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… formal investigations. The complaint, filed by Syndicat des éditeurs de la presse magazine (SEPM), Alliance de la presse d’information générale (Apig) and the AFP, argued that Google had failed to enter negotiations with the press publishers. In April 2020, the FCA found that Google had failed to comply with this legislative provision, and it was accordingly, required to enter into negotiations with the French publishers. The French Court of Appeal subsequently upheld the FCA’s interim decision. On … 2021, Microsoft filed a notice of opposition at the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Microsoft opposed the application for registration of the trade marks ‘Rise of Empire’ and ‘Rise of Empires’ filed by Long Tech Network Ltd on 27 June 2020. The application was under Class 9 (downloadable Computer game programmes) and Class 42 (Computer programming). Microsoft claimed that it has, since 1997, “continuously used the Age of Empires trade mark for medieval real- time strategy video … https://www.law360.com/articles/1423090 https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/TTAB/91271695/Microsoft_Corporation_v._LONG_TECH_NETWORK_LIMITED/1/ https://static.ageofempires.com/aoe/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/aoe_logo_stacked-1080x608.png http://trademarkblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/09/14/guerlain-made-up-following-general-court-decision/ …