16Jul 2014

Practices: Trademarks | Tags: black and white, color, colour, Community Trademark, CTM, EUIPO, European Union, EUTM

European Union – New Practice on black and white and color trade marks

The protection and enforceability of black and white trademarks in the European Union has been called into question. Trademark owners should review their portfolios to determine whether this change will affect their European...

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19Jun 2014

Practices: Designs, European Litigation | Tags: European Union, fashion, unregistered designs

The Court of Justice of the European Union Strengthens Unregistered Community Design Rights

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19Jun 2014

Practices: Patents, U.S. Litigation | Tags: Abstract Idea, Alice v. CLS Bank, Mayo v. Prometheus, Natural Law, Patent, Patentable Subject Matter

Abstract idea not converted to patentable invention by performance on a computer; Must be applied in an inventive manner

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07Jun 2014

Practices: Trademarks, U.S. Litigation

TTAB upholds mere descriptiveness refusal to register Swatch’s TOURBILLON mark

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02Jun 2014

Practices: Patents, U.S. Litigation | Tags: direct, Inducement, infringement, Patent, Secondary, U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit Regarding the Standard for Inducement of Infringement

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23May 2014

Practices: Trademarks | Tags: Europe, European Union, Trademark

A Primer on the European Community Trademark

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