🔸 Bev Standing, a Canadian voice actor, has sued TikTok for allegedly using her voice in the text-to-speech audio effect without her permission. After the lawsuit was filed, TikTok has changed the text-to-speech voice to a different voice. TikTok has yet to comment on this lawsuit.
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🔸 In the US, Epic Games sued a mixed-reality glasses company, Nreal over alleged trademark infringement of Epic’s own game engine “Unreal”, claiming that Nreal looks and sounds virtually identical to Unreal and is an intentional branding decision. Epic also alleges that the two companies
🔸 Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark has successfully opposed registration of “AUNTY HELEN” trademark, although she neither invented nor commercialised her nickname “AUNTY HELEN”. Ms Clark succeeded in establishing two grounds of opposition: (1) likelihood of deception and
🔸 In 2020, the Shanghai Higher People’s Court upheld a criminal conviction of 9 individuals up to 6 years imprisonment and RMB90 million (~USD13 million) fine. The 9 defendants had sold over RMB300 million of infringing products under Lepin (乐拼) brand, and were found guilty of manufacturing
🔸 On 1 April 2021, the Guangdong Higher People’s Court awarded RMB30 million (~USD4.7 million) in damages to LEGO for trademark infringement and unfair competition against Lepin’s manufacturer. The court found the defendants’ use of the infringing marks in the same toy market was prolonged
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