Our selection of #IPNEWS and articles

1.      Cloud Service Providers and the active role in communicating online digital contents

-         https://iplens.org/

2.      May #hashtags safely rely on trademark protection?

-         https://indianceo.in/business/social-media-marketing-can-trademark-hashtag/

-         https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=085cde98-c26a-44aa-90a7-97280d27265e

-         https://www.socialmedialawbulletin.com/2016/07/can-you-trademark-a-hashtag/

-         https://iplens.org/2017/11/30/legal-protection-to-hashtags/

-         http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/751984/Trademark/Hashmarks+Can+a+Hashtag+be+a+Trademark

3.      I know what I like and I know when I taste it. Cheese flavour cannot be “copyrighted” (nor registered as a trademark)

-         http://trademarkblog.kluweriplaw.com/2018/12/10/i-know-what-i-like-and-i-know-when-i-taste-it-cheese-flavour-cannot-be-copyrighted-nor-registered-as-a-trademark/

-         http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2018/12/05/hommage-au-fromage-or-how-the-cjeu-said-farewell-to-heksnkaas-by-excluding-copyright-protection-for-works-of-taste/

For a review of the AG Opinion take a look at: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-ag-opinion-in-levola-hengelo-more.html

4.      EU court reverses Heineken trademark decision

-         https://www.worldipreview.com/news/eu-court-reverses-heineken-trademark-decision-17119

5.      Levi Strauss Fights for Trademark on Pocket TabSamsung convinces EUIPO to invalidate ‘smart’ TM

-         https://www.intellectualpropertynews.com/

-         https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellefabio/2018/11/20/levi-strauss-sues-yves-saint-laurent-over-trademarked-pocket-tab/

-         https://www.worldipreview.com/news/levi-strauss-accuses-ysl-of-trademark-infringement-16994

-         https://www.apparelnews.net/news/2018/nov/21/levis-sues-yves-saint-laurent-america-trademark-in/

6.      Trademarks: the limits to a MONSTER’s reach in Singapore

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/trade-marks-limits-to-monsters-reach-in.html

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/trade-marks-limits-to-monsters-reach-in.html

7.      Whole visible surface or predominant colour? Cadbury's plays spot the series mark

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/whole-visible-surface-or-predominant.html

-         https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2018/12/07/UK-Court-of-Appeal-rules-against-Cadbury-in-color-purple-trademark-dispute

-         https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/12/05/cadbury-purple-trademark-battle-isnt-over-yet

-         https://www.chinalawblog.com/2018/12/china-trademarks-the-color-of-money.html

8.      Building a Long Term Brand Protection solution - the Lego story [Part 3]

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2018/12/building-long-term-brand-protection.html

On the “Lego saga”, check out the case “Best-Lock”:

-         http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=165051&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=407012

And its related comments:

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2015/06/lego-3d-manikin-mark-valid-says-general.html

-         http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2009/07/bad-news-for-lego-in-germany.html

9.       Are Trademark Licensees Protected in A Licensor Bankruptcy?

-         https://www.iptechblog.com/2018/12/are-trademark-licensees-protected-in-a-licensor-bankruptcy/

10.  Ex Machina, Ex Auctore? Machines that create and how EU copyright law views them

-         http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2018/11/12/ex-machina-ex-auctore-machines-that-create-and-how-eu-copyright-law-views-them/

-         https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d1833743-90ae-47f7-98a1-82d76c3338a1

11.  More than one milion of counterfeit contact lens have been seized by the Italian Guardia di Finanza

-        https://siac.gdf.it/notizie/Pagine/Sequestrato-oltre-1.000.000-di-lenti-a-contatto.aspx

12.  Around 5 quintals of fireworks have been found in a deposit close to Naples

-         https://siac.gdf.it/notizie/Pagine/Avellino.-Sequestrati.aspxv