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January 09, 2012
A row in the US over the ownership of a twitter account has underscored the need for companies to implement clear social media policies, say IP lawyers
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March 17, 2011
Brand owners should tackle the rising popularity of social media with more positivity, said panellists at a seminar in Hong Kong this week
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March 11, 2011
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March 04, 2011
Apps are becoming a growing source of trade mark infringement, and complaints procedures aren’t yet up to scratch, according to brand owners
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February 26, 2011
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February 26, 2011
Social media can seem like a nightmare for the spread of trade mark infringement. But Simon Crompton argues they can help protect and enforce your brand
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February 25, 2011
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April 14, 2010
Twitter’s new Promoted Tweets programme could raise similar trade mark problems to Google’s AdWords. But how should brand owners respond?
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November 04, 2010
Twitter has introduced new rules regarding use of its trade marks, which appear to be designed to avoid its marks becoming generic terms
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November 04, 2010
“You are at its mercy” is one lawyer’s description of the process of claiming a trade mark-infringing Twitter handle through the company’s complaints processes
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May 23, 2010
Alexander MacGillivray, General Counsel at Twitter, spoke about branding, networking and the new Promoted Tweets
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May 24, 2010
Twitter might have been slow to respond to concerns from trademark owners about its service and occasionally stupid in its replies, the company’s in-house counsel Alexander Macgillivray said yesterday, but for a business that for a long time had just 22 employees it hasn’t done too badly
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June 15, 2009
Trade mark owners have been given a reminder of the need to police their marks online after social networking site Facebook revealed that users can apply for their own Facebook urls
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May 20, 2009
Brand owners must keep control of their brands when marketing new products on the Internet, a panel said yesterday.
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January 10, 2012
Two of the most successful brand licensors in the world explained how they intend to grow their China businesses at a conference in Hong Kong this week