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Exhaustion of Rights

Parallel Goods and Exhaustion of Rights after Brexit

December 10, 2020By Mark SmithBrexit, Exhaustion of Rights, Parallel Imports No Comments

First things first: what do “parallel trade” and “exhaustion of rights” mean? When goods that are protected by intellectual property (IP) are placed on the market by the IP owner, or with their permission (e.g. by a licensee or distributor), the IP owner “exhausts” their rights in that territory. This means that they cannot stop … Read More

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Finally, a loss for one of @AldiUK's alleged #copycat products. @marksandspencer has successfully convinced the High Court that Aldi's "light up" gin infringed M&S's registered designs https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/aldi/high-court-rules-aldi-infringed-mandss-protected-designs-with-gin-liqueur/675811.article

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A US #copyright infringement class action case will pit artist plaintiffs, whose work had been used as training material, against @StabilityAI, @DeviantArt, and @midjourney_ai for their use of "Stability Diffusion", an AI col­lage tool. https://stablediffusionlitigation.com/

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.@adidas has lost a US #trademark infringement case against @ThomBrowne consequent on its use of four black stripes. The decision reminds us (amongst other things) of the limitations of #trademark registrations in protecting concepts.https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/jan/13/adidas-loses-four-stripes-court-battle-designer-thom-browne

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A French court has ruled that the black line of charcoal ash going through the centre of Morbier cheese is distinctive enough to constitute a #PDO (protected designation of origin) - https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2022/11/24/Morbier-The-cheese-s-ash-line-to-be-PDO-protected-alongside-name

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