WTO report examines IP in light of Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic has led national and regional intellectual property (IP) offices to expedite certain procedures relating to the use of patented devices and copyrighted materials. The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has published a paper sketching the background of its fundamental IP deal – the WTO Agreement ...
Calls for online marketplaces to proactively prevent the sale of fakes
The European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is urging the operators of internet platforms to undertake “due diligence obligations for preventive and proactive measures” to fight against the sale of illegal products online, while expressing strong support for the efforts being made by the European Commission to obtain ...
Icon sues Peloton
After a steady climb over the last six months, Peloton Interactive’s share price took a small hit on the stock exchange after the news yesterday that Icon Health & Fitness had filed a patent infringement suit against it in A federal court in Delaware. At $37.77 billion, Peloton’s market capitalization ...
Global talks on a digital tax prolonged to 2021
The 137 countries involved in talks on base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) due to the digitalization of the economy have agreed to keep working toward an agreement on the taxation of digital companies by mid-2021, thus acknowledging that they will fail to strike a deal by the end of ...