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Friday, February 22, 2008 9:00pm — IP THINKTANK GLOBAL WEEK IN REVIEW

IP Think Tank Global Week in Review - 22 February 2008

Here is IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet.

Please join the discussion by adding your comments on any of these stories, and please do let me know if you think we’ve missed something important, or if there is a source you think should be monitored.

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Highlights this week included:

Global

Global - General

  • What is IP value all about?: (Part I - IP finance), (Part II – IP finance),
  • Candidates for WIPO Director General: (Innovationpartners),
  • Cross retaliation at the WTO: Why I think WIPO is wrong: (Spicy IP),
  • Officials outline international organisations’ IP enforcement policies: (Intellectual Property Watch),
  • Don’t trust IP to the Post Office!: (Securing Innovation),
  • IP in unconventional industries: (Cairns)
  • Global - Trade Marks / Domain Names / Brands
  • ICANN panel questions Network Solutions on domain name frontrunning: (Ars Technica), (Out-Law),
  • ICANN: New TLD’s policy: (Class 46),
  • ICANN not yet ready to sever ties to US government: (IP Justice),
  • Comments to the US government on review of joint project agreement with ICANN: (IP Justice),
  • Domain names are bigger than trade marks: ICANN’s new consumer protection role: (IP Justice),
  • WIPO: domain name 4711.org registered in bad faith: Mäurer Wirtz GmbH & Co. KG v Lajos Kiss, Delux Befektetes: (Class 46),
  • WIPO: domain name audiexperience.com should be transferred to Audi: Audi AG v Mike Gillespie, Gillespie Auto Group: (Class 46),
  • WIPO: Financial magazine The Economist fails in attempt to gain control of domain name theeconomist.com because registrant had not heard of the magazine at time of registration: (Out-Law),
  • Domain hijacking: (Dilanchian),
  • Animals in trade mark design?: (Class 46),
  • Paper on virtual trade marks: (Innovationpartners)

Global - Patents

Pharma & Biotech

Pharma & Biotech - General

  • 29 Billion reasons to litigate?: (IP ThinkTank),
  • When does the patent expire?: (GenericsWeb),
  • EU: Pharmaceutical sector enquiry regarding possible misuse of IP rights: (GenericsWeb),
  • India: Indian government seeks to be a leader in deep sea bed mining to provide competitive edge for pharmaceutical companies in the development of new drugs: (Spicy IP),
  • India : Medical Devices Regulation Bill formulated: (Spicy IP),
  • India : Pharma gets bigger - Novo Nordisk and Merck & Co expansion plans: (Spicy IP),
  • India : US patent reform and the Indian generics market: (Patent Prospector),
  • India : Patent laws under scrutiny: Biotechnology Industry Association seek changes: (Spicy IP), (more from Spicy IP),
  • India : IP rights and genetic resources: the role of the National Biodiversity Authority: (International Law Office),
  • Nigeria : National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to deploy holographs in fight against fake drugs: (Afro-IP),
  • Thailand : WHO report on TRIPs flexibilities and access to medicines in Thailand : (Spicy IP),
  • UK: Roundabout trade avoids trade mark infringement, says Court of Appeal: Eli Lilly and Co & Anor v 8PM Chemist Ltd: (IPKat),
  • UK : Court of Appeal delivers verdict in Boehringer Ingelheim v Swingward trade mark dispute involving reboxing of drugs and parallel importation: (IPKat),
  • US: Follow-on biologics and patent reform – Will they discourage venture capital investment in the biotechnology industry?: (GenericsWeb),
  • US: Dr Robert Shapiro discusses follow-on biologics report: (Patent Docs),
  • US: New report identifies $387 billion in savings from generic biologics: (Holman's Biotech IP Blog),
  • US: Can approval of biogenerics really save money?: (Patent Baristas),
  • Vietnam : new developments in patent protection for medical uses: (Patent Docs),
  • Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation licenses stem cell patents to BioTime: (IPBiz)

