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Why are some musicians selling their catalogs while others are buying them back?
Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Rihanna have bought back the rights to their music, while Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Dr. Dre have sold theirs. What in the world is going on?
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Romania’s culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items
Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections, r
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What you need to know about product safety in the EU
In the EU, only safe products can be placed on the market.
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DesignEuropa 2024: Six finalists from across Europe
Six outstanding European designs have been shortlisted for the DesignEuropa Awards 2024 where German designer Dieter Rams, who has shaped industrial design for decades, will be honoured with the Li
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Nike partially wins appeal over stripes dispute with Adidas in Germany
Th Duesseldorf regional court had already prohibited the U.S. firm from using two or three stripes on five of its trouser designs after Adidas filed a trademark violation lawsuit in 2022.
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IP Join games at Familotlon 2024!
On the 8th of June from 10:00 to 16:00 IP Join will participate in the big summer event Familotlon 2024 at the big meadow of the South Park in Sofia!
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Environmental labelling: is the PEF method a fast-fashion decoy?
An organic cotton t-shirt rated lower than a conventional t-shirt. Natural materials, such as wool, penalised in the results...
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The Ugly Business of Counterfeit Make-Up
Once confined to dodgy street markets, the rise in social media shopping has seen an explosion in the sale of counterfeit cosmetics – and the proliferation of these beauty knockoffs has raised a li
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New impetus in the fight against scams targeting IP right owners
On 16 May 2024, the EUIPO hosted the 9th Anti-Scam Network meeting in a hybrid format.
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