The European Commission has published its 2023 Report on protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights in third countries (europa.eu, 17 May 2023). This Report draws… Read More »Counterfeiting: China remains the top priority for the European Commission
Pru.com was created in 1997. This domain name belongs to the very closed club of those whose market value is inversely proportional to the number… Read More »Pru.com: a lack of prudence, a bluff, a fluke, and a success
The registry operator for .fr as well as overseas territories .re, .pm, .tf, .wf and .yt is calling for comments on a mediation service, as… Read More »Fight against abuse: Afnic launches a new public consultation
A Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) is a community of individuals or legal persons who share a common interest. How is a DAO organized? One of… Read More »Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO)
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?
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
