OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. Viral, Valuable, and Potentially Costly: Who Owns Memes? https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/10/29/viral-valuable-and-potentially-costly-who-owns-memes/
2. When Genuine Goods Infringe: Patrick Ta’s Trademark Case Against CVS https://www.thefashionlaw.com/when-genuine-goods-infringe-patrick-ta-trademark-case-against-cvs/
3. EU General Court confirms that plant variety rights applicants must provide technical data to support requests to examine a new distinguishing characteristic https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/10/eu-general-court-confirms-that-plant.html  
4. Toblerone owner sues British vegan chocolate brand over chunky shapehttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/toblerone-owner-sues-british-vegan-chocolate-brand-over-chunky-shape
5. An eye for an eye constitutes bad faith https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/10/an-eye-for-eye-constitutes-bad-faith.html 
6. Amazon copyright case shines light on ‘Merch on Demand’ liability https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/amazon-copyright-case-shines-light-merch-demand-liability
7. Rights Holders of Elvis Compositions File Suit Against Anthropic Over AI Training and Lyrics Output https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/10/28/rights-holders-of-elvis-compositions-file-suit-against-anthropic-over-ai-training-and-lyrics-output/
8. EU Enforcement Report Reveals Record Detentions of Counterfeit Goods in 2025 https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/eu-enforcement-report-reveals-record-detentions-counterfeit-goods-2025-2026-10-27_en
9. WIPO Reports Explore the Growing Potential of IP-backed Financing in Latin America

https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/wipo-reports-explore-growing-potential-ip-backed-financing-latin-america-2026-11-01_en

10. OpenAI Touts Briefs Backing Fair Use for AI Training

https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/11/02/openai-touts-briefs-backing-fair-use-for-ai-training/