Amendments to China's Unfair Competition Law came into effect on January 1, 2018.

In United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V., 591 U.S. ___ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's categorical rule that generic terms to which a top level domain name ...

In a decision which has received considerable local commentary in Australia, the equity division of the New South Wales Supreme Court has granted a worldwide injunction against Twitter (namely Twitter Inc., ...

Google has announced that it is changing its approach to enforcing the rights of brand owners whose trademarks are used by others within Google Ads.

A draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, announced in March 2018, states that until the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020, there will be no difference in the protection and enforcement ...

Viridis Pharmaceutical Ltd.'s (Viridis) use of BOSWELAN in connection with clinical trials for a drug to treat multiple sclerosis was held to be insufficient evidence of genuine use to defeat a non-use cancellation action ...

On January 1, 2019, the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) approved Amendment No. 5 to Israel's Copyright Law, which adds the following provisions:

In June 2015, Tae-Sun Park, a Korean individual, filed a non-use cancellation action before the IPTAB against a registration for FILLTOX & Korean transliteration covering medical clinic services...

South Korea has amended its trademark examination guidelines to provide that the similarity between software-related goods and services must be determined on a case-by-case basis,...

Canadian National Railway Company v. BNSF Railway Company, 2020 FCA 45

The Brand Safety Alliance has launched GlobalBlock, a domain blocking service, providing brand owners the opportunity to block their marks from being illegitimately registered...

Google has announced that it is changing its approach to enforcing the rights of brand owners whose trademarks are used by others within Google Ads. The new Google Ads Trademark Policy, announced...

Last month, for the first time since 1998, a large collection of books, films, musical compositions, paintings, and other works entered the public domain in the United States.

In June 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposed streamlined cancellation procedures in an effort to save practitioners and trademark owners both time and money.

A new Law on Trademarks came into force on June 19, 2019 in Turkmenistan.

Historically, the Federal Court of Canada (where most IP litigation is heard) has been issuing so-called protective orders covering confidential information, generally on consent of both parties.

These rulings were effectively overruled in Honda.

In an October 1, 2019, decision, the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main held that the use of a model name for trousers does not constitute an infringing use of another party's registered trademark for clothing.

On May 9, the Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Kagan, that a copyright infringement plaintiff may recover damages that occurred far more than three years before a lawsuit's filing.

As January 2025 draws to a close, five new states have taken their places in the patchwork of U.S. comprehensive privacy laws. The laws of Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Hampshire took effect on New Year's Day...