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The Eurasian Patent Office started accepting Eurasian design patent applications in June this year, adding another route for applicants seeking protection in the region, explain Irmeli Nokkanen and Mariya Beltyukova of Papula-Nevinpat. 28 November 2021
Patents
Semiconductor companies United Microelectronics Corporation and Micron Technology have agreed to settle their years-long dispute over semiconductor IP. 26 November 2021
Patents
In the latest round of litigation between Apple and Optis, the court has sided with Apple and found three of Optis’ patents obvious and uninventive. 26 November 2021
Copyright
Instagram has filed a motion to dismiss an amended infringement complaint filed by a pair of photographers centring on posts that appeared on sites including Buzzfeed and Time. 25 November 2021
Copyright
The Welsh government has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit involving its use of images of the poet Dylan Thomas in a tourism campaign and other marketing materials. 25 November 2021
Patents
Trade group IP2Innovate has warned that courts across Europe are failing to consider proportionality in patent cases, while urging the European Commission to promote similar reforms to those recently enacted in Germany. 25 November 2021
Trademarks
SMEs can benefit from a sophisticated integrated document management system designed specifically for them, explains Ovidiu Dulacioiu of Dennemeyer. 25 November 2021
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President Joe Biden has nominated Katherine (Kathi) Vidal, the head of Winston & Strawn’s Silicon Valley office, as the next director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). 24 November 2021
Influential Women in IP
There is undoubtedly greater recognition of the importance of diversity and inclusion throughout the legal sector. But companies, organisations, and law firms know that, in order to ensure lasting change, they must build on that progress. 24 November 2021
Copyright
María José Sánchez Rey of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation tells WIPR about how her dream job combines her love of IP, coffee and working for a higher purpose. 24 November 2021
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