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A group of Europe’s most influential general counsels has called on the legal sector to implement improved and updated measurements to monitor the progress made on racial and sexual orientation diversity in firms. 6 October 2020
Patents
A US judge has ordered technology company Cisco Systems to pay $1.9 billion in damages for wilfully infringing four patents owned by Virginia-based Centripetal Networks. 6 October 2020
Copyright
Led Zeppelin has overcome the final hurdle in its “Stairway to Heaven” dispute with the estate of Randy Wolfe, the late singer of the band Spirit. 6 October 2020
Trademarks
The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has refused to allow UK company Tiger Lily Ventures register ‘Lehman Brothers’ as a trademark for whiskey, following opposition from Barclays. 5 October 2020
Copyright
Yoko Ono has accused a former aide of her late husband John Lennon of breaking a 20-year-old court order preventing him from profiting off the family. 5 October 2020
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Ahead of his participation in an LSPN Connect session, Trade Secrets: An Alternative for Life Sciences IP? on Thursday, October 8, Mike Fuller, managing partner at Knobbe Martens, shares some insights about the challenges facing life sciences IP and why innovations are ripe for trade secret protection. 5 October 2020
Patents
The lack of transparency around NPEs marks a serious problem for the European patent system, argues Patrick Oliver of IP2Innovate. 5 October 2020
Patents
The author of “The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law” and professor of law and health science at the University of Surrey, Ryan Abbott, on this month’s “Dabus” ruling at the English High Court, and how the legal framework constrains artificial intelligence. 2 October 2020
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has invalidated a registered trademark, following a dispute between rival electronic companies which operate online businesses on Amazon, in a decision handed down on September 29. 2 October 2020
Patents
Online supermarket Ocado has been accused of infringing technology patents with its Ocado Smart Platform, which the £20bn company uses to market to food retailers around the world. 2 October 2020
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