Some interesting news items were posted on the IPKat blog in the second week of December: check out their summaries below to find your way to the full posts.
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Decisions
Anastasiia Kyrylenko considered the General Court’s decision confirming the validity of two 3D trade marks owned by Lego (T-297/22 and T-298/22).
Eleonora Rosati analysed the Italian Supreme Court’s decision addressing, amongst others, whether and to what extent an object protected by copyright (i.e., a Vespa) can be precluded trade mark registration due to the application of the absolute ground concerning substantial value.
Marcel Pemsel commented on the EUIPO’s inconsistency in its decision practice by analysing the decision in R 1128/2023-4, which considered the ‘TEAM USA’ trade mark to be distinctive for merchandise (unlike e.g. ‘TEAM SCOTLAND’ in the past).
Book review
Hayleigh Bosher reviewed “Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back” by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow.
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