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Copyright
US-based internet service provider Charter Communications is pushing back against copyright infringement claims amounting to over $1 billion by Warner Bros Records, arguing that many recordings have been improperly registered. 5 March 2020
Patents
Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving unit, has been ordered to pay Google $179 million, after being accused of stealing trade secrets when he left Google’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo in 2016. 5 March 2020
Trademarks
The EU’s top court has handed a boost to Cypriot cheese makers in their efforts to block a trademark over its similarity to the name of halloumi cheese. 5 March 2020
Influential Women in IP
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has become the latest corporate to place tough diversity demands on outside counsel. It’s good news, but is it enough? Sarah Morgan reports. 5 March 2020
Copyright
Daren Tang, the current head of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, has been nominated to lead the World Intellectual Property Organization. 4 March 2020
Copyright
Anti-piracy and copyright protection body the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has helped shut down Aus Media Streaming, a “piracy outfit that was selling internet protocol television set-top boxes and subscriptions”. 4 March 2020
Trademarks
Global financial services and products provider S&P Global is suing call centre group S&P Data for multiple trademark infringements, arguing the ‘S&P’ element of the name is likely to cause confusion. 4 March 2020
Patents
Dykema has recruited Michael Gzybowski to its IP department from Brinks Gilson & Lione. 4 March 2020
Patents
Google has hit back at what it calls home audio company Sonos’ “revisionist history” in a patent suit over Chromecast and Google Home. 4 March 2020
Patents
The World Intellectual Property Organization will today, March 4 begin the process of choosing a new director general to succeed Francis Gurry. 4 March 2020
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