Week´s news headlines – jul. 8th 2016
Unilateral Refusals to License Intellectual Property The antitrust laws generally provide that a firm has no duty to deal with or to aid its competitors.1 This long-established principle applies equally to intellectual property, which the courts treat the same when applying the antitrust laws.2 A unilateral refusal to deal occurs in the IP context when a patent […]
Week´s news headlines – jun. 24th 2016
Impact of UK’s Brexit for Intellectual Property Rights A British vote to leave the European Union (EU)—the Brexit referendum issue scheduled for a vote on June 23, 2016 — would have a significant effect on intellectual property right-holders, such as manufacturers doing business in Europe, as Intellectual Property rights are governed by numerous EU regulations. Bearing in mind […]
Week´s news headlines – jun. 17th 2016
FC Barcelona loses trademark dispute at EU General Court A European court has affirmed an earlier ruling that Spanish football club FC Barcelona has not been able to demonstrate genuine use of trademarks in a dispute with US-based fashion company Kule. The General Court issued its decision today, June 16, saying that FC Barcelona was not able […]
Week´s news headlines – jun. 10th 2016
WHEN DOES POP-CULTURE HOMAGE CROSS THE INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY LINE? To unsuspecting customers at Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson, the sign identifying Platform 9 6/8 must seem pretty random. But fans of a certain boy wizard—and perhaps regulars dating back to Bad Owl’s start—might give it a double-take, since it once read Platform 9 3/4, the hidden train […]
Week´s news headlines – mar. 24th 2016
Intellectual property intersects with show business You marvel at the magic trick. You dance to the killer guitar riff. You laugh at the stand-up comic’s punchline or watch in awe as the chorus line moves as one. That’s what you’re watching. What you’re also watching but don’t see is the complex legal infrastructure that underlies […]