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US-based law firm Eckert Seamans has expanded its intellectual property group by hiring Christina Frangiosa as a member. 14 September 2016
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US technology companies Facebook, Twitter and Google have sent a letter today to US Congress asking that it does not delay the handover of control of the internet’s addressing system to the worldwide community. 13 September 2016
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Following the announcement that US mass media company Liberty Media has agreed to buy Formula One for $8 billion, lawyers tell WIPR how trademarks, brands and licences could be affected. 13 September 2016
Patents
Technology companies Intel, Dell and HP have been targeted in a patent infringement lawsuit by a California-based semiconductor company. 13 September 2016
Patents
US law firm Fish & Richardson has hired Eric Schulman as a principal in its patent practice group in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. 13 September 2016
Copyright
Electronic dance artist and producer Deadmau5 has been embroiled in a copyright spat with Louisiana-based rap duo $uicideboy$. 13 September 2016
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US actor Alec Baldwin has sued a Manhattan art dealer for allegedly selling him a fake painting for $190,000. 13 September 2016
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The University of Manitoba’s copyright department has reportedly warned students that emails forwarded to them from US copyright owners that are seeking cash settlements for alleged illegal downloading activities are “tantamount to extortion”. 12 September 2016
Copyright
The recently-leaked EU copyright directive contains provisions on neighbouring rights for news publishers that go one step too far, WIPR readers have said. 12 September 2016
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has partially granted Swatch’s opposition to Apple’s trademark application for ‘iWatch’. 12 September 2016
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