Every Tuesday and Friday,
WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest round-up, we look at Global Icons becoming the worldwide licensing agent for Betty Boop, ECTA launching its committee elections, the island of Hainan adopting measures to strengthen IP rights protections, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
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Global Icons becomes worldwide licensing agent for Betty Boop – Fleischer Studio has announced a deal with Global Icons which will see the latter as the exclusive licensing agent for the Studio’s classic characters, including Betty Boop, reports
Every Tuesday and Friday,
WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest round-up, we look at the NCAA pausing an athlete name, image and likeness vote, the US Intellectual Property Alliance launching with the aim of raising IP awareness, Authentic Vision and ATQ Germany teaming up, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
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NCAA pauses athlete name, image and likeness vote – In October 2019, the governing board of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of its name, image and likeness. The move was a significant one, with the board of governors directing each division to change name, image and likeness rules by January 2021. A vote was due this week on name, image and likeness and transfer proposals but at
Every Tuesday and Friday,
WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest round-up, we look at Unilever offloading the Bertolli business, thousands of counterfeit designer masks seized in Kentucky, South Korea adopting a Vegan certification mark, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
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Unilever offloads Bertolli business – Unilever has sold the remainder of its Bertolli business to Enrico-Glasbest. The Dutch food group is now the owner of the rights to the pasta sauce and pesto products in Europe. It further will be in possession of the worldwide rights to mayonnaise products sold under the Bertolli brand. Unilever has been unloading its Bertolli business for over a decade. In 2008 it sold the Bertolli olive-oil business to Deoleo, and in 2014 Mizkan Group bought the US rights to the Bertolli Brand. In 2017 Upfield acquired