Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices | Taiwan | 21 Aug 2023
台湾商標法30条1項11号は、「他人の著名商標と同一又は類似し、関連する公衆に混同、誤認を生じさせるおそれがあるもの又…
Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices | Taiwan | 17 Apr 2023
最高行政法院大法庭於2023年3月17日以111年大字第1號裁定,作成統一法律見解:商標法第30條第1項第11款後段所稱的「著名商標」,是指有客觀證據足以認定已廣為相關事業或消費者所普遍…
Wanhuida Intellectual Property | China | 3 Apr 2023
This article discusses two cases involving trademark coexistence. In the first, the Supreme People's Court ruled that word trademarks comprising identical letters may coexist. In the second, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court challenged the validity of the letter of consent by questioning the power of the signatory on behalf of the prior corporate trademark registrant.
Lexology PRO | Africa, Asia-Pacific, China, etc. | 15 Mar 2023
ChatGPT raises concerns relating to AI copyright and plagiarism, a UK court finds that Aldi infringed M&S’s gin bottle design, and China is set to further amend its trademark law – plus other key updates.
Harris Bricken | USA | 3 Aug 2022
A final judgment recently rendered in WM. Wrigley Jr. Company v. Roberto Conde, et al., is nothing short of a cautionary tale and a powerful reminder…
Pinsent Masons | European Union, United Kingdom | 1 Aug 2022
The High Court recently considered trademark infringement in the context of apps. The judgment is noteworthy both for its assessment of the elements of infringement in that specific online environment and its consideration of the scope of the injuries in section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 on which there is still relatively limited case law. The judgment may give optimism to rights......
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, China, European Union, etc. | 25 Mar 2022
Russia limits IP protection for rightsholders connected to “unfriendly states”, China’s IP tribunal reports on its 2021 activities, and US senators propose a bill to address digital copyright infringement – plus other key updates.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | USA | 23 Jan 2020
On January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Inc., et al., in which the Court is poised to resolve a…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 26 Nov 2019
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the district court's dismissal of trademark and false advertising claims and grant of summary…
Knobbe Martens | USA | 22 Nov 2019
In April 2019, outdoor apparel company Patagonia, Inc. sued Anheuser-Busch, LLC in the District Court for the Central District of California…