IIPTA Article Archive
Magnify your Career, Income, Brand and Reach through Intellectual Property.
Subscribe To Get Updates.
Burberry Sues Rapper Burberry Perry for infringing Trademarks
Burberry has filed suit against an Atlanta-based rapper/producer in New York federal court, alleging that he is infringing its trademarks by calling himself Burberry Perry and using its federally registered check pattern and equestrian [...]
McDonald wins the Trademark dispute
In 2008, a Singaporean Company had applied for registration at the EU trademark office for the word ‘MacCoffee’ for its foods and beverages line. McDonald’s opposed this registration stating that 13 of its registered [...]
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Offensive Names can be a Trademark
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would decide, once and for all, whether federal intellectual property regulators can refuse to issue trademarks with disparaging or inappropriate names. At the center of the issue [...]
Justices Ponder the Meaning of Fashion in a copyright case
The immediate question for the justices at a Supreme Court argument on was whether designs on cheerleaders’ uniforms were subject to copyright protection. As the argument progressed, though, it became increasingly clear that the [...]
TiVo and Samsung settle Patent Dispute of video recorders
TiVo Inc., makers of the famous TiVo had sued Samsung back in 2015 for patent infringement, alleging that Samsung’s digital video recorders violate four of TiVo’s patents. This isn’t the first time TiVo has sued competitors over DVR-related [...]
Disney patent turns hotel rooms into interactive environments
The Walt Disney Co. wants to use interactive projector technology to turn its hotel rooms into a new fully-immersed environment. It's an amped-up evolution of the company's already popular projector night lights on the [...]