Day: 15 December 2017

EU General Court Partly Backs bet365 Trademark Appeal

Fri 15 Dec 2017 10.01 Olivia Cole
EU General Court Partly Backs bet365 Trademark Appeal

In its decision issued yesterday morning, the EU General Court partly backed the UK online gambling operator bet365 by annulling the part of a ruling according to which the “Bet 365” trademark was descriptive and had not been sufficient to get distinctive character in class 41, which regards to betting services. This gave the UK gambling and betting operator partial victory in the trademark war that has been going on for a decade now, with the Court partially dismissing a previous ruling against the company. The remainer of bet365’s appeal,…

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UKGC Ready to Take Measures in Terms of Loot Boxes-Related Risks

Fri 15 Dec 2017 8.29 Daniel Williams
UKGC Ready to Take Measures in Terms of Loot Boxes-Related Risks

In an interview for Eurogamer, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) explained that real dangers of loot boxes still remain unknown. The controversy which has recently been surrounding loot boxes recently seem to have divided the opinions in the UK gambling industry. The issue has also been commented on at the latest London-based conference of GambleAware, which was focused on so-called Harm Minimisation aimed at making the UK gambling industry safer, fairer, more transparent and more customer-oriented. GamebleAware has pointed the attention at some important issues related to the local gambling…

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