Radiohead, Starbucks and Rum Wars – Today’s Interesting IP (9 January 2018)

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Radiohead Are Suing Lana Del Rey For Copyright Inifringement. I Wonder If That Gives Her Summertime Sadness.....in Winter #Copyright #RadioHead #LanaDelRey

A copyright law partner shares his Radiohead vs Lana del Rey predictions – Legal Cheek

A copyright law partner shares his Radiohead vs Lana del Rey predictions – Legal Cheek

Songs do sound similar, Bristows’ lawyer Simon Clark concedes

Source: www.legalcheek.com/2018/01/a-copyright-law-partner-shares-his-radiohead-vs-lana-del-rey-predictions/

IBM Receives Record Number of Patents in 2017

IBM Receives Record Number of Patents in 2017

IBM Inventors received a record 9,043 US patents in 2017, patenting in such areas as AI, Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing technology.

Source: www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/01/09/ibm-tops-u-s-patent-list/id=92016/

Irish start-up Drop aims to cook up a storm with $8m in new funding

Irish start-up Drop aims to cook up a storm with $8m in new funding

The Irish smart kitchen start-up Drop has secured its largest funding to date ahead of the announcement of a number of new partnerships.

Source: www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/drop-scale-start-up-funding

Not Like Two Peas in a Pod – Parallel Importation is Okay if TMs Assigned Abroad, says CJEU

Not Like Two Peas in a Pod – Parallel Importation is Okay if TMs Assigned Abroad, says CJEU

A blog about Intellectual Property Law news, cases and legislation, made accessible to everyone.

Source: www.ipiustitia.com/2018/01/not-like-two-peas-in-pod-parallel.html

Are Ideas Protected by Copyright Law? – Copyrightlaws.com: Copyright courses and education in plain English

Are Ideas Protected by Copyright Law? – Copyrightlaws.com: Copyright courses and education in plain English

Are ideas protected by copyright? No, but their expression is. Learn how you can use ideas, information and facts without infringing copyright.

Source: www.copyrightlaws.com/are-ideas-protected-by-copyright-law/

IP organisations team up to push Brexit agenda; transition predicted to take “several years” – Blog – World Trademark Review

IP organisations team up to push Brexit agenda; transition predicted to take “several years” – Blog – World Trademark Review

​​​​​​​Bodies representing IP solicitors, barristers and chartered trademark and patent attorneys have teamed up to urge the UK government to…

Source: www.worldtrademarkreview.com/Blog/detail.aspx?g=a5f89d04-3be3-4cb2-8999-0773126b81d1

Grinch Wants Its #GiveGood Hashtag Back. Fine, Take It, Says Starbucks.

Grinch Wants Its #GiveGood Hashtag Back. Fine, Take It, Says Starbucks.

Starbucks ran afoul of a company in Memphis whose name was the same as its 2017 holiday promotion, GiveGood.

Source: www.forbes.com/sites/ronaldholden/2018/01/08/grinch-wants-its-givegood-hashtag-back-fine-says-starbucks/

The rum war rages on: Bacardi insists its Havana Club is ‘Forever Cuban’ despite criticism from Pernod Ricard

The rum war rages on: Bacardi insists its Havana Club is ‘Forever Cuban’ despite criticism from Pernod Ricard

Bacardi is fighting back claims that a campaign called ‘Forever Cuban’ for its Havana Club rum is misleading since the liquor is actually made in Puerto Rico.

Source: www.thedrum.com/news/2018/01/08/the-rum-war-rages-bacardi-insists-its-havana-club-forever-cuban-despite-criticism

Intellectual Property company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking – Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff

Intellectual Property company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking – Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff

Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think? Intellectual property management company CPA Global has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by a World Intellectual Property Orgnaization panel. The company filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name CPAGlobal-Litigation.com. The domain name is used by a law firm soliciting CPA Global customers for …

Source: domainnamewire.com/2018/01/08/intellectual-property-company-guilty-reverse-domain-name-hijacking/

Interview: Oathello founder on leaving the law — to build modern tools for lawyers | Irish Legal News

Interview: Oathello founder on leaving the law — to build modern tools for lawyers | Irish Legal News

Irish Legal News correspondent Kevin Burns meets with Jennifer Hourihane, founder and CEO of Oathello, the mobile platform making waves in the Irish legal scene. If Silicon Docks is the headquarters of Ireland’s resident tech giants, then the old storehouses around St James’ Gate have become the hot spot for Ireland’s tech start-ups. Whilst dock …

Source: www.irishlegal.com/10162/interview-oathello-founder-leaving-law-build-modern-tools-lawyers/

About the author 

Brian Conroy

I am a Trademark, Corporate and Commercial Litigation Solicitor with a background in the media industry. I specialise in Data Protection, Media, and Intellectual Property Law, both contentious and non-contentious. I trained with McCann FitzGerald in Dublin, and spent 13 years working within the Denis O'Brien owned Communicorp Group of radio stations. For further information or to arrange a consultation or call back phone Leman Solicitors on 01 6393000

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