The emergence of e-commerce, in which a wide range of goods are readily accessible, is leading to increasing overlap between the sales channels and target consumers of goods or services designated by different marks.
Trademark registrations in early 2020 on the small island state of Cape Verde reflects the seismic shift created by coronavirus for IP teams at large pharmaceutical groups.
The forthcoming CJEU definition of the ‘visibility criterion’ by German courts could have significant implications for the relevance of characteristic design features not visible during normal/intended use in EU design infringement cases.
Some time ago, we had brought to you a list of freely accessible scholarly material on and around Intellectual Property – the post is here and the list is here – and are happy to say that we are in the process of updating that list with even more books and materials! There is however one stand-out entry that looks like it will be of interest to several of our readers. Published in late 2021, Dr R.V.Vaidyanatha Ayyar’s 421 paged...
We’re pleased to inform you that Lexis Nexis has introduced new legal issue analysis for PTAB ex parte decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor. For further details, please see their announcement below: LexisNexis introduces new legal issue analysis for PTAB ex parte decisions in LexisNexis PatentAdvisor, enabling search issue-tagged decisions and locating effective arguments at every interaction with the USPTO. LexisNexis Legal & Professional today announced the launch of PTAB Decisions, an enhancement to the market-leading patent prosecution analytics tool LexisNexis PatentAdvisor....
Medical Device Risk Management Safety and quality are non-negotiable in the medical device industry. Risk management at early stage, Intellectual Property protection, design quality control, prioritizing, understanding and buying the insurance helps in managing the business risk as a medical device company. Medical device risk management for safety makes it easy to understand the risk …
Over the past couple of years, it has been observed that the beauty industry is tussling with intellectual property issues every now and then. Instagram [...]
Cryptocurrency was first invented in 2008 with the release of Bitcoin, the first public digital currency characterized by decentralized control, user anonymity, and verification that includes record-keeping using network technology and blockchain ledgers. Although the terms “cryptocurrency” and “Bitcoin” are often used interchangeably, today there are over a thousand different types of cryptocurrencies with a […]
INTRODUCTION This article seeks to answer the questions of what legal protections are available to stakeholders in the Nigerian fashion industry and what challenges are [...]
