On July 10, 2014 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment following a reference from the German Bundespatentgericht in the Apple Inc. v Deutsches Patent-und Markenamt registry proceedings.
In a landmark
In a recent summary judgment decision, Driving Alternative Inc. v. Keyz Thankz Inc. 2014 FC 559, the Federal Court of Canada decided that the Federal limitation period of six years applied to an alleged trade-mark infringement which occurred in Ontario
After eight years of preparation and rounds of consultation, the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 (2014 Bill) was finally gazetted by the Hong Kong Government for legislative consideration on 13 June 2014. It was introduced for First and Second Readings before
PWC* has estimated that global sports sponsorship will be worth US$45.3 billion in 2015.
Australia has a long history of hosting major sporting events such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Rugby World Cup, Cricket World Cup and has also put
On June 12, 2014, the US Supreme Court issued its much anticipated opinion in Pom Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Company.
Ruling in favor of Pom Wonderful, the unanimous Court1 reversed the Ninth Circuit’s decision that the Federal
Recently, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear a case that will determine what level of deference courts will give to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decisions on the likelihood of confusion between trademarks. B&B Hardware, Inc. v.
In Goodman v. Does, plaintiff Todd Goodman alleged various defamation and federal unfair competition (Lanham Act) claims stemming from postings on the website localdirtags.com, a blog, which was run by the defendant Linda Lagoy. Goodman v. Does 1–10,
In a recent decision, the Federal Court determined that Harley-Davidson was entitled to use its SCREAMIN’ EAGLE trade-mark, in association with its registered HARLEY-DAVIDSON trade-mark, to sell clothing in Canada.
The defendants, who owned two Canadian retail stores, and
Our readers are probably familiar with a game that can be played on Facebook or on a mobile device known as CANDY CRUSH SAGA. Also available on Facebook and on mobile devices is another game called CANDYSWIPE. This posting summarizes
by Amanda Parks (Australia)
Following Oxford Dictionaries’ decision to crown “selfie” as “Word of the Year” for 2013, we saw a particularly famous one “break” Twitter and spark a copyright debate earlier this month: Oscars host Ellen Degeneres shared a