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Patents
Kitchen appliance company Breville has taken on rival Russell Hobbs in a patent infringement suit centring on a juicer. 23 November 2016
Patents
Introduced in September 2012, the inter partes review provided a new forum for challenging the validity of US patents, and soon attracted criticism. WIPR investigates how life sciences companies have fared in the forum’s first four years. 23 November 2016
Copyright
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is due to enact a number of important legislative changes in 2017 and is committed to fighting counterfeit goods. WIPR spoke to its director general Catherine Chammartin about life at the office. 23 November 2016
Trademarks
US-based restaurant The Kitchen Café has filed a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against the licensing company of chef Wolfgang Puck. 22 November 2016
Copyright
A US-based non-profit organisation’s copyright case centring on the civil rights movement’s unofficial anthem “We Shall Overcome” looks to be set for trial. 22 November 2016
Copyright
US president-elect Donald Trump will withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in the White House. 22 November 2016
Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s interpretation of which patents are subject to covered business method reviews renders the limits Congress placed on the definition as “superfluous”. 22 November 2016
Copyright
Law firm Kilpatrick Townsend has hired Nancy Stagg as a partner in the complex commercial litigation team in the firm’s litigation department in San Diego, California. 22 November 2016
Copyright
In 2016 the European Council approved a new trade secrets directive, while the European Commission made a number of proposals to modernise copyright law, as WIPR reports. 22 November 2016
Patents
Will Brexit force US patent owners to shun the UK and seek protection in other countries and, if yes, who would take its place? WIPR investigates. 22 November 2016
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