Alexandra Hunter

Alexandra is no longer at KWM.

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UPDATE: IHOP sues IHOP over IHOP trade mark infringement

UPDATE: IHOP sues IHOP over IHOP trade mark infringement

12 January 2011
By Alexandra Hunter
In sad news for pancake-lovers everywhere, the famed American restaurant chain International House of Pancakes have dropped their trade mark infringement action against the International House of Prayer over its use of the IHOP acronym, agreeing to resolve the dispute out of court (see our previous post here).
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Gang warfare just isn’t what it used to be…

Gang warfare just isn’t what it used to be…

10 November 2010
By Alexandra Hunter
The Hells Angels motorcycle gang, sorry, make that “non-profit mutual benefit corporation” (according to their complaint), also names Saks (the operator of high-end department store Saks Fifth Avenue in New York) and Zappos.com (an online retailer owned by Amazon) as defendants. 
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Suffering for your cover art

Suffering for your cover art

13 October 2010
By Alexandra Hunter
Dido, the British chanteuse best known for singing about cold tea on an Eminem track back in 2000, has been sued by former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless – the first astronaut to make an untied or untethered free flight in space – for using his 1984 space flight picture for the cover of her 2008 album “Safe Trip Home”.
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The SKYpe’s the limit

The SKYpe’s the limit

31 August 2010
By Alexandra Hunter
A long-running battle between Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB and internet telecommunications company Skype was revealed earlier this month after Skype filed documents for an initial public offering (IPO). 
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