Knobbe Martens | USA | 8 Jun 2022
It's hard to be a fashion innovator. It's far easier to be an imitator. Success requires enormous investment in creating and marketing new designs…
Leigh Day | European Union, United Kingdom | 1 Jun 2022
Forced labour in global supply chains remains widespread in 2022. The International Labour Organization estimates there are almost 25 million victims…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | European Union, United Kingdom, USA | 12 May 2022
On May 2, 2022, Marc Lieberstein, a Brand Licensing and Franchising Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend moderated a panel at the International Trademark…
HFG Law & Intellectual Property | China | 11 May 2022
The "Motovario-Case" is one of our best examples of how an efficient and consistent anticounterfeiting campaign can be successful. Motovario is a…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | European Union, USA | 5 May 2022
Some expect that entering the metaverse will become a necessity for brands, yet companies seeking to exploit this potential should be aware of the…
De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani Studio Legale | Italy, Russia | 28 Apr 2022
On 30 March 2022 the Office of the Prime Minister announced the legalization of parallel imports in Russia, following Resolution of the Russian…
DLA Piper | European Union, Poland | 26 Apr 2022
Trade in counterfeits takes place on a huge scale, causing losses in the billions of euro to the European economy every year, which is confirmed by…
Danubia Patent and Law Office LLC | Hungary | 18 Apr 2022
Adidas's three-stripe logo was introduced in 1952, after the Olympic games took place in Helsinki. The three stripes are highly reputed at least in Europe, and are protected by international trademarks. This article discusses a trademark infringement case concerning a shipment of sports shoes that featured stripes similar to those of Adidas's logo.
Dentons | Germany | 13 Apr 2022
In 2021, Collins Dictionary named “NFT,” the abbreviation for non-fungible token, its word of the year. In 2017, the US-based Association of National…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 11 Apr 2022
On March 24, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Hunting Titan, Inc. v. Dynaenergetics Europe GMBH…