IP Review
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News Archive30 May: Ozzy Osbourne sues Black Sabbath bandmate over royalties
Ozzy Osbourne is suing Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi for unspecified damages, lost profits and a declaration he is a half-owner of the trademark. Osbourne is accusing Iommi of falsely claiming to have sole rights to the band’s name which has cost him royalties from merchandise sales.
BBC
29 May: Facebook settles trademark dispute
Facebook settles a trademark dispute with the founders’ old classmate, Aaron Greenspan. Greenspan’s company, Think Computer, agreed to abandon its April 2008 petition to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office calling for the cancellation of the trademark “Facebook”.
Mercury News
21 May: Scottish pizzeria licks KFC
KFC has backed down from trying to prevent an Angus-based pizzeria, The Titanic Pizza Co, from using its trademark ‘Family Feast’ in its menu – following the pizzeria’s reply stating it had been using the term since 1992, before KFC had trademarked the term.
BBC
18 May: Woody Allen wins $5m settlement
American Apparel is paying Woody Allen $5m (£3.3m) in an out of-court settlement over its use of Woody Allen’s image in an advertising campaign.
BBC
14 May: eBay defeats L’Oreal
The Court of Justice in Paris has ruled that eBay is not liable for the sale of counterfeit L’Oreal products through its website but must continue to work with L’Oreal to deal with the sale of fakes.
BBC
13 May: Diane von Furstenberg pays for copycat jacket
Iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has paid a small Canadian design label, Mercy, an undisclosed sum having admitted to copying the design of one of its floral jacket.
The Star
12 May: iPod designer loses domain name fight
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod, iMac and iPhone, has lost his claim to domains bearing his name as his name is not used enough in commerce and is not a registered trademark. WIPO stated that jonathan-ive.com, jonathanive.com, jony-ive.com and jonyive.com can continue to be operated by Harry Jones.
The Register
11 May: There are one million trademarks in the world…
WIPO has recorded its one millionth international trademark registration. The first international trademark was registered in 1893 by Swiss Chocolate-maker Russ-Suchard & Company, the 500,000th 93 years later in 1986.
WIPO
10 May: Industry lobbies for tighter anti-copyright piracy controls
Six senior media executives from Universal Pictures, Channel 4, Sky, Virgin Media, Sony Pictures and the Premier League want Lord Carter to recommend the establishment of an industry-owned enforcement body to protect copyright online, when he presents his Digital Report in June.
Telegraph
08 May: Google extends trademark controversy
Google is allowing companies in a further 194 countries to use their competitors' trademarks as part of Google’s Adwords online advertising scheme.
The Times
07 May: Pirated ‘Wolverine’ copied 4m times
Twentieth Century Fox estimates that an unfinished copy of X-Men’s ‘Wolverine’, illegally posted to the internet, has been downloaded over 4 million times.
UPI
05 May: Businesses protect brands more in downturn
New research from law firm Marks & Clerk found that 86% of businesses are more inclined to defend existing products and services from competitive threats than prior to the recession. The research was conducted from 222 businesses.
Marks & Clerk
04 May: A cracking idea from Wallace and Gromit
Children aged 4-16 are being invited by the IPO (Intellectual Property Office) and Aardman Animation, creators of Wallace and Gromit, to come up with an idea the duo would be proud of and then think about how IP can help protect their creativity.
IPO
02 May: McDonald’s loses to McCurry
McDonald’s has lost its eight year battle to stop a small Malaysian restaurant trading as McCurry. Malaysia's Appeal Court ruled that the restaurant could be called McCurry, having previously been known as Restoran Penang Curry House (KL) Sdn Bhd.
Google
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