“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By Emma Peart A number of large fashion companies have been recently flexing their muscles in attempts to fiercely protect their intellectual property rights. Louis Vuitton has been busy protecting its rights in the case of Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., 658 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2011) where it has taken legal action against the owners of
By: Ainsley Brown In my opinion Intellectual property is as much if not more about litigation/dispute resolution as it is about registration. If you don’t believe me just read: Big Brands and their Intellectual Property Woes: Michael Jordan, Disney, Apple, Target, & and More. It is a listing of 10 well- known brands (with full stories attached if you want
The decision highlights the responsibility of server providers to regulate their usage and make sure that any usage which breaches copyright or trademark rights must be dealt with or they can be held liable for any breach of copyright or trademark law. Owners of servers must be extremely vigilant of the activities of the users of its servers.
The long and short of it is that this latest ruling is the latest chapter in a multi-volume epic battle. It is a story about a 100 year war, a cross border beer war, over a name. Yes, that’s what I said a name. From a business perspective it’s all about fiercely defending the brand and marketing of beer and beer related products under that brand. From a legal perspective it is a global trademark war.
In what has been deemed by some commentators as the battle of the breastaurants, for all the obvious reasons, the suit is actually between Hooters and one of its former executives whom it accuses of taking its trade secrets before his departure. Double entendres aside trade secrets and the alleged taking of them are no joke. Trade secrets are the life blood of a company as they represent a major if not the sum total of a business’s competitive advantage.
By: Emma Peart It has come to light through accidental disclosure of files that a UK law firm, ACS: Law has been sending letters on behalf of its client MediaCAT to suspected illegal file sharers. This in itself has raised a number of questions as to any such action by a firm. The letters themselves offered the suspected illegal file-sharers
By: Ainsley Brown I want to extend a very warm heart felt Happy Birthday to Robert Nesta Marley, better know to the world as Bob Marley. Rest in peace Bob, you are gone but never forgotten. Thank you for the music, memories and most of all the vision for a better world. So what does this have to do
By: Ainsley Brown Are you an entrepreneur? Are you British? Do you have the resources to commercialize patented materials? If you answered yes to the above questions then the University of Glasgow wants to talk to you. In a move that could spur innovation in the UK through the development and increased use of collaborative ecosystems between universities and enterprise,
By: Ainsley Brown A large part of managing one’s brand is protecting that brand – this axiom is as true for the mom and pop operation as it is for a multimillion dollar operation. While this protection may come in many forms it often; and cynics may say all too often, in the form of litigation. The intellectual property– creating,
By: Emma Peart China has recently offered more protection through Patents. It has offered protection in Patents since 1985 but has recently began to take the issue more seriously. China’s new legislation in relation to Patent Law came into force on 1st October 2009 with corresponding implementing regulations issued in February 2010. This can only be seen as a good thing