Published The background The BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB brand is sold in the UK and EU under license by Lifestyle Equities. An entirely unrelated company is authorized to sell the brand in the US. The US brand legitimately sold the US goods to US customers via...
Published In an apparent blatant act of trademark infringement, a clothing company has used Pennsylvania State University’s registered trademarks in the commercial sale of various merchandise. An upcoming trial will hinge on an ‘ornamental use’...
Published A dispute arose between Rolex SA and Artisans de Genève SA (AGSA), which specializes in customizing Rolex watches for its clientele. In 2023, the Civil Chamber of the Court of Justice of the Canton of Geneva ordered AGSA to cease these services and the use...
Published Marks and Spencer Plc (M&S) brought an infringement action against Aldi Stores Limited (Aldi) based on its UK-registered designs for gin bottles containing gold flakes and an integrated light. M&S launched its product in Autumn 2020, with Aldi...
Published It has been a big month for generative AI-related copyright litigation, culminating in news that authors have issued class action litigation against Nvidia, on the basis that Nvidia’s NeMo platform was trained on a dataset that included copyright works....
Published You may be surprised to learn that ChatGPT—the name for OpenAI’s ubiquitous AI-powered chatbot—is not registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Not yet, at least. Since December 2022, OpenAI has been involved in a back-and-forth...
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