OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. As Face Masks, Shields Become a Fashion Category of Their Own, Brands Are Rushing to File Trademark Applications

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/as-face-masks-shields-become-a-fashion-category-of-their-own-brands-are-rushing-to-file-trademark-applications/

2. COVID-19 Vaccines: Patent Ownership and the Barriers to Equitable Access

https://spicyip.com/2020/12/covid-19-vaccines-patent-ownership-and-the-barriers-to-equitable-access.html

3. The Biden administration’s trade policy: what will it mean for IP?

https://www.worldipreview.com/article/the-biden-administration-s-trade-policy-what-will-it-mean-for-ip

4. What a Decision Over Ferrari’s “Testarossa” Trademarks Means for Luxury Brands in the Resale Economy

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/what-the-decision-in-a-case-over-ferrari-testarossa-trademarks-means-for-luxury-brands-in-the-resale-economy/

5. ITC breaks new ground in IPR decision

https://www.worldipreview.com/article/itc-breaks-new-ground-in-ipr-decision

6. Senators ask USPTO to close ‘archaic’ patent gender gap

https://www.worldipreview.com/news/senators-ask-uspto-to-close-archaic-patent-gender-gap-20509

7. Nike and Warren Lotas Settle Trademark Suit Over “Illegal Fake” Sneakers

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/nike-and-warren-lotas-settle-suit-over-illegal-fake-sneakers/

8. Bentley Motors lose ‘David v Goliath’ trademark appeal against a small family company called Bentley Clothing.

https://www.intellectualpropertymagazine.com/trademark/bentley-motors-lose-david-v-goliath-trademark-appeal-144975.htm#.X9tZqBf3DKo.twitter

9. Trademark office officials found to have forged documents and then attempted to defraud companies with bogus services over Chinese social media platforms

https://www.intellectualpropertymagazine.com/world/china/chinese-trademark-office-found-to-have-forged-documents--1.htm

10. Sequestrati 1.400 litri complessivi di champagne, olio e alcol non tracciati e contraffatti - 2 denunciati

http://www.gdf.gov.it/stampa/ultime-notizie/anno-2020/dicembre/c