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Physicist Stephen Thaler has sued US Patent and Trademark Office director Andrei Iancu in a challenge to the office's rejection of patent applications for inventions created by ‘creativity machine’ “Dabus”. 10 August 2020
Patents
FitBit has scored a patent invalidation win at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit over patent assertion entity Blackbird Technologies. 10 August 2020
Trademarks
IP Australia has teamed up with Australia’s National Rugby League to trial its blockchain-based app, aimed at eliminating counterfeits. 10 August 2020
Patents
Paul J Sutton of Sutton Magidoff Barkume provides the cautionary tale of a patent attorney agreeing to work on a contingency fee basis and the series of unfortunate events that follow. 10 August 2020
Trademarks
In Romania, an opposer can launch a trademark opposition and a trademark invalidation on identical grounds, as Nicoleta Anghelescu of Cabinet Enpora IP explains. 10 August 2020
Patents
Lenovo has hit back at the US Department of Justice (DoJ) after the government intervened to back InterDigital in a standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing dispute. 7 August 2020
Trademarks
Traditionally, damages awards in India have been few and far between. But, as pending litigation continues to stack up, courts in India are beginning to respond and award damages across the board. Mohini V and Aarti Aggarwal of Remfry & Sagar report. 7 August 2020
Trademarks
DC Comics has won a trademark battle over the logo letter ‘S’ that it uses for its “Superman” branding, after the UK Intellectual Property Office found in its favour on 30 July. 7 August 2020
Trademarks
‘Gruyere’ is too generic to function as a trademark for cheese, according to the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. 7 August 2020
Patents
Patent petitions and disputes filed at the US Patent and Trademark Office increased earlier this year before falling the following month, a new survey tracking the effects of COVID-19 on the US legal system reveals. 7 August 2020
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