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October 6, 2015
I’m always on about the importance of registering Trade Marks and checking your brand well in advance of investing serious money about it! Google, sorry, sorry, Alphabet have already made a bit of a dogs dinner of their corporate rebrand because BMW owns alphabet.com and have raised the possibility of Trade Mark claims, and now
October 6, 2015
Here’s the pick of the Trade Mark filings with the OHIM for Community Trade Marks: First up, what the frick is this? As you’ve probably gathered by now, I’m partial to a good pun and a clever business name. Carpet Diem, selling rugs. Quality. Ladies, forget your Jimmy Choos and Laboutins (seriously, have you
October 6, 2015
The ECJ today effectively struck down the ‘Safe Harbour’ Agreement that had been at the heart of data transfer policy between the EU and the US. It’s a big deal. Read more about it at the following links: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/european-court-rules-us-online-data-agreement-is-invalid-1.2380664 http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/european-court-of-justice-agreement-that-gave-us-spy-chiefs-access-to-the-online-data-of-millions-of-citizens-is-invalid-31586079.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/06/us-eu-ireland-privacy-idUSKCN0S00NT20151006 http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1006/732665-safe-harbour-ecj/ http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/eu-court-strikes-down/2173276.html https://euobserver.com/justice/130569 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/europes-court-justice-nsa-surveilance http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2429132/top-eu-court-rules-safe-harbour-invalid-leaving-us-data-transfers-in-tatters http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/europes-top-court-backs-law-student-facebook-privacy-case-n439126 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/11913773/Facebook-can-be-blocked-from-passing-data-to-US-after-treaty-ruled-invalid.html http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/europes-highest-court-strikes-down-safe-harbour-data-sharing-between-eu-and-us/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/06/safe_harbour_walls_come_tumbling_down/ http://www.dw.com/en/europes-top-court-declares-eu-us-data-deal-invalid/a-18763145
October 5, 2015
Every Friday the UK Trade Marks Journal is published! There’s a lot of applications/filings each week, some 384 pages worth this week alone, but here’s my pick of the highlights (and lowlights) this week: Ha! A genius play on words if you ask me. Not Bear Grylls, but rather: Iron Maiden Wine is a thing,
October 5, 2015
There aren’t many Trade Mark applications filed with the OHIM at the weekend, but those that are, well they are doozies! Like this for example: And this: Expect far more applications this week, the best of which you’ll find right here! Brian
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