July 2024

Last week, Choreographer and dancer Courtney Ortiz shared a video on her Instagram accusing Spanish dance teacher Enric Marimon of plagiarizing her routine. Specifically, she claimed the instructor copied her routine to the Abba song Voulez-Vous. The video went viral, receiving over 200,000 likes and over 5,000 comments. According to an article by Lauren Wingernroth […]

By Ryan Harroff (July 31, 2024, 2:30 PM EDT) — An agricultural firm took one of its former workers to Ohio federal court for allegedly telling over a dozen clients that he was “putting off” selling products and services to them while he awaited his move to the company’s direct competitor, then urging those clients

There is no doubt that Polish copyright law needed to be updated to reflect new technological developments and to be aligned with EU legislation. Albeit long after the deadline, the Polish legislator has now taken measures to adapt provisions of two EU directives into Polish copyright law. The introduced amendment has now been referred to

By Lynn LaRowe (July 31, 2024, 2:26 PM EDT) — Greenberg Traurig LLP has fortified its litigation and intellectual property and technology practices with a shareholder who previously served as managing partner of Michelman & Robinson LLP’s Dallas shop…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center

Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing with Money to Invest Last week, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (“NCSC”), the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (“OESET”) and other coordinating government agencies issued a warning to U.S. venture capital, private equity, and technology startup companies of efforts by foreign threat actors to gain access

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Liebe Leserinnen und Leser, die vorliegende Ausgabe des Trademark Insight hält erneut einige aktuelle und interessante Entscheidungen der letzten Monate für Sie bereit. Von besonderer Bedeutung sind sicher die Entscheidungen zur Rechtsfigur der unmittelbaren komplexen Verwechslungsgefahr (BPatG), zu Konstellationen der Gleichnamigkeit (EuG) und zur rechtserhaltenden Benutzung einer Pfand-Symbol-Marke (EuG). Interessant sind auch die Entscheidungen zum