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Trademarks
A chocolate brand has registered a trademark for 'psilocybin'—one of the psychoactive components in magic mushrooms. 21 January 2020
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A senior in-house lawyer at Ford, Bill Coughlin, is returning to IP firm Harness Dickey as CEO, after leaving the firm in 1995. 21 January 2020
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IP heavyweight Frederick Mostert has joined international law firm Bird & Bird as of counsel in the London IP team. 21 January 2020
Patents
Representatives of the world’s five largest IP offices met last week in order to better coordinate their response to AI and emerging technologies. 20 January 2020
Copyright
The English High Court has thrown out a lawsuit that looked to hold Google liable for copyright infringement over third-party ‘hotlinks’. 20 January 2020
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The Japanese government is set to propose legislation imposing stronger protections on the IP for Wagyu beef, one of the country’s most famed agricultural products. 20 January 2020
Copyright
Bruce Munro, a UK-based artist specialising in large-scale light installations, took Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden to court earlier this month over alleged copyright infringement. 20 January 2020
Influential Women in IP
Two organisations promoting greater diversity in the legal industry have welcomed Intel’s commitment to only do business with law firms who meet certain diversity-related standards. 17 January 2020
Patents
Zscaler will pay $15 million to settle several patent infringement lawsuits filed by Symantec, bringing to an end a three-year dispute around issues such as internet security, data loss and antivirus software. 17 January 2020
Copyright
Spotify and Warner Chappell Music have come to an agreement in their nearly year-long copyright licensing dispute in India. 17 January 2020
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