KOLIV S.A.C

19/06/2020

Facilitating Innovation to fight Coronavirus Act.

Source: Patentlyo.

S. 3630. I wonder what percentage of patentees would take this trade-off. Patents covering COVID-19 related inventions rights don't begin …

19/09/2019

Ohio State University wants to trademark the word 'The'

(CNN)The Ohio State University is attempting to trademark the word "the," according to an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/14/us/the-ohio-state-university-trademark-trnd/index.html

source: CNN

The Ohio State University is attempting to trademark the word "the," according to an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

28/04/2019

https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-ip-protections-trademarks-trade-secrets/

"China is coming down heavily on intellectual property theft in the country with amendments to key laws that will strengthen protections for trademark rights and trade secrets."

Source: China Briefing.

China is fighting intellectual property theft with amendments to key laws to strengthen protections for trademark rights and trade secrets.

26/04/2019

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/should-scandalous-trademarks-be-43019/

"Should Scandalous Trademarks Be Registered?"

Source: JD Supra.

Suppose that you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods or services for your business. What if the trademark is immoral or...

03/03/2019

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2019/02/20/pisco-peruvian-chile/

Source: Lonely Planet.

Following years of wrangling between Chile and Peru over the origins of the tasty grape liquor Pisco, the issue has now been decided – but only in India!

09/02/2019

https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/02/08/xiaomi-patents-smartphone-design-with-four-sided-curved-edge-display/

"The latest is a design patent that was published on the Global Design Database of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)...".

Source: Gizmo China.

Xiaomi is an innovative company, no doubt about that. The company continues to output innovative products and designs on all fronts. The latest is a design patent that was published...

04/02/2019

https://www.autocar.co.nz/autocar-news-app/tesla-opens-its-patents-to-the-world

"Elon Musk announced the move, who said the patents have been removed for “the advancement of electric vehicle technology.”

Source: NZ Autocar.

Elon Musk has reminded his huge Twitter following that all Tesla patents are public and the electric vehicle (EV) maker would “not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology

29/01/2019

https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/01/03/huawei-files-trademark-for-3d-cutemoji-which-may-feature-on-the-p30-series/

"That is why we are excited about the spotting of a new trademark application which Huawei filed on December 28 in Peru."

Source: Gizmo China.

As usual, we expect to start seeing clues and leaks regarding the flagship models most of the top OEMs plan to roll out for the first half of 2019. Huawei is known to release...

26/01/2019

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/european-union-mcdonalds-big-mac-trademark-supermacs.html

Source: Slate Magazine.

The EU Intellectual Property Office’s response to McDonald’s is, frankly, hilarious.

16/01/2019

https://vancouversun.com/news/world/bad-day-for-mcbully-mcdonalds-loses-trademark-battle-in-eu-to-irelands-pat-mcdonagh/wcm/f8b3a9d8-53c6-402d-b135-efa1777959d1

"Bad day for 'McBully’: McDonald's loses trademark battle in EU to Ireland’s Supermac's"

Source: Vancouver Sun.

Pat McDonagh argued the name of his signature burgers came from his nickname when he played Gaelic Football

24/12/2018

03/12/2018

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-global-economy-innovation/china-drives-stunning-growth-in-global-trademark-applications-un-says-idUKKBN1O213H

"China was the driving force by a 30 percent leap in global trademark applications in 2017 as innovation turns into the main battleground among competing world economies, the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation said on Monday."

Source: Reuters.

China was the driving force by a 30 percent leap in global trademark application...