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OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

Lego has won a substantial Chinese copyright judgement after a court upheld all of the first-instance rulings on 18 existing infringement claims, originally handed down in favour of the Danish toymaker against a Chinese rival’s ‘Lepin’ trademark.

Bruce Munro, an internationally-acclaimed British light artist sues Florida-based botanic garden for copying exhibitions of his work previously featured at the Eden Project and other locations.

Apple applied for a patent on a desktop Mac design, which radically changes the shape of one of the company’s iconic devices. However, it is too early to conclude that the next iMac will receive just such a design since Apple annually submits a large number of patent applications.

Amazon has recently been awarded a patent which details how robots might one day make multiple deliveries to our front doors, and pick up items for return, too.

Brands’ concern over post-Brexit protection revealed in report. Almost half of UK and European businesses expect to change their brand protection strategies after the UK leaves the EU, 31% don’t know how they’ll register trademarks.

Ahead of 1 February 2020, the day on which the UK will leave the EU in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between the EU and the UK, EUIPO clarifies that during a transition period that will last until 31 December 2020, EU law remains applicable to and in the UK. This extends to the EUTM and RCD Regulations and their implementing instruments.

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Alibaba Group’s IPRs-protection efforts resulted in 1,045 IP-related leads being passed to law enforcement in 2019, and the closure of 2,029 facilities involved in the manufacturing and distribution of illicit goods.

Tiffany & CO, Camel, Paramount Pictures, Gillette: centurial anniversaries of trademarks that have remained valid over the past 100 years.

The Commerce Department and Intellectual Property Office of Malta (CD-IPRD) is now part of the Common Harmonised Database on Product Indications (HDBPI) in DesignClass.

Operazione Dioniso. Contraffazione di indicazioni geografiche o denominazioni di origine di prodotti agroalimentari (DOC e IGP): scoperto sofisticato sistema di alterazione del vino e frode fiscale.

Assicurazione: Tokiomarine HCC – Numero Polizza HCC19-W0035914 – Massimale Euro 1.000.000