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The Difficulty of Proving Trademark Use - McDonald's Lost (One) Big Mac Registration for Chicken Burgers
McDonald's lost its BIG MAC registration for chicken burgers after the General Court ruled that McDonald's had not provided sufficient proof of use...
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Inappropriate Sharing of Personal Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 Short Stories from Europe
The Covid-19 pandemic has received its share of attention over the past 20+ months, and this also includes important legal issues related to data...
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Administrative revocation proceedings now available for unused company names
As of 1 May 2021 it is possible to seek revocation of an unused company name from the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)¹. Summary of new...
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Domain Name Dispute Resolution Options: Features, Benefits and Other Considerations for Selecting Between UDRP and URS
The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (“URS”) are complimentary domain dispute...
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KEY ASPECTS OF GDPR APPLIED BY FINNISH DPA IN TWO RECENT CASES
The Finnish Deputy Data Protection Ombudsman recently published two decisions applying GDPR in Finland involving (1) information gathered by...
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