Pharma & Biotech - Products

  • Floxin (Ofloxacin) –US Supreme Court declines Daiichi Sankyo’s request for appeal of CAFC decision reversing Daichii’s initial win in its ofloxacin patent infringement case against Apotex: (IP Law360),
  • Galvus (Vildagliptin) – Indian patent granted to Novartis for anti-diabetic drug Vildagliptin: (Patent Circle),
  • Isentress (Raltegravir) – Indian patent granted to Merck for antiretroviral drug Raltegravir: (Patent Circle),
  • Kogenate (Recombinant factor VIII) – Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Inc and Novo Nordisk file patent suit against Bayer AG and its US subsidiary for patent infringement over Kogenate, hemophilia treatment: (IP Law360),
  • Lipitor (Atorvastatin) – Netherlands High Court upholds validity of Pfizer’s Lipitor patent preventing Ranbaxy from launching its generic version until patent expiry in November 2011: (Spicy IP), (IP Law360),
  • Mircera (Methoxy polythylene glycol-epoetin beta) – Amgen reiterates desire for permanent injunction against Roche distributing Mircera in the US market, following Roche’s proposal to pay 20% royalty on Mircera’s US sales: (IP Law360),
  • Provigil (Modafinil) – US FTC files complaint against Cephalon alleging the company paid four generic drug manufacturers (Ranbaxy, Teva, Mylan and Barr) to delay entry as part of litigation settlements: (IP Law360), (IP Law360), (Spicy IP),
  • Seroquel (Quetiapine) – AstraZeneca says no to patent deal talks because it expects to prevail in US patent disputes over Nexium (Esomeprazole) and Seroquel: (TherapeuticsDaily),
  • Solanesol - Central Tobacco Research Institute has patented Solanesol, a medical substance from tobacco: (Spicy IP),
  • Soliris (Eculizumab) - Alexion Pharmaceuticals agrees to pay $10 million to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation to settle Soliris patent dispute: (IP Law360),
  • Tarceva (Erlotinib) – Legal issues involved in Roche’s Indian case against CIPLA over Tarceva (Part 2): (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP),
  • Tarceva (Erlotinib) – Indian government to consider next week whether to grant compulsory licenses to Natco for the exportation of generic versions of Tarceva and Sutent (Sunitinib) to Nepal : (Intellectual Property Watch), (GenericsWeb),
  • Taxotere (Docetaxel) – Thailand Government Pharmaceutical Organisation signs deal with Dabur Pharma to distribute generic breast and lung cancer treatment in Thailand despite uncertainty over compulsory licensing in the country: (Spicy IP)

Africa

  • Ivory Coast breaks ranks, goes for EPA with Europe : (Afro-IP),
  • Cape Town hosts WIPO’s 2008 IP executive course in April: (Afro-IP),
  • Arab world makes progress in IPR protection, says Business Soft Alliance, citing Morocco: (Afro-IP),
  • Crocs counterfeit raid stands up in SA High Court decision: (Afro-IP),
  • Zambia steps up the fight against pirates: (Afro-IP)

Australia

  • Rudd Government considers three-strikes policy against computer users who download songs illegally: (LawFont.com), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica),
  • Decision in Review Australia Pty Ltd v Innovative Lifestyle Investments Pty Ltd concerning a registered design for a garment: (IP Down Under),
  • Good news for parallel importers – bad news for copyright owners: The Polo/Lauren Co L.P v Ziliani Holdings Pty Ltd: (IP Down Under),
  • Australian governments embrace creative commons licensing: (Michael Geist)

Austria

  • Austrian Standards Institute on trade mark valuation: (IP finance)

Benelux

  • Benelux Court of Justice rules on bad faith trade mark infringement and a claim for an account of profits: Michel Company Inc v IWC: (Class 46)

Brazil

  • Brazilian government publishes bill on bioprospecting/biopiracy: (Patent Baristas)

Canada

  • CMPDA claims camcording all but disappears in Canada: (Michael Geist),
  • Independent report blasts Access Copyright over lack of transparency: (Michael Geist),
  • Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Culture Minister and musician, on copyright: (Michael Geist), (IP Justice),
  • National Post joins the copyright debate: (Michael Geist),
  • Canadian authors get short end of copyright collective stick: (Ars Technica),
  • Canadian Heritage Committee seeks a say in copyright reform: (Michael Geist),
  • Corporate giants call for copyright compromise: (Michael Geist),
  • Montreal Gazette: Richard Stobbe on IP rights in the context of the internet: (ipblog.ca),

