OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. IP offices implement measures in wake of coronavirus crisis.

• Find a live update of the different measures adopted by most IP Offices to deal with COVID19 outbreak at the following link: https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/brandmanagement/ip-offices-implement-measures-in-wake-of-coronavirus-crisis.

2. What’s in a Name? Thaddeus O’Neil Lands a Win in its Longstanding Fight with Surf Brand O’Neill.

• https://www.thefashionlaw.com/whats-in-a-name-the-longstanding-fight-between-thaddeus-oneil-and-surf-brand-oneill/.

3. What’s in a name? Enforcing trademark rights and the ‘own name’ defence.

• https://www.worldipreview.com/contributedarticle/what-s-in-a-name-enforcing-trademark-rights-and-the-own-name-defence;
• For previous coverage on this story: https://www.thefashionlaw.com/abritish-comedian-legally-changed-his-name-to-hugo-boss-to-protest-brands-aggressive-trademark-enforcement/, and
• https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/uk/joelycett-hugo-boss-protest-intl-scli-gbr/index.html.

4. No, Seriously, Don't Try To 'Trademark' Coronavirus.

• https://www.law360.com/articles/1254641/noseriously-don-t-try-to-trademark-coronavirus.

5. How TikTok Used Blockchain to Defeat Copyright Infringement.

• https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/03/17/tiktokused-blockchain-defeat-copyright-infringement/id=119878/.

6. Research finds embarrassment is a key deterrent against purchasing fake goods.

• https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anticounterfeiting/research-finds-embarrassment-key-deterrent-against-purchasing-fake-goods.

7. Levandowski [former head of Uber’s self-driving unit] agrees plea deal over Google self-driving car secrets theft.

• https://www.worldipreview.com/news/levandowskiagrees-plea-deal-over-google-self-driving-car-secrets-theft-19463.;
• https://www.reuters.com/article/usuber-autonomous-levandowski/former-uber-self-driving-head-levandowski-agrees-to-plea-deal-over-google-secrets-idUSKBN21646I.

8. Led Zeppelin didn’t steal ‘Stairway To Heaven’ riff says appeals court.

• https://www.worldipreview.com/news/ledzeppelin-didn-t-steal-stairway-to-heaven-riff-says-appeals-court-19428;
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/arts/music/ledzeppelin-lawsuit-stairway-to-heaven.html;

Now it’s your turn to judge:

• Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4;
• Spirit – Taurus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8lFJWNgowo.

9. The Counterfeit Problem and How Retailers Can Fight Back in 2020.

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/03/17/thecounterfeit-problem-and-how-retailers-can-fight-back-in-2020/#26e6c9431f32.

10. Website offering anti covid-19 drugs obscured.

• https://siac.gdf.gov.it/notizie/Pagine/Firenze19-marzo-2020.aspx (only available in Italian);

Huge seizure of harmful and unsafe masks by the Italian Guardia di Finanza in Catania.

• https://siac.gdf.gov.it/notizie/Pagine/Catania18-marzo-2020.aspx (only available in Italian);

More than 1,500 litres of hand sanitizer seized.

• https://siac.gdf.gov.it/notizie/Pagine/Napoli18-marzo-2020.aspx (only available in Italian).