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In the Bitcoin whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto detailed a “purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash” using timestamps to form a chain of transactions to keep a “public history of transactions”. 1 February 2022
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The session will discuss the aims and objectives of the AfrIPI project and its support to IP in the following areas: 1 February 2022
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Alphabet’s driverless taxi arm Waymo has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep safety-related trade secrets from being made public. 31 January 2022
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Twitter dismissed the majority of takedown requests it received from copyright owners despite recording an increase in the overall number of notices in the first half of last year, the social media platform has said in its bi-annual transparency report. 31 January 2022
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Distribution company Hetronic Germany has petitioned the US Supreme Court to overturn a $113 million ruling which found that the Lanham Act could extend to sales activity outside of the US. 31 January 2022
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Sony Music has agreed to drop a lawsuit against fitness apparel company Gymshark, which it had claimed had misused its songs in social media video ads. 28 January 2022
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American software company Autodesk will need to face a rival’s patent infringement suit after the US Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a split decision that a district court wrongly invalidated parts of a computer modelling patent. 28 January 2022
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A company that sued Campbell Soup for infringing its soup can dispenser patents has asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision invalidating those patents in light of last year’s Arthrex decision. 27 January 2022
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Bioplastics are a hotbed of innovation—just look at the patent data, says David Walsh, Sarah Abou-Shehada and Chris Mason of Appleyard Lees. 27 January 2022
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Designer Hayley Paige Gutman can’t use her own name for the marketing of her bridal gowns after the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld an earlier ruling favouring JLM Couture. 27 January 2022
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