China

  • Calculation of trade mark infringement damages in China: (IP finance),
  • MPA files suit against Xunlei Networking Technology Co. in China after the company allegedly made it easy for subscribers to download US films online: (Ars Technica),
  • Chinese IP teleconferences – 19, 26 February: (China Law Blog),
  • International Olympic Committee issues official blogging rules for athletes participating in Beijing Olympics: (Techdirt), (Ars Technica),
  • Chinese government scolds search engine, Baidu, for allowing internet users to access controversial celebrity images: (Techdirt),
  • Counterfeit iPhones smuggled outside China; genuine iPhones smuggled back into China: (IP Dragon),
  • Apple in China, Part 1: Apple takes an unfair beating on iPhone: (The China Game),
  • Supreme People’s Court’s 18 Feb 08 judicial explanation on trade marks, enterprise names, and other prior existing rights: (China Business Law Blog),
  • Waves of changes in Chinese patent law and regulations: (Philip Brooks),
  • China innovation. And when will that be?: (China Law Blog),
  • Chinese patent trials to allow foreign experts as reference, not evidence: (IP Updates),
  • Seminars on IP valuation, litigation and damages issues in the US and surveys on attendants’ attitudes: (IP Law360),
  • Registering a trade mark in China: (Ezine @rticles)

Ecuador

  • Creative commons licence drafts from Ecuador and Norway enter public discussion: (creativecommons.org)

Europe

  • Call for copyright extension for performers: (John Carroll), (The IP Factor), (Spicy IP), (Public Knowledge), (IPR-Helpdesk), (Techdirt), (Innovationpartners),
  • European research discussion, IP input urgently needed: (IPEG),
  • Contributions submitted in response to the green paper in the European Research Area: (IPR-Helpdesk),
  • Bundesgerichtshof refers ‘Bayerisches Bier’ to the ECJ to consider questions regarding extent of protection awarded to a GI under Council Regulation (EEC) 2081/92: (Class 46), (IPKat),
  • CFI rules Orsay’s pink CTM applications are confusingly similar to the prior Spanish registration for D'ORSAY: Orsay GmbH v OHIM: (Class 46),
  • ECJ ruling values confidentiality ahead of transparency in Case C-450/06 Varec SA v Belgium, Diehl Remschied GmbH & Co intervening: (IPKat),
  • European carmakers use home courts to block alleged Chinese copies: (Intellectual Property Watch),
  • EU skeptical on Microsoft’s interoperability conversion: (Ars Technica),
  • EU Parliament demands action on criminal IP penalties: (Out-Law), (IP Law360),
  • European Commission announces new investments in EU-Asia research cooperation: (IPR-Helpdesk)

France

  • CHASSELAS DE MOISSAC wins over a number of other terms used by local producers to be the future PDO for grapes: (Class 46)

Germany

  • Germany working toward implementation of the London Agreement: (IPKat)

India

  • Indian auto sector catching up with global counterparts in terms of technology, and litigation over technology: Bajaj v TVS: (Spicy IP),
  • Madras High Court grants order restraining TVS from manufacturing and selling their new Flame 125 bikes: Bajaj v TVS: (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP), (Spicy IP), (Spicy IP),
  • GI protection for ‘Karbi Anglong ginger’ and other spices: (Spicy IP),
  • India and Pakistan work jointly to register GI for Basmati rice but no such harmony between the nations over GI protection for Pashmina: (Spicy IP),
  • Gujarat: Is the general level of industrial progress an accurate index of a State’s IP awareness?: (Spicy IP),
  • Indian gaming industry and IP creation: (Spicy IP),
  • Society for Technology Management: International conference on IP and technology transfer – 13-16 April: (Spicy IP),
  • IP delegation from Japan to emphasise importance of protecting intellectual property in a situation of a burgeoning economy: (Spicy IP),
  • Exporting Bayh Dole to India: whither transparency?: (Part I - Spicy IP), (Part II – Spicy IP),
  • WIPO Director General race on, but no Indian running: (Spicy IP),
  • Recent case suggests Indian Patent Office may have granted same patent to two entities: (Spicy IP),
  • Indian diamond industry: ‘Brighter’ times ahead (new technology and IP rights): (Spicy IP),
  • Bharatmatrimony obtains restraining order over domain name: (contentSutra), (Spicy IP),
  • Good news for movie watchers - Moser Baer has developed an innovative strategy to fight copyright infringement: (Spicy IP),
  • NLSIU to hold national symposium on challenges to India ’s patent regime – 12, 13 April: (Spicy IP)

