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'Winter Is Coming' vs 'Sanctions Are Coming': a 'trademark misuse' also in languages other than Dothraki?
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Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Rating: 5
For those interested in media law, here are two events with a 15% discount for IPKat readers
Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati
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Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Rating: 5
Standards & Patents conference returns, and carries a 15% discount for IPKat readers
Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Rating: 5
3-second cinematic sequence sufficiently distinctive to be a trade mark, says EUIPO Fifth Board of Appeal
Reviewed by Nedim Malovic
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
Rating: 5
Criminal conviction over disparaging religious doctrines not a violation of freedom of expression: potential IP implications of the latest ECtHR ruling
Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati
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Friday, November 02, 2018
Rating: 5
The drumbeat gets louder: is anti-competitive conduct trumping innovation as the foundation for high tech dominance?
Reviewed by Neil Wilkof
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Friday, November 02, 2018
Rating: 5
Report from 2018 Annual Meeting of the European Policy for Intellectual Property Association
Reviewed by Neil Wilkof
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Thursday, November 01, 2018
Rating: 5
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