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Back to Square One? Ritter Sport’s Success in Registering a 3D Trade Mark

The importance of registering your 3D trademark The start of the legal battle between Ritter Sport and Milka goes back to 2010 when Milka challenged Ritter Sport’s monopoly on the square-shaped chocolate bars. Milka ...

Five Actions Employers Can Implement To Best Support Employee Mental Health

Authors: Leslie Sheffield and Philip Swayze Even in “normal” times, the mental health of Americans has been a standing concern, affecting one in five of us, or some 18% of working adults. But the coronavirus pande ...

The Execution of Judicial Decisions Between Member States (Regulation 1215/2012)

Many clients have a favorable resolution issued by the Courts of a Member State and they come to us to initiate the execute procedure in Spain. For these cases, there is Regulation 1215/2012 of December 12, 2012 on juri ...

Suspension of Trademark Examination Pending Proceedings Against Cited Marks

When a trademark application is blocked due to the existence of prior similar mark(s), one of the ways to overcome the same would be to try removing the prior mark(s), such as commencing opposition/invalidation/cancellat ...

Copyright Preemption Remix – The Second Circuit Finds Implied Preemption of Right of Publicity Claim Relating to Remixes on Mixtape

Authors: Elaine K. Kim and Elaine Nguyen The Second Circuit recently issued an important decision, In re Jackson, No. 19-480, — F.3d —, 2020 WL 4810706 (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2020), in which it held that a state ...

Can Impact of Coronavirus be a Force Majeure Event?

Cancellation of all events, temporary closure of most business units, mandatory lockdown and restrictions on local and international travel, not exactly how we all were presuming 2020 to be! The aftermath of coronavirus ...

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