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Our Selection of #IPNEWS and Articles of the Week
1. New Europol/EUIPO Threat Assessment Report confirms links between IP crime and organised crime in the EU
- https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/it/news?p_p_id=csnews_WAR_csnewsportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=2&journalId=5180317&journalRelatedId=manual/
- https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anti-counterfeiting/counterfeit-seizures-down-threat-5-takeaways-euipo-crime-threat-assessment
2. Lego Files Lawsuit for Trademark Infringement
3. EUTM applications pass 2 million
- https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/?XID=BHA4748
- https://www.intellectualpropertymagazine.com/trademark/euipo-reaches-two-millionth-eutm-application-135460.htm
4. Amid a Flurry of "Cultural Appropriation" Claims Aimed at Carolina Herrera, What is Going on (Legally)?
5. Apple wins 2 Design Patents for Apple Store Shelving Units and the Figurative Trademark for 'Apple Music UP NEXT'
6. Metallica to pay €7,000 for "Viva Colonia" cover
7. Brazil moves closer to Madrid accession
- https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/?XID=BHA4746
- https://intellectualpropertyplanet.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/breaking-news-brazil-is-on-the-way-to-access-the-madrid-protocol/
8. La Liga fined €250,000 for breach of GDPR
9. Copyright dispute over Aboriginal flag sparks debate
10. Over 2.000 fake “AirPods” seized by Italian Guardia di Finanza