“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
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By Charles Wanguhu While population grows and we continue to run out of spaces to live, it may be taken as positive news that the internet will always have space for a billion more . The launch of a new Internet Protocol (IP) standard called IPv6 will overhaul the Internet and increase the number of unique addresses to 340 undecillion… Continue reading "Internet grows by 79 Octillion"
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Can a trademark be revoked when the word becomes synonomous with a common term for something in the English language? There has been various examples where intellectual property law has held a trademark can be lost if a word becomes synonomous with an activity in the English language-for example the word “yo-yo.”
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By Emma Peart A number of large fashion companies have been recently flexing their muscles in attempts to fiercely protect their intellectual property rights. Louis Vuitton has been busy protecting its rights in the case of Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., 658 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2011) where it has taken legal action against the owners of… Continue reading "The world of fashion and the fight to protect intellectual property rights"
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Can Hip-Hop Music Teach Lessons About Business? This is not as ludicrous a question as it might seem at first, just keep reading –by the way the pun was well intended; if you didn’t spot it don’t worry about it. The answer to the above question is a resounding YES. But you don’t have to take my word for it just listen to a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist - Ben Horowitz.
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By Charles Wanguhu Kenya currently risks being black listed by the OECD Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as a jurisdiction with key deficiencies in the control against money laundering. The other two countries on the list: the People’s Republic of North Korea and Iran. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body tasked with the development and promotion… Continue reading "Regulatory deficiencies impacting on Anti Money Laundering measures"
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By: Ainsley Brown In my opinion Intellectual property is as much if not more about litigation/dispute resolution as it is about registration. If you don’t believe me just read: Big Brands and their Intellectual Property Woes: Michael Jordan, Disney, Apple, Target, & and More. It is a listing of 10 well- known brands (with full stories attached if you want… Continue reading "IP Woes Of Big Brands Have Lessons For All"
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Image rights generally speaking are intellectual property rights that are intended to protect the use of a person’s name, personality, distinctiveness, likeness and even gestures. Guernsey’s law, set to become active just in time for the London Olympics, will allow sports stars and other individual that derive a considerable part of their income from the exploitation of their image to better – from a tax and asset management perspective – manage the income from their image. For example the law would allow an “image individual” to separate the income they earn directly from doing their jobs and those gained from the use of their image.
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Canada with its $1.6 trillion economy ranks the 9th largest in the world in fact moved up from its 4th place showing to grab the number one spot – no mean feat given the economic climate and the stiff competition out there. One factor that helped Canada move up was the ability of its major banks and financial system to weather the global financial meltdown. The stability of the Canadian financial system comes as no accident but is the result of some very prudent and stringent regulations making the financial houses in Canada conservative by nature.
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The decision highlights the responsibility of server providers to regulate their usage and make sure that any usage which breaches copyright or trademark rights must be dealt with or they can be held liable for any breach of copyright or trademark law. Owners of servers must be extremely vigilant of the activities of the users of its servers.
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The long and short of it is that this latest ruling is the latest chapter in a multi-volume epic battle. It is a story about a 100 year war, a cross border beer war, over a name. Yes, that’s what I said a name. From a business perspective it’s all about fiercely defending the brand and marketing of beer and beer related products under that brand. From a legal perspective it is a global trademark war.