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On today's show, the Pablo Escobar brand is rejected in the EU on grounds of immorality, an update on the ongoing battle for an anti-apartheid symbol in South Africa, and a development in copyright infringement cases against Open AI and Microsoft. I'm Zola Ndlovu and this is the daily brief.
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Escobar Inc. v EUIPO
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=284821&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=3226233
uMkhonto weSizwe Trade Mark Assigned to the ANC
https://www.enca.com/news/2024-elections-umkhonto-wesizwe-trademark-ceded-anc (eNCA)
Authors Guild, et. al. vs Open AI, et. al
https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/AuthorsGuildetalvOpenAIIncetalDocketNo123cv08292SDNYSep192023Cour/3?doc_id=X46OOQRFJ2G8TDPBLMOPQPUDE22
LeBron James's tattoo artist seeks compensation for the use of his designs on NBA 2K games; Ed Sheeran faces revival of a lawsuit filed by the copyright owner of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" composition, and Meta AI launches in English-speaking countries, including several African...
Published 04/23/24
On today's show - Timberland's trade dress application refused by US appeals court, South African Airways ordered to delete illegally obtained confidential information and Google's VC arm backs AI-powered patent analytics tool.
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TBL Licensing LLC v Vidal, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, No....
Published 04/19/24