Week´s news headlines – jun. 17th 2016

FC Barcelona loses trademark dispute at EU General Court A European court has affirmed an earlier ruling that Spanish football club FC Barcelona has not been able to demonstrate genuine use of trademarks in a dispute with US-based fashion company Kule. The General Court issued its decision today, June 16, saying that FC Barcelona was not able […]

Week´s news headlines – jun. 10th 2016

WHEN DOES POP-CULTURE HOMAGE CROSS THE INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY LINE? To unsuspecting customers at Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson, the sign identifying Platform 9 6/8 must seem pretty random. But fans of a certain boy wizard—and perhaps regulars dating back to Bad Owl’s start—might give it a double-take, since it once read Platform 9 3/4, the hidden train […]