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Media Vs. Technology – More U.S. Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft
By Hanna Hansson | Posted on May 6, 2024
In a significant turn of events, in December 2023, the New York Times took legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using their copyrighted articles to train their chatbots. This was followed by eight more daily newspapers, all owned by the Alden Global Capital Group, including The New York Daily News, The Chicago...
Tags: AI, copyright, Media, technology, trademarks, unfair competition
Beijing IP Court awards Shell statutory damages
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on February 24, 2021
In a recent base before the Beijing IP Court, oil and gas giant Shell International received the maximum amount of statutory damages in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case On January 21, 2021, the Beijing IP Court announced its decision in a trademark infringement and unfair competition case between two plaintiffs and five defendants....
Tags: Beijing IP Court, china, Infringement, Shell, trademarks, unfair competition
Chanel loses Chinese trademark infringement case involving ‘double C’ logo
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on October 17, 2019
Background Chanel owns the registered trademark (the ‘double C’ logo) in Class 14 in China. In June 2016 the Guangzhou City Haizhu District Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC) raided a jewellery store and found goods resembling the shape of Chanel’s ‘double C’ logo. Representatives from Chanel later confirmed that the goods were fake. The...
Tags: chanel, china, IP court, trademarks, unfair competition
Did Dunhill score big in China litigation case?
By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on February 1, 2019
In October 2018, UK luxury goods brand Dunhill announced that it had won a trademark battle against Chinese menswear brand Danhouli. The Foshan Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong Province awarded Dunhill Rmb10 million (approximately $1.5 million) in an infringement case involving its well-known mark. The court also determined that Danhouli was guilty of unfair competition...
Tags: brands, china, Infringement, Litigation, Trademark, unfair competition
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