On Monday, May 20, 2019, the United States Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision holding that a bankrupt company’s decision to reject an existing license of its trademarks does not terminate a licensee’s right to continue using the licensed trademarks.
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Will combatting the sale of counterfeit goods at big marketplaces in poland become easier? What is the current enforcement practice in the Czech Republic – the source of the landmark Delta Center Case?
By DLA Piper
By: Aleksandra Baczykowska (DLA Piper Poland), Jan Metelka (DLA Piper Czech Republic)
At the moment in Poland entities that facilitate infringements by renting properties and those offering other services used to infringe trademark rights may be held liable. However, in…
POLAND – TRADEMARKS QUICKER, STRONGER, BROADER
By DLA Piper
New Polish regulation supports the trademark owners in execution of their rights
The recent amendment of the Polish Industrial Property Law, which has now entered into force, introduces significant changes to trademark regulations. In some areas…
FOURTH ESTATE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP. V. WALL-STREET.COM: WHEN CAN A COPYRIGHT CLAIMANT SUE FOR INFRINGEMENT? SUPREME COURT SAYS NOT UNTIL THE COPYRIGHT HAS BEEN REGISTERED
By DLA Piper
By: Andrew L. Deutsch and Tamar Y. Duvdevani
On March 4, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided an important issue of copyright law that had divided federal courts for years. In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, the question…
SUPREME COURT RULES COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO SUE
By Ann Ford & James Stewart
On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling holding that a copyright owner cannot file a lawsuit for copyright infringement until the U.S. Copyright Office has registered the work at issue. This decision resolves a…
SOUND IDENTITIES: BACK IN VOGUE FOR CORPORATE REBRANDING AND BRAND REFRESHES
By DLA Piper
By: Melinda Upton, Nicholas Boyle, Jessie Buchan, Lucy Meadley and Valiant Warzecha
Businesses are constantly looking for an extra dimension that will allow their brand to cut through the saturation of the modern world. Increasingly, corporate re-brands…
UK – NEW CMA GUIDANCE FOR INFLUENCERS AND COMMITMENTS SECURED WITH PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS
By DLA Piper
By: John Wilks, Claire Sng and Sophie Anim
Background
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has announced, following its investigation (see our earlier article available here), that it has secured commitments from 16 social media influencers about how…
CONSUMER HAS STANDING TO OPPOSE COMPANY’S RAPUNZEL TRADEMARK FOR DOLLS AND TOY FIGURES BEFORE U.S. TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
By DLA Piper
By: John M. Nading, Ashley H. Joyce, and Devika Persaud
In a sign of a potentially liberalizing trend for standing at the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Board recently ruled that a consumer had standing to…
WORD FROM THE INDUSTRY’S MOUTH
By DLA Piper
By Tamar Duvdevani (NY), Airina Rodrigues (NY) and Michael Geller (Chicago)
Interview with Melissa Schoffer Farber, SoulCycle’s Senior Director of Legal Affairs
To describe New York-based SoulCycle as a company offering indoor cycling classes is a serious understatement. While SoulCycle…
MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT
By DLA Piper
By: Ryan Compton and Thomas Holguin
After many years of litigation and lobbying expenses, the battle over pre-1972 music rights has finally been ended. On October 11, 2018, President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act (“MMA”), legislation that purports to…