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IPR infringement in yellow-and-blue logo: Lidl wins High Court dispute against Tesco

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Copyright The Court also established that Lidl’s mark was protected by copyright as an original artistic work under Section 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Tesco also claimed that Lidl had applied to register the latter as a trade mark in bad faith.

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Intellectual Property Rights And Darwinism In E-Commerce

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The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1883 and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1886 both acknowledged the significance of the intellectual property. The World Intellectual Property Organization administers both accords (WIPO).”. Image Source: gettyimage].

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'Wonder Woman' versus 'Wonder Mum' - DC Comics’ appeal against UKIPO decision is dismissed in England and Wales High Court

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A key issue identified by the Hearing Officer was the use of WONDER WOMAN as a trade mark and the comparisons that could be drawn between it being used as the title of an artistic work.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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Other Posts Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Sift through the pages of November(s) posts on SpicyIP in another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh. Relying on this, the defendant was able to obtain the impugned copyright registration. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development. Inventprise Inc.