Every April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day, which has the aim to raise awareness of the role that the intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. The first...
Google paid the 500 million Eur fine imposed by the French competition authority for failing to negotiate in “good faith” with media companies the use of their content under European copyright laws. Indeed, the French minister in charge of digital affairs, Cedric O,...
A federal court in Manhattan has ruled that PepsiCo shall resign the “Mtn Dew Rise Energy” trademark designation for a drink launched last March (and, of course renounce naming any other product with a name similar to those of other companies), following the outcome...
Huawei and Verizon have decided to agree to settle two legal disputes pending among them for infringement of patented technologies. The trials, whose celebration was scheduled for this year, had been filed by Huawei against Verizon, the largest mobile telephone...
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...
