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Trademarks
As Brexit negotiators haven’t yet agreed whether UK-qualified trademark lawyers will be able to act before the EUIPO after Brexit, WIPR asked 11 leading UK-based law firms about their concerns over the issue and the action they have taken in response. 3 October 2018
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In the aftermath of an EU competition to find methods of using blockchain to fight counterfeiting, WIPR spoke to the teams that came first and second to hear more about how their solutions work and what the future holds. 3 October 2018
Patents
A year on from the European Commission’s Communication on standard-essential patents (SEPs), published in November 2017, Monica Magnusson, vice president IPR policy at Ericsson, looks at the relevant developments since, focusing on industry efforts to improve publicly-available information on SEPs. 3 October 2018
Trademarks
The EU General Court today upheld an appeal made by Spain-based shoe retailer Unipreus, setting aside a previous decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office that denied the company’s trademark opposition. 3 October 2018
Patents
Amazon and several of its subsidiaries have been accused of infringing two patents relating to audio services. 3 October 2018
Copyright
Advocate general Manuel Sánchez-Bordona today advised Europe’s highest court to find that IP infringement occurs when goods which are identical to those being sold in a shop are stored in a warehouse by the seller. 3 October 2018
Copyright
Qatar’s ministry of economy and commerce has accused Saudi Arabia of violating the IP rights of Qatari citizens, in a recent filing at the World Trade Organization. 3 October 2018
Patents
Douglas Grady has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in Seattle, Washington, after working at Foster Pepper for more than seven years. 3 October 2018
Patents
Dentons has expanded its patent litigation expertise with the addition of three IP technology partners from Perkins Coie. 3 October 2018
Copyright
New Zealand's High Court has overturned an earlier ruling which awarded Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom damages in a privacy dispute. 3 October 2018
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