/italiansupreme-court-applies-cjeu.html;
- for the full decision of the Italian Supreme Court, see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fICXafahdDOue6FoBx6VAlEgQoCj7OPn/view;
- for the EUCJ’s decision in the Cofemel case: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=217668&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=14505911.
- AI Programs Are Creating Fashion Designs and Raising Questions About Who (or What) is an Inventor.
- Patent exceptions in times of Covid-19: an Italian perspective.
- Chanel, What Goes Around Comes Around are Still Fighting Over the Sale of Chanel Bags, Including Potentially Authentic Ones.
- Trademark applications will drop during the coronavirus crisis, but globalisation offers hope of a speedy recovery.
- INTA Bulletin, Taking Action on Fake COVID-19 Products and Other Counterfeits.
- https://www.inta.org/INTABulletin/Pages/OLAF_Investigator_Marta_Castillo_Gonzalez_Interview_7508.aspx;
- for a direct link to the European AntiFraud Office, see: https://ec.europa.eu/antifraud/home_en.
- The Bad Spaniel Gets a Treat: VIP Products LLC v Jack Daniels Properties Inc.
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/05/thebad-spaniel-gets-treat-vip-products.html;
- for the full decision of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, see: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/03/31/1816012.pdf.
- Congress Asks Amazon’s Bezos to Testify on Use of Third-Party Seller Data.