Shields of Strength, a Texan company that manufactures faith-themed military products, is suing the US Department of Defense (DoD) after the latter required to stop the manufacturing of military dog tags with messages from the Christian Bible. Such products have been...
Chinese authorities rejected 109 trademarks applications from businesses that used names of Olympians from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games without their permission. Soon after the Olympics, some companies started using several Chinese gold medalists names to sell any...
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...
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...
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 of member countries in the Convention on international trademarks to 106. Malaysia...
