Interview with Dario De La Pena – Certification Marks – Spider-Man Toy Patent Case – Enforcement Database of the EU – IP Fridays – Episode 31

Dario De La Pena is the Global Security & Brand Protection Manager for Latin America for the Underwriters Laboratories (UL). He talks with Ken about certification marks and product safety. We also report on a recent US Supreme Court decision in a Spider-Man toy patent case about license fees after expiration of a patent. Today’s episode is also about the recently established Enforcement Database by the EU, which maintained by the EU Observatory and helps customs officials to seize counterfeit goods.

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This podcast covers intellectual property including trademarks, patents and desgins. It is brought to you by Ken Suzan, of counsel and a trademark attorney at the Minneapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and Dr. Rolf Claessen, partner at Michalski Hüttermann & Partner, Germany. We will talk about current developments, record interviews with interesting people in this field, and we will introduce you to helpful tools and websites in this field.