🔸 In 2015, the US Court ordered Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, the artists of a 2013 song, “Blurred Lines” to pay $5 million to Marvin Gaye’s estate for copyright infringement of Gaye’s 1977 hit song “Got to Give It Up”.
Year: 2021 (page 15 of 29)
🔸 In April 2021, the Beijing IP Court ruled in favour of Bulgari over an invalidation dispute against a third party trademark registration, consisting of Bulgari’s Serpenti snake head design. Evidence shows that Bulgari has publicized and used the works (design), and the disputed trademark is
🔸 Besides PS5, the renowned game console company, Sony Interactive Entertainment appears to have trademarked the PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10 in Japan. Though this does not 100% mean there will be these consoles in the future, it just means Sony are saving the names just in case they plan to release
🔸 In 2019, Alibaba applied to register the “双11” (Double 11) trademark and the application was rejected. Alibaba then brought an action to court. At first instance, the court also rejected Alibaba’s claim, stating that the mark lacked distinctive features. At appeal, the Beijing Higher
🔸 The Beijing Court has ordered Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company to pay USD1,538 to the Music Copyright Society of China for using music on its video-streaming site without proper authorization.
ℹ️ Source: https://www.shine.cn/biz/tech/2106080292/
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