Trademark law is doing well, endowed with a strong capacity for execution and an ability to adapt to any new situation. The already prominent Hermès v.… Read More »Hermès v. Rothschild: how to fight trademark infringement committed by NFT minters
Introduction For thirty years, comparative private international law specialists have been trying to find a uniform solution to the questions of jurisdiction and applicable law… Read More »Cryptoassets and intellectual property infringement: which jurisdiction?
The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk at the end of October 2022 has been followed by its share of changes and controversies, abundantly relayed… Read More »Twitter announcement on banning the free promotion of third party social media platforms : the importance of being in control of one’s online presence
Amazon sells directly and indirectly. When it sells directly, it does so in its name and for its benefit. When Amazon sells indirectly, it relies… Read More »Louboutin v. Amazon: the CJEU paves the way for Amazon’s liability for trademark infringement
The European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published its report entitled “EU enforcement of intellectual property rights: results at the EU border and in the… Read More »Counterfeiting at the borders of the European Union: continuous increase in the number of detentions
This article is aimed at lawyers and non-lawyers protecting the trademarks of players, teams, clubs, sponsors, broadcasters, associations, federations, and confederations. There are leads on… Read More »Football and cybersquatting
Since 2018, the European Commission has published a biennial report on the state of counterfeiting in the world (on the 2018 report: iptwins.com, 2018-12-16; on… Read More »European Commission 2022 report on online counterfeiting
Many domain name extensions support internationalized domain names (IDNs), i.e. including characters other than Latin characters (a-z, 0-9 and “-“). These include, for example, letters… Read More »Internationalized domain names, the best allies of phishing
The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament published a study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (Dr. Katharina Garbers-von Boehm, Helena Haag,… Read More »Study commissioned by the European Parliament on non-fungible tokens and intellectual property
A worldwide famous football club, one of the most prominent Italian strikers of his generation, the blockchain environment, NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) and an allegedly… Read More »Trademark infringement via NFT: a landmark decision from Rome
