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Patents
Comments submitted to the USPTO about AI provide a useful snapshot of the IP industry’s sentiment towards the technology, as Austin Kim, Chris McKenna and Shabbi Khan of Foley & Lardner explain. 6 May 2020
Trademarks
A Welsh dairy farmers’ cooperative has scored a victory in a dispute over trademark rights for the popular Welsh cheese ‘Red Dragon’. 6 May 2020
Influential Women in IP
Elaine Drager, head of IP and asset strategy at Nokia, is not afraid of being the proverbial zebra in a herd of giraffes. Here, she tells WIPR about her childhood ambition to pursue robotics, and her dislike of declarations of “success” in the gender diversity arena. 6 May 2020
Patents
Last month’s US Supreme Court decision in Thryv v Click-to-Call highlights a division among the Justices when it comes to opposing policy concerns on patents, argue John Lu and Mollie Galchus of Milbank. 6 May 2020
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed victory to Uber Technologies yesterday, May 5, reversing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision on a location-sharing patent. 6 May 2020
Copyright
The Licensing Executives Society International has launched three new guides for businesses looking to monetise their IP. 5 May 2020
Trademarks
The US Supreme Court appears to be fearful of applying a categorical rule in a dispute over whether a ‘.com’ can turn a generic term like ‘Booking’ into a protectable trademark, lawyers have told WIPR. 5 May 2020
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office has launched a platform aimed at supporting patent owners wanting to license technology related to the “prevention, treatment, and diagnosis” of COVID-19. 5 May 2020
Trademarks
In early April, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed a small but significant victory to trademark owners in a case involving colour marks for product packaging. Andrea Anderson of Holland & Hart reports. 5 May 2020
Trademarks
German ingredients supplier Döhler has prevailed over Irish food company Kerry Group in a trademark dispute at the EU General Court. 4 May 2020
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