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Court of Appeal puts Oracle parallel trading case back on track

The UK Court of Appeal has re-instated a case brought by an independent retailer against technology firm Oracle over its trademark rights. The US-based firm has been accused of using anti-competitive tactics to prevent the...

Trevor Baylis to speak at Intellectual Property Magazine Awards

  "The godfather of Cleantech", inventor Trevor Baylis, has agreed to speak at this year's Intellectual Property Magazine Awards on 30 November at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Baylis will highlight the lack of...

Warner Bros sues over 'Harry Popper' condoms

Film studio Warner Bros has filed a trademark infringement suit against the makers of a brand of condoms called ‘Harry Popper'. The suit was filed in a Swiss court against the company Magic X which is said to have been...

Best Buy's Geek Squad takes on God

US electronics retailer Best Buy is pursuing a priest who tagged his car "God Squad" in a logo similar to that of Best Buy's Geek Squad. Father Luke Strand of Wisconsin has told a local newspaper that he was forced to...

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Brands Behaving Badly - United States Comparative Advertising under the Lanham Act

Which pizza chain uses the best ingredients in its pizza, Papa John's or Pizza Hut? Does Pennzoil or Castrol provide the best protection against engine wear? Who has the best 3G cellular phone coverage in the United States,...

Naming rather than shaming

  It's Friday afternoon and the telephone rings... " We have a great name for our new product. We're launching it first thing Monday morning and we need full clearance and protection for the name. It's FANTASTIC...

Brands Behaving Badly

  Which pizza chain uses the best ingredients in its pizza, Papa John's or Pizza Hut? Does Pennzoil or Castrol provide the best protection against engine wear? Who has the best 3G cellular phone coverage in the United...

IP sale versus IP licensing - a cultural divide?

  Intellectual property (and more particularly patents), having escaped from being a virtual backwater of the law in the early 1990s, is fast approaching a "tipping point" of acceptance as a natural and useful...

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