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The ways in which we access and receive news these days have changed considerably. With the advent of social media, news items are not only visible sooner, but they’re also available to a much larger group. Information is shared more quickly to the extent that we’re often inundated with an unmanageable amount of information and news items. News items are also becoming more ‘superficial’ and, while we at Novagraaf regularly use Twitter, we do also believe in the need to understand the full picture and background behind today’s news stories. That’s why we work to keep you informed on all developments in the field of Intellectual Property, in general, and the background of the news, in particular.
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Changes in .pt registration & other domain news
As of the 1st of May 2012, changes in the registration possibilities for the Portuguese country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .pt will take effect. The .com TLD continues to be the most popular domain name extension around the world. The .nl extension is currently ranked at the third place among more than 250 country code domain names worldwide.
EU Court prohibits copyright filter requirement for hosters
Copyright holders cannot force social networking sites to install filters to prevent illegal file-sharing, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on the 16th of February. This is the outcome of the case which the Belgian music royalty collecting firm SABAM had filed against Netlog.
China seizes iPads
Chinese company Proview Technology has asked customs officials to block shipments of Apple's iPad both into and out of the country. If the request succeeds, it could affect global sales as China is a key manufacturing base for Apple.
Louboutin battles to keep red sole trademark
The ongoing dispute between luxury French shoe designer Christian Louboutin and rival YSL over claims that the label copied his famous red soles reached the US Court of Appeals in January. The case highlights the challenges facing brand owners seeking to register and enforce colours as trademarks, both in the US and further afield.
EPO sets up Advisory Board to review patent system
The role and structure of fees, the importance of patent quality and challenges to the functioning of the patent system from overlapping patent rights (so-called patent thickets) are just some of the main issues to be addressed by the European Patent Office's (EPO) new Economic and Scientific Advisory Board.
MGM Resorts wins in domain name arbitration
An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum - the international dispute resolution provider for domain name disputes - has awarded MGM Resorts International two domain names: Belaggio.com and Mandalabay.com. MGM Resorts submitted a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum on January 3, 2012, asserting legal rights over the two dispute domain names. MGM Resort owns many trademark..
Blue Ivy Carter trademark issues (part 2)
On the 19th of January we published an article about the designer Joseph Mbeh. He filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the name ‘Blue Ivy Carter NYC’ – the newborn daughter of the worlds super-couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Mbeh’s application was denied by the USPTO.
EU investigates Samsung’s patent deals
Samsung's patent deals are being looked into by the European Commission. Competition regulators are investigating whether the firm used some of its Intellectual Property rights to "distort competition in European mobile device markets". The commission says it wants to know if Samsung Electronics has failed to live up to a commitment to license key technologies to rivals.
Newt Gingrich sued over use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’
Last week Frank Sullivan, co-author of the hit song ‘Eye of the Tiger’, sued the Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for using the song at campaign events. Sullivan claims that the use of the copyrighted work by Gingrich is unlicensed and unauthorized.
New domain name launches: .cp6 and .jp.net
Two new domain name extensions have recently been launched. ICANN assigned .срб (.srb written in Serbian Cyrillic script) as the new internationalized ‘country code top-level domain’ (ccTLD) to the Serbian Registry of Internet Domain Names. The other new extension, .jp.net, is an unofficial extension run by the private company CentralNIC and is not affiliated with or guaranteed by the..
