Crocs files trademark application for NFT and digital collectibles
Jan 17, 2022 10:50 am UTC| Economy Digital Currency Law
Colorado-based American shoe company Crocs may be delving into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on its US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing. Rocs filing was described as Downloadable Virtual Goods...
Premier League awarded $213 million over collapsed PPTV deal
Jan 13, 2022 23:34 pm UTC| Law Sports Economy
UK High Courts Justice Fraser ordered Chinese broadcaster PP Sports to pay the Premier League US$213 million it owes to the Premier League. The Premier League terminated its deal with PP Sports in September 2020, a year...
Canada fines Keurig Dr. Pepper $2.37 million over inaccurate recyclability claims
Jan 10, 2022 23:48 pm UTC| Law Economy Nature
Canadas Competition Bureau fined the Canadian arm of Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. US$2.37 million for misleading consumers on recyclability claims about its K-Cups. K-Cups are Keurig Canadas signature single-use coffee...
Supreme Court considers derailing federal vaccine mandates
Jan 10, 2022 13:10 pm UTC| Law
Conservative justices on the Supreme Court appeared to signal a belief that the Biden administration may have overreached in ordering private companies to require that staff be vaccinated or subject to regular testing. But...
S. Korean food firms collaborate in suing Chinese imitators
Jan 05, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Economy Business Law
South Korean food producers established a consortium to file a lawsuit against Chinese firms imitating K-food for violating intellectual property rights. The Korea Food Industry Associations consortium includes Samyang...
Judge orders reinstatement of McDonald’s union supporters purged using pandemic-related reasons
Jan 04, 2022 05:40 am UTC| Economy Law
A federal labor judge ordered the reinstatement with backpay of four McDonalds workers who had participated in a public union campaign before the pandemic who were laid off by a Connecticut franchisee in 2020. National...
Jan 03, 2022 12:05 pm UTC| Law
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted for her role in luring and grooming girls to be sexually abused by the American financier Jeffrey Epstein. In a court in lower Manhattan, Maxwell a close friend of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects