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Copyright
The Walt Disney Company has been accused of infringing patents for facial capture technology in several “Avengers” and “Star Wars” movies. 26 April 2022
Influential Women in IP
World Intellectual Property Day 2022, held today, celebrates the ingenuity and creativity of young people. 26 April 2022
Copyright
Knowing the part intellectual property plays in driving creativity will put you one step ahead of the competition, says Mark Simpson of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. 26 April 2022
Trademarks
All may be deemed fair in love and war but as muslim dating site Muzmatch discovered in its dispute with Tinder-owned Match Group, courts have a different view when it comes to trademarks. 25 April 2022
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office is seeking input to help formalise the process that allows the director to review decisions handed down by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 25 April 2022
Jurisdiction reports
When one thinks about vaccines, it’s not likely that the subject of patents will come to mind. And yet, patents are the most powerful force behind the research and development of vaccines. Big pharma would otherwise certainly not invest the time and what can be hundreds of millions of dollars required to try to come up with a safe and effective vaccine. 24 April 2022
Jurisdiction reports
Do you produce a specific cheese, in a certain country/area, with specified ingredients and identified by a specific name, and want to avoid parasites? 24 April 2022
Jurisdiction reports
In recent years, famous and well-known trademarks have gained worldwide relevance. They don’t just prevent the registration of a third party’s identical or confusingly similar trademark, they also represent the right to stop parties registering a mark similar to a “well-known or famous” trademark without the brand owner’s authorisation. 24 April 2022
Jurisdiction reports
Keeping in step with the recent growth of e-commerce, there has been a rapid increase in the number of cases where foreign business entities directly sell and send by mail a small amount of counterfeit goods to individuals residing in Japan. 24 April 2022
Copyright
The Italian Industrial Property Code was issued in 2005 and deals with all IP rights, except for copyright. Five years later, in 2010, the IPC was subject to a substantive upgrade and was provided with an Implementing Regulation. 24 April 2022
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