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Victor's Little Secret loses trademark appeal - 21 May
The US Court of Appeal has upheld a 2008 verdict which ruled that sex shop Victor's Little Secret was liable for infringing the trademark of lingerie maker Victoria's Secret. The court voted 2-1 that, under the Federal...
Judge applies ECJ L'Oreal v Bellure verdict with "regret" - 21 May
In a strongly worded judgement, Lord Justice Jacob of the England and Wales Court of Appeal has said that he must "with regret" hand victory to French cosmetics firm L'Oreal in a trademark infringement case against...
Microsoft sues Salesforce.com over CRM patent - 20 May
Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Salesforce.com for allegedly infringing nine patents relating to customer relationship management software. The complaint alleges Salesforce.com violated patents for...
US$300m TiVo victory set for retrial - 18 May
ACTA draft finally made public - 17 May
Merck settles Zetia patent suit - 12 May
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Article 6.1 of the Biotechnology Directive states, “Inventions shall be considered unpatentable where their commercial exploitation would be contrary to ordre public [meaning public policy] or morality; however,...
Increasingly, businesses are utilising popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to pursue marketing opportunities. In doing so, they are engaging with consumers who are no longer passive viewers of...
The first civil law senate of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH), being inter alia responsible for trademark law, has handed down the following decision: the manufacturer of a motor car may, based on his...
