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News Archive29 April: Community trade mark registration demand and cost falls
OHIM reveals that demand for Community trade marks in the UK fell by 22% in the first quarter 2009. From May 1, the cost of application is being slashed by 40% which OHIM hopes will stimulate demand.
SMEWeb
23 April: Dixons breaches transfer pricing rules
DSG International, the owner of Dixons, has been told by special commissioners to HM Revenue and Customs that it breached transfer pricing guidelines relating to the insurance of extended warranties. A settlement, expected to be hundreds of millions of pounds, has yet to be reached.
Accountancy Age
23 April: Music copyright to be extended to 70 years for performers
Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of extending the term of copyright protection from 50 years to ensure that performers continue to receive royalties for 70 years from the first publication or performance of their song.
European Parliament
23 April: £30k Rolls-Royce copycat
Chinese car manufacturer Geely has launched its Geely GE at the Shangai Motor show this week, priced at just £30k. Closely resembling the Rolls-Royce Phantom with similar winged mascot, radiator grill and down-sloping rear deck, Rolls-Royce is considering legal action.
Daily Mail
20 April: Recipe dispute halts Red Leicester ‘appellation’ application
Differences of opinion between cheese makers over ingredients of Leicestershire cheese, halts its application to the European Commission to be awarded special protected status.
The Times
17 April: Pirate Bay founders jailed
The four founders of music file-sharing website Pirate Bay have been sentenced to jail for one year and ordered to pay fines of £3m by the Swedish court, having been found guilty of copyright infringement.
CNN
16 April: Woody Allen sues for reputation damage
Woody Allen is suing US clothing manufacturer American Apparel for $10m over its unauthorised use of his image in an advertising campaign, claiming it damaged his reputation. American Apparel claims Allen ruined his own reputation through various sex scandals.
Guardian
16 April: Schneider settles Chinese patent dispute
France's Schneider Electric has paid $23m to settle its three-year patent dispute brought against it by its rival, Chint Group, China's biggest maker of low-voltage electrical products.
Reuters
16 April: UK copyright laws rated “the worst, by far”
The UK’s copyright laws have been rated the worst from 16 countries surveyed, in a report from consumer group Consumer International. The survey looked at how well each country’s copyright law balances the interests of rights holders with those of consumers.
Consumer Focus
09 April: Jennifer Lopez wins cybersquatting suit
An independent arbitrator in the US has ordered a cybersquatter to transfer the domain names jenniferlopez.net and jenniferlopez.org to actress and singer Jennifer Lopez.
Reuters
02 April: Ebay counterfeit trader caught in sting
North London based eBay trader Bhavin Shah, aged 28, has been caught selling £26,000 worth of counterfeit designer clothes, razor blades, cosmetics and computer games. The judge at Harrow Magistrates’ Court sentenced him to 270 hours of community service.
Yahoo!
01 April: Gul, the surfwear brand, enters logo dispute with Abercrombie & Fitch
UK surfwear brand Gul, established in 1967, is in dispute with Abercrombie & Fitch over the use of a flying seagull devise used by its youth brand, Hollister. Gul has registered its logo as a trademark but Hollister has apparently not.
Brand Republic
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