European multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton’s parent company) recently lost a further trade mark lawsuit 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 →
2011 data from the European Patent Office (EPO) shows that Europe is a hub of innovation. The most innovative European cities include: Eindhoven, the Netherlands: 250 patent applications per 100,000 people Regensburg, Germany: 83.8 applications per 100,000 people. Aachen, Germany… Continue Reading →
The fees for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications changed on 1 January 2017 and are as follows: Transmittal fee = £75 Search fee = £1636 International fee: £1063: first 30 pages; £12: each sheet over 30 Request for restoration of… Continue Reading →
MasterCard’s latest recently published patent allows the company to estimate with some accuracy the height and weight of its customers (by analysing the size of their shoe (from which height can be determine) and clothes purchases). MasterCard can then pass… Continue Reading →
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court ordered two Chinese companies (motor company Deguo Baoma Group and fashion house Chuangjia Group) to pay damages of f $432,000 to BMW after ruling in BMW’s favour in a trade mark infringement case. Both companies… Continue Reading →
A report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) entitled “Equity in Innovation: Women Inventors and Patents” found between 2000 and 2016 the number of patent applications with a man listed as the primary inventor was more than triple… Continue Reading →
It has been suggested that over the last decade US government policies and legal rulings have pushed US investment money overseas to China. A huge portion of the US economy relies on intellectual property industries which support more than 45… Continue Reading →
Dawn Ellmore Employment’s blog aims to keep you abreast of current Intellectual Property (IP) and Legal developments along with industry and career insights and more. We hope you will find this useful and informative. For more information about Dawn Ellmore,… Continue Reading →
Amazon created a plan to protect its drones from attack from various sources, physical (natural such as lightening and manmade such as bows and arrows) and electronic (computer hacking) which is has now patented. The patent was filled in 2014… Continue Reading →
Disney and Pixar Animation were recently awarded damages by a Shanghai court after ruling that a Chinese-made film called “The Autobots” infringed copyright of Disney’s film “Cars”. The infringing film, released in July 2015, had grossed the equivalent of $863,000. Chinese producer Bluemtv and… Continue Reading →
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