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A new boutique IP firm, GR Legal, has been launched, specialising in IP and information technology law. 29 January 2020
Patents
The European Patent Office has said it rejected two patent applications naming the machine Dabus as an inventor because European law requires an inventor to be a “natural person”. 29 January 2020
Copyright
A Californian artist is suing Disney and Pixar for the allegedly unlawful copying of her “tremendously cool” unicorn-emblazoned van for a character in the soon-to-appear animation “Onward”. 29 January 2020
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Confectionery group The Hershey Company has taken the former president of its healthy snack brand Amplify to court over the alleged theft of trade secrets. 29 January 2020
Trademarks
This morning’s Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in Sky v SkyKick is a “big win for brand owners” and a positive result for Sky, lawyers have said. 29 January 2020
Copyright
Short-form mobile video sharer TikTok and digital music licensing hub Merlin have entered a global licensing deal that will see TikTok given access to the music agency’s musical portfolio. 28 January 2020
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Leading patent lawyer Philip Kerr has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as senior patent counsel and will work in its Sydney office. 28 January 2020
Patents
IP law firm Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider has hired three patent litigators to its San Francisco office. 28 January 2020
Patents
US government supplier HID Global last week won its attorneys’ fees after a German rival claimed that US permanent resident cards, or ‘green cards’, infringed its patent. 28 January 2020
Copyright
Artistic protection groups have expressed dismay over the UK government’s decision not to implement article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive after the UK leaves the EU, fearing the move will erode the rights and earning power of content creators. 28 January 2020
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