Lindsey Lohan, Facebook & the Colour of Nivea (blue) – Today’s Interesting IP

Fierce busy today lads, in the four courts and everything so I was, and in the long vacation and everything. Shocking stuff. Anyway, couldn’t let the day pass without some interesting IP, so here it goes:

• Lindsey Lohan and her mum lose a Defamation Case – http://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/lindsay-dina-lohan-lose-cocaine-6472652
• Facebook spying in Belgians? Is that the new thing now? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/21/facebook-spying-belgian-citizens-nsa-data-regulator-lawsuit
• A big data protection question for Facebook will be answered on Wednesday – http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/ecj-adviser-to-give-opinion-on-irish-facebook-case-on-wednesday-1.2360110
• The right to be forgotten. In the words of Take That, Google will Never Forget – http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/google-appeal-on-right-to-be-forgotten-ruling-rejected-31545377.html
• What Colour is Nivea? Well if you know, you probably now can’t use it anyway, because it’s Trade Marked – http://www.inta.org/INTABulletin/Pages/Germany_7016.aspx
• Zoom Zoom – Mazda Trademark Action against former authorised garage – http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=2da3710a-0da4-41af-b16c-d437af1ad663