Designs for cheerleading uniforms owned by Varsity Brands, Inc., were copyrightable because the graphic elements of those designs were separable from the utilitarian function of a cheerleading…
A full report of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
In this interesting case, the Supreme Court of Estonia examined whether the answers given by the claimant in the framework of an…
Can a scooter enjoy, contemporaneously, protection as a three-dimensional trademark (hereinafter 3D mark) and under copyright law? Apparently it can, at least according to the Court of Turin, which…
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law
The Court of Appeal agreed with the High Court’s decision that the defence raised by a pub owner who had been showing football matches…
A full report of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law
The Supreme Court of Estonia analysed the conditions under which the public performance of works at a school concert falls within the…
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law
In a case between a music publisher and members of the pop group Duran Duran, the Court granted a declaration to the claimant music…
Over the last decade, in particular, the English courts have shown a strong resolve to tackle online infringements of IP rights, and also an ability and willingness to be flexible in the remedies…
Last week we published the first part of a two-part article summarising the essence of the presentations at the annual IP conference organised by the University of Geneva on February 22, 2017 (…
In the current debates on the ‘value gap’ provisions in the European Commission’s DSM proposal (Art. 13 and Recital 38, see here and, e.g., here), it has been suggested that these provisions…
A Pasadena, California, district court ruling that FilmOn X, LLC, was a "cable system" and thus eligible for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act has been reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals…
