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September 3, 2015
Sometimes I wonder if trying to convince people law is interesting is like trying to convince people that stamp collecting is interesting (yes, I used to do that do, but I was never a member of The Irish Philatelic Circle) ANYWHO, here’s today’s Interesting IP: LMFAO sue a Brewery – http://www.trademarkologist.com/2015/09/lmfao-band-v-beer/ Tullamore Dew v. Lynch’s Tullamore Brew
September 3, 2015
There was a lot of talk about Eircom rebranding yesterday, and having checked the Patents Office Trade Mark Register, they have recently applied for this Trade Mark: It spells “eir” in case that’s not clear! Here’s the application: They also applied to register ‘MyEir’ And finally, they have registered the website www.eir.ie So,
September 2, 2015
Hey there IP fans, here’s the latest Interesting IP: Pin this – Pinterest sues Pintrips to protect its Pins (obviously) – http://www.ipbrief.net/2015/09/01/pinterest-fights-for-protection-of-pins/ Use of other parties Trademarks in Advertising – http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/Magazine/Issue/57/Country-correspondents/Can-someone-use-your-marks-in-ads-without-permission Stupid Patent of the Month….and the winner is……. – http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/stupid-patent-of-the-month-internet-drink-mixer-vs-everyone/ For anyone who has every got a missing codec message – http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/microsoft-google-amazon-others-aim-for-royalty-free-video-codecs/ Image Rights, a News Anchor and
September 1, 2015
Ahoyhoy There’s some remarkable (pun intended) stories doing the rounds over the last few days, here’s a pick of some of my favourites! Japan 2020 – Olypmic Logo Scrapped Amid Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism claims – http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34115750 A house has to be partially taken down because its design breached copyright – http://www.claytonutz.com/publications/news/201508/25/copycat_building_is_copyright_infringement_says_court.page?utm_source=Mondaq&utm_medium=syndication&utm_campaign=View-Original Photographer sues…..a lot – http://www.ipbrief.net/2015/08/31/pinterest-free-advertising-or-copyright-infringement-the-fight-of-a-photographer-to-protect-the-rights-of-his-industry/
August 28, 2015
Friday’s helping of Interesting IP is now…..served. 10 Million Shades (of 50 Shades) – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/grey/fifty-shades-publisher-10-million-unpaid-royalties/ Popcorn Time in more trouble – I posted about this earlier in the week, but now there’s more movement in Norway – http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/34360/20150827/popcorn-time-users-threatened-by-anti-piracy-group.htm Nestle Crunch v. Fitcrunch – Nestle are suing a celebrity chef behind a fitness bar called ‘Fitcrunch’ saying that
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