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Litigants should not be liable for submitting copyright-protected material in evidence to a court, an adviser to the EU’s top court has said. 3 September 2020
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US education provider Kaplan has settled its trade secret theft suit against competitor Dalton Education, following the sacking of certain employees. 3 September 2020
Trademarks
Myanmar’s IP office will open for business next month as part of sweeping trademark reforms, the country’s government has announced. 3 September 2020
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has refused to register ‘The Royal Butler’ as a trademark, following an opposition by the Lord Chamberlain, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. 3 September 2020
Patents
The US International Trade Commission has unveiled three investigations this week. 2 September 2020
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Switzerland, Sweden, US, UK and Netherlands have topped the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s global innovation rankings released today, but the index revealed that COVID-19 is expected to exert acute pressure on innovation funding worldwide. 2 September 2020
Trademarks
German cosmetics manufacturer Dr August Wolff has failed to block a UK trademark covering a range of cannabidiol-infused hair products. 2 September 2020
Trademarks
TikTok owner Bytedance has won control of an infringing domain hosted in Ukraine, after a decision from the World Intellectual Property Organization. 2 September 2020
Copyright
Walt Disney has been unsuccessful in its bid to persuade the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to consider revoking the revival of a lawsuit that claims it stole elements of an earlier screenplay. 1 September 2020
Trademarks
In a victory for the Reserve Bank of Australia, a court today blocked a US blockchain company Ripple from using a trademark for advertising its payments platform in the country. 1 September 2020
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