Iraq

  • Iraq waives Israel Boycott declaration requirement: (The IP Factor)

Italy

  • Italian government seeks GI protection for Radicchio di Chioggia for cabbages: (Class 46),
  • New national legislation infringes EU copyright law: (International Law Office)

Korea

  • Korean University Professor Lee Keung-hae wins patent infringement case against Microsoft: (Patent Prospector),

Kosovo

  • Declaration of Kosovo independence and IP rights: (IPKat)

Luxembourg

  • ECJ rules that Luxembourg failed to implement provisions of IP Enforcement Directive:Commission des Communautés européennes v Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: (IPKat)

Norway

  • Creative commons licence drafts from Ecuador and Norway enter public discussion: (creativecommons.org)

Russia

  • New Russian law focuses on domain names, licences: (Class 46)

Spain

  • Spanish PTO will use email to notify parties not having a domicile in Spain: (Class 46)

United Kingdom

  • ISP’s don’t want to enforce ‘three strikes’ rule for copyright abusers: (Ars Technica),
  • UK ISPs to start tracking your surfing to serve you advertisements: (Techdirt),
  • Intellectual property rights and software protection – a programmer’s view: (Ezine @rticles),
  • Settlement agreement clause not to challenge patent validity may be void in Europe, says England & Wales Patent Court: Knorr-Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles Ltd v Haldex Brake Products GmbH: (IP Updates), (IPKat),
  • Budweiser trade mark dispute on again, in Chancery Division this time: Budejovicky Budvar Narodni Podnik v Anheuser-Busch Inc.: (IPKat),
  • CPA to float? UK patent service providers report record profits: (IAM),
  • Franchisor wins trade mark appeal but is given ‘little hope’ of damages: Gary Fearns (t/a Autopaint International) v Anglo-Dutch Paint & Chemical Co & Ors: (IPKat),
  • BBC Radio 4 to broadcast programs on ‘global war between the defenders of IP and those determined to share it’ (25-29 Feb) and specifically on trade marks (26 Feb): (Class 46),
  • Information Commissioner: ‘Data protection and privacy have come of age’: (IMPACT),
  • Facebook bows to protest and allows account deletion: (Out-Law),
  • Lawyers penalized for data protection breach: (Out-Law),
  • Information Tribunal orders disclosure of legal advice on public interest grounds: (IMPACT)

United States

US General

US Patent Reform

  • The PTO is not broken – please don’t fix: (PLI),Vote on patent reform delayed: (Anticipate This!), (IAM),

  • Patent reform is again before Washington legislators, as Congress continue to fail to reach a consensus on the legislation: (Intellectual Property Law Blog),

  • BIO CEO provides update on patent reform and follow-on biologics legislation: (Part II – Patent Docs),

  • Patent reform losing steam in the Senate: (PLI),Discussion of Senators Leahy and Hatch’s Washington Times editorial: (Patently-O), (IPBiz),

  • Response to Senators Leahy and Hatch’s Washington Times editorial by George Margolin of the Professional Inventors Alliance: (Patent Prospector),

  • Patent reform could protect Data Treasury defendants: (Techdirt),

  • The (Un)intended consequences of the law (how proposed patent reform could assist Data Treasury defendants, The Medicines Company and others): (Patent Docs),

  • Patent reform could hurt innovation, economy according to study: (IP Law360),

  • Patent reform could increase deficit by $1.4 billion according to Congressional Budget Office estimate: (IP Law360),

  • Provision of reform bill will triple cost of patents: (IP Law360),

  • Are VCs, rather than patent law, thwarting innovation?: (IPBiz),

  • Brian Yost on patent reform: (IPBiz),

  • Judge Michel on patent reform: (Patent Docs),

  • CAFC on patent reform: (Patent Prospector),

  • Bernard Frieder on patent reform: (Patent Prospector),

  • US patent system: don’t fix the system, fix the people: (PLI),

  • Patent Reform Act goes down to the wire: (IAM),

  • Suppressing innovation? – comments on earlier post ‘An unwitting dupe, duped again?’: (IPBiz)

