The owner of the Beverly Hills Polo Club brand has again rebuffed a lawyer's bid to revoke its trademark over its brand name, as appellate officials dismissed claims that an image of a mounted polo player was misleading shoppers into thinking the owner was actually a polo club. 
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Polo Club Brand Owner Tramples Rival's 2nd TM Challenge

By Hanna Vioque

The owner of the Beverly Hills Polo Club brand has again rebuffed a lawyer's bid to revoke its trademark over its brand name, as appellate officials dismissed claims that an image of a mounted polo player was misleading shoppers into thinking the owner was actually a polo club. 

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Philip Morris Gets Burned In Vaping Patent Fight But Keeps IP

By Hanna Vioque

European officials have dismissed British American Tobacco's bid to nix a Philip Morris patent over a vaping device, but refused to allow a further amendment setting a minimum temperature for a heating component.

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Juice Bar Claims Rival Misused 'Boost' TM For Years

By Eddie Beaver

A juice bar company has alleged that a rival used its registered "Boost" trademark for almost four years to promote and sell drinks that were identical to its own.

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LITIGATION

Sony Group Stumbles In 2nd Shot At Video Patent

By Alex Baldwin

Sony Group could not sway appellate officials at the European Patent Office to upend a decision to deny its patent for information processing technology for digital video, despite additional amendments to the patent, according to a decision published Friday.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen football manager Bruno Lage sue the owner of Olympique Lyonnais and Botafogo football clubs, luxury fashion brand Christian Dior Couture target a jewelry business trading under the same name, and a Russian motorsports promoter take action against Formula One after it canceled its Russian Grand Prix in 2022.

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DEALS

UK Launches Formal Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger

By Najiyya Budaly

Britain's antitrust authority said Friday that it has launched a formal investigation into the proposed merger of Getty Images and Shutterstock, which would create a $3.7 billion visual content company, to decide whether it will harm competition in U.K. markets.

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