Trade mark research company TrademarkNow recently published research on the top 50 global trade mark applications filed in 2016. Tencent Holdings Limited (a Chinese investment holding company with subsidiaries providing media, entertainment, payment systems, internet and mobile phone value-added services)… Continue Reading →
European multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton’s parent company) lost a number of trade mark lawsuits against American accessories brand My Other Bag founded in 2012 by Tara Martin. My Other Bag prints animations inspired by iconic handbag designs… Continue Reading →
The intellectual property management company Lecorpio recently carried out its second annual “Trade Mark Management Study” where it asked corporate company chief executives about changes to their trade mark budgets (including both money and staff) and trade mark portfolio size… Continue Reading →
The UK Intellectual Property Minister recently announced the UK will ratify the Hague Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs by 31 March 2018 and is due to launch the service from 6 April 2018. The Hague Agreement allows… Continue Reading →
The case started in 2010 when AVM Technologies sued Intel on the basis that its Intel Pentium 4 and Core 2 designs infringed its intellectual property (of on US patent 5,859,547 for a dynamic logic circuit patent owned by AVM… Continue Reading →
Transnational food and drink company Nestlé that owns and manufactures the popular confectionary brand KitKat has been trying to trademark the four fingered 3D KitKat shape in the UK for many years. The KitKat shape has already received trade mark… Continue Reading →
Google recently filed a patent application for a device that monitors a person while sleeping using infrared technology. The device measures the amount of infrared radiation bouncing off the person and returning to the device which aims to give information… Continue Reading →
Apple recently had a patent published concerning the use of a hydrophilic coating on the speaker grille and inner side of Apple iPhones to repel water from the inside of iPhones. The inner side hydrophilic coating would serve to speed… Continue Reading →
Land Rover recently patented a central tyre inflation system which aims to make going go off-road easier, improve fuel economy and correct tyre pressure for gradual wear and tear over time. Although similar technology already exists in military vehicles, what… Continue Reading →
New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc recently won an intellectual property dispute in China. Chinese manufacturers copy products but sell them with a slight modification of the brand name. For the copied New Balance shoes, customers were faced with similar looking… Continue Reading →
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