US Patents

US Copyright

  • Discussion of Zahr Said Stauffer article: ‘Po-mo karaoke’ or postcolonial pastiche? What fair use analysis could draw from literary criticism: (43(B)log),
  • Could US copyright law be in for a change?: (The IP Factor),
  • Fraud and preemption: Shuptrine v McDougal Littell: (Patry Copyright Blog),
  • Researcher maps out plan to target BitTorrent uploaders: (Ars Technica),
  • LA Times article on whether file sharing amounts to stealing: (Techdirt),
  • While US blames P2P for everything, EU invests money in it: (Techdirt),
  • Copyright Registrar requires separate license determination under sections 112 and 114: (IP Updates)
  • The owner of the SAT college entrance exam, CEEB sues Karen Dillard College Prep LP for copyright infringement, claiming that KDCP copied and distributed stolen materials to students: (IP Law360),

US Trademarks

US – Companies / Entities

  • adidas America – Court finds in favour of adidas in its product design trade dress infringement case against Payless Shoesource: (43(B)log),
  • Advanced Micro Devices – Federal Judge hands down order meant to resolve loose ends in patent case between Silicon Graphics and AMD but AMD asks for clarification to ensure record is accurate in case SGI lodges an appeal: (IP Law360),
  • American Civil Liberties Union – US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in ACLU’s privacy case against the US government over the NSA’s program of tapping phone lines without a warrant: (Out-Law),
  • AT&T – Counsel Corporation subsidiary C2 settles patent dispute with AT&T over VoIP technology: (Philip Brooks), (IP Law360),
  • Atlanta Attachment – CAFC reverses summary judgment of infringement because embodiments were on sale before critical date:
  • Atlanta Attachment v Leggett & Platt: (Patent Prospector),
  • Boston Scientific – Radiologist, Dr Bruce N Saffran’s award jumps to $501 million in patent infringement case against Boston Scientific after judge adds $69 million in interest: (Spicy IP), (IP Law360), (Patent Troll Tracker), (Patent Prospector),
  • Broadcom – Federal Judge rules that doctrine of laches bars software engineer, Mark Moore, from bringing claims against Broadcom over patent on TV recording and replaying technology: (IP Law360), (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog),
  • CardioFocus – CardioFocus sues nine competitors for patent infringement over laser heart device: (IP Law360),
  • Chamberlain Group – Inconsistency in claim construction results in CAFC’s reversal of preliminary injunction: Chamberlain Group v Lear: (Patent Prospector), (IP Law360),
  • Data Network Storage – Data Network Storage launches patent infringement suit against Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell, and Network Appliance over data storage system: (IP Law360),
  • Emergis Techs – Federal Circuit reverses construction but upholds noninfringement in Emergis’ patent infringement case against PNM Resources & Otter Tail Corporation: (Chicago IP Litigation Blog),
  • Enkay Rubber Co – Indian company, Enkay sues Score American Soccer Co, Uniroyal Goorich and Michelin NA for infringement of its US patent relating to bladder shells for inflatable balls: (Spicy IP)
  • Erico International – CAFC: As a matter of law, preliminary injunction defeated by ‘casting doubt’ on patent’s validity: Erico Int’l v Vutec Doc’s Marketing: (Patently-O), (IP Updates), (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog), (Patent Prospector), (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP), (IP Law360),
  • Eva’s Bridal – Alleged destruction of good name states trade mark abandonment claim: Eva’s Bridal Ltd v Halanick Enter., Inc.: (Chicago IP Litigation Blog),
  • Google – Former Google contractor sues Google claiming the idea for ‘Google Sky’ was his: (Techdirt),
  • Implicit Networks – Implicit Networks launches patent lawsuit against AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Raza, RealNetworks and Sun over data processing system: (Ars Technica),
  • Intel – Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation sues Intel for infringement of a patent covering a circuit developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: (IPBiz),
  • Intel – High Court won’t hear patent battle over microprocessor technology brought by now defunct All Computers Inc against Intel: (IP Law360),
  • Lennon – Yoko Ono clarifies Lennon trade mark dispute with a singer Lennon Murphy: (Techdirt),
