Jun 20, 2024
Published While social media influencers are not a new concept, having emerged in the early 2000s with the advent of YouTube, their reach has soared to unprecedented levels over the past decade. ‘Influencers,’ people who establish an online presence through personal...
Jun 18, 2024
Published New York, New York — June 18, 2024 — The International Trademark Association (INTA) has filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ryder Ripps, Jeremy Cahen, No. 24-879, a case considering whether...
Jun 13, 2024
Published Burberry has triumphed over Baneburry in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case after the Jiangsu Provincial High People’s Court ruled in its favor. Xinboli Trading Shanghai (Xinboli), trading as Baneburry, was ordered to cease use of the...
Jun 13, 2024
Published A Lahore-based café has been fined PKRs 6 million for the fraudulent and unauthorized use of the STARBUCKS trademark, by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP). STARBUCKS, a well-known trademark and a globally recognized chain of coffeehouses...
Jun 12, 2024
Published New York, New York—June 11, 2024—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has decided to reschedule the Annual Meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), originally scheduled for 2026, to 2029. Choosing a host city for an event of the size and scope...
Jun 6, 2024
Published George Carlin was often prescient in his scathing social commentary and criticism of modern society. In his 2006 special, “Life is Worth Losing,” he said: “I’ve been uplinked and downloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing,...
