Oct 12, 2026
Published The UK court awarded £200,000 for lost profits and £13,000 in reasonable-royalty damages, while rejecting claims for reputational harm and additional compensation under the IP Enforcement Regulations. The UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has...
Oct 9, 2026
Published The ruling highlights the evidentiary burden on businesses seeking to invalidate an EU trademark based on earlier copyright or alleged dishonest intent by the applicant. The General Court of the European Union has dismissed a challenge by Polish optical...
Oct 9, 2026
Published The publishers allege that OpenAI used hundreds of thousands of articles without permission to train its AI models, adding a further challenge to the legal basis for commercial AI development. USA TODAY Co. and affiliated newspaper publishers have sued...
Oct 9, 2026
Published Italy’s prime minister has applied to register a four-second recording of her voice as an EU sound mark. The filing raises a broader question for brand owners: can trademark law provide an additional layer of protection as AI makes convincing voice...
Oct 7, 2026
Published The identities of applicants behind 1,616 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications are set to be revealed today, opening what could become one of the most significant new trademark battlegrounds of the year. The Internet Corporation for Assigned...