  • Mars Company – New York street theatre performer known as the ‘The Naked Cowboy’ sues Mars company for trade mark infringement over their advertisement involving animated M&Ms wearing underwear and cowboy hats set in a virtual Times Square: (Techdirt), (IPBiz), (Counterfeit Chic),
  • Medtronic – District Court holds Medtronic and the law firm representing them, McDermott Will & Emery, liable for Brainlab’s costs in the patent infringement case brought by Medtronic: (IP Directions),
  • Microsoft – Microsoft launches initiative to foster better interoperability with competing products and technologies: (Ars Technica),
  • Motorola – Motorola brings patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion (RIM) over cell phone technologies, RIM files patent infringement countersuit: (Techdirt), (PLI), (IP Law360), (Patent Prospector), (Out-Law),
  • Northbrook Digital Corp – Federal Judge rules software used by now-defunct Browster infringed five of Northbrook’s web-browsing patents: (IP Law360),
  • Nuijten - CAFC denies en banc rehearing – decision of non-patentability for signal claims stands: In Re Petrus A.C.M. Nuijten: (PLI),
  • Oracle – Federal Judge orders Oracle and SAP AG into mediation to resolve their trade secrets feud: (IP Law360),
  • Phoenix Solutions - Phoenix Solutions sues DirecTV Group, alleging that interactive voice response system the defendant uses to field calls from customers infringes four patents related to computer-based speech recognition technology: (IP Law360),
  • Pirate Bay – Prince, The Village People and others to launch lawsuits against BitTorrent tracker, Pirate Bay , in US and Swedish courts: (Ars Technica),
  • Rembrandt IP – Rembrandt IP seeks huge patent licensee fees from cable companies, television broadcasters: (Techdirt),
  • Retractable Technologies – Retractable Technologies sues RadioShack, Fry’s Electronics and Belkin International for infringement of its retractable USB cable patent: (IP Law360),
  • RIAA – Improper joiner rulings, sanctions threats don’t deter RIAA: (Ars Technica),
  • RIAA – Judge dismisses malicious prosecution lawsuit brought by Tanya Andersen against RIAA and MediaSentry: (Ars Technica),
  • RIAA - In leaked ‘training video’ put together by the RIAA for the National District Attorneys Association, RIAA representatives talk about how prosecutors can use music piracy charges to go after drug dealers and terrorists: (Techdirt),
  • Sandata – Sandata loses bid to dismiss antitrust counterclaims brought by Infocrossing in response to Sandata’s patent suit over health care worker monitoring systems: (IP Law360),
  • Sanofi-Aventis – Sanofi-Aventis files suit against Safety Syringes Inc in attempt to defend itself against patent infringement allegations that are part of a different lawsuit Safety Syringes has filed against Plastef Investissements: (IP Law360),
  • SCO – Stephen Norris Capital Partners finances reorganization of SCO and plans for SCO to pursue Novell/IBM litigation aggressively despite the company’s earlier litigation failure: (Ars Technica), (Techdirt), (IP Law360), (Against Monopoly),
  • SMC – ITC Judge rules that SMC did not infringe Norgren Inc’s patent relating to pneumatic devices: (IP Law360),
  • Smith & Nephew - Federal Judge approves a deal that resolves a patent suit Smith & Nephew Plc filed against Synthes Inc. in 2002 and dissolves a 2006 injunction: (IP Law360),
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe – Buzztime Entertainment brings trademark infringement lawsuit against Sony over Sony’s use of the name Buzz! and the tagline “It’s time to get buzzing!’ in connection with quiz games: (Class 46),
  • Spirits International – TTAB rules ordinary American purchasers include those knowledgeable in English and foreign language, therefore Spirits International’s ‘Moskovskaya’ mark meaning ‘of or from Moscow’ is misleading: In re Spirits International NV: (IP Updates), (IP Law360),
  • Sports Authority – Product recall of Fun2Fly Microcopter toys sparks copyright infringement suit involving three toy companies and retailer, Sports Authority: (IP Law360),
  • TomTom - TomTom launches patent suit against Aisin AW, alleging the company violated four patents for car navigation systems: (IP Law360),
  • Virgin Enterprises – Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rules that TTAB personal subpoena power extends to foreign trade mark applicant corporations: Rosenruist-Gestao E Servicos LDA v Virgin Enterprises Ltd: (IP Updates)

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