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Lidl copies the design of Hendrick’s gin: the court orders its withdrawal in the United Kingdom
The Scottish Court of Session has ordered Lidl to temporarily stop selling its “Hampstead” gin, because it is too similar to the “Hendrick’s” gin. Lidl’s gin has been sold for about ten years, but in 2020 the well-known German discount chain decided to renew both the...
Jeep vs Mahindra: new controversy in Australia over design of new Mahindra Thar SUV
Stellantis, which owns Jeep, has moved the Federal Court of Australia against the Indian company Mahindra & Mahindra, after the latter released a teaser advertisement of the launch of the second generation “Thar” SUV in the Australian market. The Court has been...
EPO report on global trends in clean energy technology innovation
A new joint study recently published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) reveals that the worldwide number of high-value patents for inventions related to low-carbon energy technologies grew on average by 3.3% per year in the...
Google signs news content deals with Italian publishers
Google announced it has signed licensing deals with several Italian media publishers to pay for news content. It follows an agreement entered into with some French publishers earlier in the 2021 over the “neighbouring rights” – introduced by the EU Directive 2019/790,...
Zoom Sues RingCentral For Trademark Infringement
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., owner of the Zoom platform, recently sued RingCentral asking for an injunction preventing the latter, after a long-lasting partnership, from using the "Zoom" brand. According to the complaint, Zoom and RingCentral have partnered for...
Yamamoto wins copyright suit for his “goldfish phone booth”
The artist Nobuki Yamamoto has recently won a suit over a claim that a merchants’ association in western Japan would have copied one of his artworks featuring a telephone booth filled with water and goldfish. In fact, the Osaka High Court, overturning a lower court...
COVID-19 – Business continuity at Ing. C. Corradini & C. – Italy
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Malaysia joined the International Trademark system
On September 27, 2019, the Government of Malaysia submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks, bringing the total number…
Brazil joined the International Trademark system
On July 2, 2019, the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil submitted to WIPO its accession form to the Madrid Protocol on the International registration of trademarks
Don Quixote and Rocinante – how can two fictional characters be guilty of undermining a Protected Designation of Origin?
A knight resembling Don Quixote, a lean horse and windmills. It was against the use of these images on dairy products by Industrial Quesera Cuquerella that Fundaciόn Queso Manchego brought an action…