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“13 Reasons Why” to watch Article 13 – Copyright reform in the European Union

21 September 2018

Last week, a plenary session of the European Parliament has voted to adopt changes to the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (or the Copyright Directive for short), that was first introduced by the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs on 20 June 2018.

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‘Sexy’ stamp leaves United States Postal Service blushing

17 July 2018

By Verdi Guy

The United States Government, acting through the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to pay US $3.5 million for copyright infringement after accidentally using a replica Statue of Liberty on its 2011 Forever Stamp.

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Promises, promises: Full Federal Court of Australia finds invention useful in ESCO Corporation v Ronneby Road

27 June 2018

By Danielle Sharplin

We can all be guilty of promising more than we can deliver – but for a patentee, that can be fatal for the validity of your patent.

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Gotta catch ‘em all – Pokémon Company International, Inc. v Redbubble Ltd

15 January 2018

By Ann-Kathrin Goller

In the battle against copyright infringement in the online world, rights holders are increasingly targeting aggregators and disseminators of infringing content, rather than doing battle with individual infringers themselves.

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MUSASHI v A-SASHI – healthy competition?

8 December 2015

By Lauren Gore

The appeal from the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in Christian v Société Des Produits Nestlé SA (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 153 concerning infringement of Nestlé’s MUSASHI marks raises interesting questions regarding the nature and scope of relief for trade mark infringement.

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Scrambling for the win: Mattel and Zynga in the UK Court of Appeal

16 April 2015

By Emily Rich

Toy manufacturing giant Mattel has won out in the final round of its recent dispute with social game services provider Zynga (of Farmville and Words with Friends fame) in the United Kingdom Court of Appeal.

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Licensees beware – are you exclusive?

3 February 2015

By Suzy Madar

The Full Federal Court confirmed last week in BMS v Apotex that where a patent licence reserves some rights to be exercised by the licensor, the licensee will not have standing to sue and claim damages as an “exclusive licensee”.

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