Feb 6, 2025
Published The global trademark landscape frequently encounters disputes when iconic brands expand into new markets. The recent filing of the ZACAFFE trademark by fashion retailer ZARA highlights the challenges of diversification into unrelated industries. The case has...
Feb 4, 2025
Published New York, New York—February 4, 2025—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has announced a comprehensive two-day conference in New York City this March. Addressing the critical intersection of trade secrets and artificial intelligence (AI), the...
Jan 31, 2025
Published New York, New York—January 30, 2025—The International Trademark Association (INTA) announces the second installment of its groundbreaking workshop series, Integrating Intellectual Property, Finance, and Valuation, taking place in New York City, on March 19,...
Jan 30, 2025
Published The story of the trademark registration THE PRINCESS AND THE SHAMAN The Norwegian media has recently brought the US trademark registration THE PRINCESS AND THE SHAMAN (no. 7402680) into the spotlight. The registration is owned by Ohana Productions LLC,...
Jan 30, 2025
Published The Copyright Act can be prone to abuse by bad actors who make a business of filing high numbers of low-value actions in federal court rather than the recently created (and less expensive) voluntary Copyright Small Claims tribunal. Such serial litigants...
Jan 28, 2025
Published Official statistics for 2024 are out, and it is confirmed that following the initial recovery of trademark and design applications in 2023, the positive trend has consolidated in 2024, with more than 303,000 European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) and Registered...