Episode Description

Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss the recent decision of the General Court of the European Union, which upheld previous decisions of the EUIPO to cancel a Community Design Registration for a pair of trainers in the name of Puma SE based on prior disclosures of the design by Rihanna on Instagram.
Timestamps:

    3:39: How Rihanna inadvertently destroyed the novelty of the Community Registered Design of a trainer design by Puma.
  • 3:53: Rihanna signs contract with Puma
  • 4:46: Facts of the case
  • 6:40: Law of the case
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