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OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
- Will Marvel Studios face copyright infringement claim for using Ghanaian kente designs in the Black Panther movie?
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/06/willmarvel-studios-face-copyright.html;
- https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Ghanato-sue-producers-of-Black-Panther-movie-748937#.
- What's in a Name? Chanel's Global Quest to Protect the Name of a Color
- http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/whatsin-a-name-chanels-global-quest-to-protect-the-name-of-a-color;
- Settlement Of Suit Over Tom Brady Photo Leaves Major Online Copyright Issue Unresolved
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaifalkenberg/2019/05/29/settlementof-suit-over-tom-brady-photo-leaves-major-online-copyright-issue-unresolved/#2452ab235695;
- https://www.worldipreview.com/news/timesettles-dispute-over-embedded-tom-brady-photo-18118.
- Iron Maiden Sues 'Ion Maiden' Video Game Creators, Alleging Trademark Infringement
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellekaminsky/2019/05/30/ironmaiden-sues-ion-maiden-video-game-creators-alleging-trademark-infringement/#4dcfcaa4f80a;
- https://www.worldipreview.com/news/ironmaiden-files-2m-tm-suit-against-video-game-maker-18126;
- For Iron Maiden’s full complaint, see: https://www.scribd.com/document/411955200/IronMaiden-v-3d-Realms.
- Amazon is "Upending" the $250 Billion-Plus Licensed Merch Business
- http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/amazonis-upending-the-250-billion-plus-licensed-merch-business;
- https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/newsanalysis/amazons-booming-merch-business-is-up-ending-the-traditional-licensing-model.
- Adidas seeks shut down of counterfeit sites
- Finnish Market Court rejects Harley Davidson appeal
- https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/:
- For the full judgment (only available in Finnish), see: https://www.markkinaoikeus.fi/fi/index/paatokset/teollisjatekijanoikeudellisetasiat/teollisjatekijanoikeudellisetasiat/1554794442680.html. The decision has been appealed with the Finland Supreme Court. Updates will follow.
- German Court Says Reseller's Use of Brand Names in Ads is Not Only Acceptable but "Necessary"
- Make Canada Great Again trademark dispute
- https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/anticounterfeiting/kipo-launches-all-women-anti-counterfeiting-group-make-canada-great-again;
- https://www.canadalandshow.com/rebelsues-hudsons-bay-over-make-canada-great-again-hat/;
- https://www.scribd.com/document/411881977/TheRebel-v-The-Bay#from_embed.
- “Obituary piracy” and what it could mean for archival institutions
- http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2019/05/obituarypiracy-and-what-it-could-mean.html;
- For the full judgment by the Ontario Federal Court: https://decisions.fctcf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/405180/index.do.