On June 1, 2021, the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law became effective. An important part of the amendment is the introduction by Article 76 of the patent linkage system in China – a system for litigation of drug
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A New China Trademark Trojan Horse: Hold Registered Trademarks Ransom by the Filing of Bogus Non-Use Cancellations
The recent draft amendment of the Chinese trademark law seems to finally zero in on trademark squatters, as described in my previous blog here). The new regulations, if approved as drafted, will make it more difficult for squatters to…
Podcast: SPB’s Joe Grasser Covers Art Appropriation with INDICAM
Blog editor and partner in our IP group, Joe Grasser, covers one of the year’s most intriguing IP cases, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al, Case No. 21-869, as part of INDICAM’s podcast series…
Trademark Litigation in the Post-Abitron World: District Court Rules That the Supreme Court’s Decision Does Not Preclude Plaintiff from Introducing Evidence of Foreign Sales
As we recently covered in this space, the Supreme Court in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. held that Sections 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1) of the Lanham Act are not extraterritorial and extend only to claims where…
UK Product Safety and Online Marketplace Consultation
The UK government announced on 2 August 2023 a new consultation for proposed changes to the UK’s product safety laws.
Whilst much of this consultation is concerned with the regulatory compliance arrangements for the testing and marking of products what…
Senators Propose Legislation to Provide Multiple Tools for Combating IP Theft
On July 27, US Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), who serves on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) proposed legislation that provides additional resources to small business owners and local law enforcement agencies for combating ongoing…
The rising regulatory tide on environmental claims – Shell found in breach of the Advertising Standards Authority’s rules, again!
Last month, oil giant, Shell, was caught out again by UK regulator – the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) – for breaching its rules against making misleading environmental claims.
Previous ASA ruling against Shell
This latest ruling is reminiscent of a…
Generative AI Is Changing How We Do Business and How We Practice Law
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The news about Steven Schwartz, the attorney who asked ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to find cases relevant to his client’s lawsuit only to submit a brief full of bogus caselaw, spread gleefully fast, as embarrassing news does. And…
EU AI Act Proposal and Regulation of Financial Services
The EU is at the forefront of the commitment to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology. In 2020, the European Commission published a white paper on AI and stated…
Copyright protection for AI works: UK vs US
The use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is growing, but whether AI-generated works can be protected by copyright remains unclear and the position is inconsistent across different jurisdictions including the UK and USA. A recent US case, concerning a comic book…