Everything we covered on
WTR over the past seven days – and all you need to know from the world of trademarks to set yourself up for the start of another busy week.
The long read
With the US Tax Court ruling that the formula Coca-Cola had been using to assign IP rights to subsidiaries was no good, Jonathan G Polak, Todd C Lady and Joseph Balthazor Jr present practical tips on how other brand owners can avoid the same fate. Read more
Monday 19 April
Leason Ellis LLP’s Martin Schwimmer and Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC’s John L Welch unpicked the recent Fourth Circuit decision in the PRETZEL CRISPS genericness case to examine the practical factors at play when deciding where to appeal an adverse TTAB decision. Read more