Our selection of #IPNEWS and articles of the week

1. Facebook found liable for hosting links to unlicensed content:

• http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/02/facebook-found-liable-for-hosting-links.html

• https://www.worldipreview.com/news/italian-court-finds-facebook-liable-for-hosting-infringing-content-17548

• The decision issued by the Rome Court of First Instance can be found at (only in Italian): https://sistemaproprietaintellettuale.it/giurisprudenza/procedimenti-giurisdizionali/merito/13969-tribunale-roma-15-02-2019.html

• For an overview of the liability of Facebook for its contents have a look at:

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/10/19/467970.htm
 

2. A few thoughts on the non-discriminatory prong of FRAND:

- https://trustinip.com/a-few-thoughts-on-the-non-discriminatory-prong-of-frand/

- A clear article on the ‘Most-favoured-licensee’ rule can be read at:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1645878
 

3. Alleged "Kimoji" Developer is Suing Kim Kardashian for "No Less Than $100 Million"

• http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/alleged-kimoji-developer-is-suing-kim-kardashian-for-no-less-than-100-million

• https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/02/kim-kardashian-kimoji-app-lawsuit

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/13/emoji-wars-kim-kardashian-west-sued-million-over-use-iconic-kimojis/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.88f65e8afb36
   

4. Trademark exhaustion and cosmetics in Milan: further analysis and future perspective

• https://intellectualpropertyplanet.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/trademark-exhaustion-and-cosmetics-in-milan/

• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=35bb93b3-3281-4b80-956b-aacf4afdb06b&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2019-02-15&utm_term=
   

5. Can the name of a country and a year be a trademark?

• http://www.mondaq.com/russianfederation/x/778680/Trademark/Can+The+Name+Of+A+Country+And+A+Year+Be+A+Trade+Mark
   

6. Marry Me, not in the EU: dating app’s appeal rejected by EU Court:

• https://intellectualpropertyplanet.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/marry-me-not-in-the-eu/

• https://www.worldipreview.com/news/eu-court-rejects-dating-app-s-appeals-17466?utm_source=World+IP+Review&utm_campaign=dfa199a378-WIPR_Digital_Newsletter_02112018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76dcadc01-dfa199a378-27263061

• See the Court’s judgment for the word mark: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=210522&text=&dir=&doclang=FR&part=1&occ=first&mode=DOC&pageIndex=0&cid=377443

• See the Court’s judgment for the figurative mark: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=210523&pageIndex=0&doclang=FR&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=12068884
   

7. The EU’s Digital Copyright Directive – where are we now?

• https://www.iptechblog.com/2019/02/the-eus-digital-copyright-directive-where-are-we-now/

• The press release of the European Parliament on the agreement reached on the wording of the Directive can be read at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20190212IPR26152/agreement-reached-on-digital-copyright-rules

• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=113d330c-c638-42ab-a0a0-94023e09c1cf

• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7e2510c8-866e-438e-ac46-0b1e5ae135c7

• https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/02/18/will-the-eus-new-copyright-directive-ruin-the-web/
   

8. The Next Data-Driven Health-tech Revolution

• https://singularityhub.com/2019/02/22/the-next-data-driven-healthtech-revolution/#sm.0000ly25b0oiieawx522j2j1fku4z

• For the use of data to give patients control of their own health and the issues related to their privacy protection: https://singularityhub.com/2018/11/07/using-big-data-to-give-patients-control-of-their-own-health/#sm.0000ly25b0oiieawx522j2j1fku4z

9. The Italian Guardia di Finanza seized more than 1,700 counterfeit memory cards

• https://siac.gdf.it/notizie/Pagine/Sequestrate-oltre-1.700-schede-di-memoria-contraffatte.aspx
   

10. More than 1.500.000 counterfeit clothes were seized in Rome, Naples, Brescia and Pescara

• https://siac.gdf.it/notizie/Pagine/Sequestrati-oltre-1.500.000-capi-di-abbigliamento.aspx