Earlier this year in July, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against two ROM and emulator websites at the federal court in the US state of Arizona for trademark and copyright infringement. The latest development is the owners and operators of these now-defunct websites – a married couple – have agreed to a settlement exceeding $12 million in favour of Nintendo.
That’s an odd, if remote, possibility after Chinese trademark regulators awarded preliminary approval for 16 trademark applications from the president’s daughter and White House senior adviser, online Chinese government filings show.The approvals by Beijing on Oct. 13 were notable for their timing, coming just as Chinese and U.S. officials were seeking to restart trade talks that had collapsed amid acrimony. They also raised eyebrows for covering a grab-bag of products, including electoral hardware in a country not exactly known for its elections.
福井 地域ブランド・商標登録 全国ご当地名産品 vol.18
In response to the registration of Fukui Prefecture’s Echizen crab under the Geographical Indication (GI) Protection System, which protects regional agricultural, forestry and fishery products and food products as brands, the Fukui Prefectural Fisheries Federation landed the crabs at fishing ports within the prefecture.
On the 29th, the geographical indication “Hokkaido” usage management committee announced the wine brands that can be described as “Hokkaido” under the geographical indication (GI), which the government protects regional brands.