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Trademarks
Actress and model Molly Sims will face trademark infringement and consumer confusion claims in a lawsuit over a sponsored blog post about an eyebrow product. 10 August 2021
Patents
A civil rights suit has been filed against ex-US Patent and Trademark Office director Michelle Lee and several current and former Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges, accusing the former officers of unconstitutional “rigging” of the inter partes review system. 10 August 2021
Patents
Allowing an AI as an inventor could benefit the country’s pharma and drug discovery industries, say Richard Hamer, Lauren John and Alexandra Moloney of Allens. 10 August 2021
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Startups and SMEs face many challenges during their fledgling bootstrapping days, not least of which is how to choose the right design and legal experts, who are highly skilled, trustworthy and able to align with their needs, requirements and business objectives. 10 August 2021
Influential Women in IP
Nobody escaped the long shadow cast by the pandemic. Muireann Bolger heard from several lawyers about their personal ups and downs during these extraordinary times. 9 August 2021
Patents
The IP industry could be doing more to promote gender equality but women in the industry need to share their experiences and ‘sell’ the profession to young people, says Fiona McBride of Withers & Rogers. 9 August 2021
Copyright
US Congress members have written to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey demanding that the platform do more to tackle copyright infringement on the platform. 9 August 2021
Trademarks
The English Court of Appeal has upheld a prior ruling that Liverpool Gin Distillery had indirectly infringed a trademark belonging to Sazerac Company—one of America’s oldest distilleries. 9 August 2021
Patents
Apple has escaped a $308.5 million patent infringement verdict after a Texas federal judge found the plaintiff tried to squeeze excessive royalties on old technologies. 9 August 2021
Influential Women in IP
Zoe Butler and Tess Waldron of Powell Gilbert feature on WIPR’s 2021 Influential Women in IP and Trailblazer lists, respectively. They discuss the main D&I issues confronting the sector and what should be done to tackle them. 9 August 2021
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