US rapper Jay-Z and his companies including Roc Nation have been hit with a trademark lawsuit centring on baseball caps.

As the proverb says, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. When entering into the Chinese market, a good Chinese name for foreign brand would be much easier for the local consumers to remember, helping to improve the brand image and promote sales of products.

Qualcomm has lost its bid for an injunction staying all foreign actions brought by Apple against the semiconductor company. In mid-July, Qualcomm requested the injunction at the US District Court for the Southern District of California, asking the court to order Apple to dismiss or stay its foreign actions against Qualcomm or its subsidiaries.

Online retailer Amazon has been granted a patent on a system to deliver packages via parachutes.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has taken what appears to be its highest profile step yet into the world of patent enforcement.

Court of Appeal judges in London have stuck two fingers up to Nestle's attempts to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered KitKat bar.