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Increases in patent fees at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have come into force today, as the office seeks to maintain “high quality, efficient services” for its customers. 6 April 2018
Patents
Car maker Renault, aerospace company Airbus and cosmetics producer L'Oréal were among the top ten filers of patent applications at France’s IP office last year. 6 April 2018
Copyright
UK politician Jacob Rees-Mogg has been accused of “masquerading” as a copyright-protected comic book character, in a spoof cease-and-desist letter issued earlier this week. 5 April 2018
Copyright
The UK is at risk of falling out of the EU’s copyright framework, with such a change likely to affect many areas, practitioners have told WIPR. 5 April 2018
Patents
Canadian technology company BlackBerry has taken Snap, formerly known as Snapchat, to court over alleged patent infringement. 5 April 2018
Patents
Kasowitz Benson Torres has hired Daniel Miller as special counsel in the firm’s IP litigation group. 5 April 2018
Copyright
The coach of the University of Alabama’s American football team has refused to back down from a copyright feud with basketball star LeBron James. 5 April 2018
Copyright
The producer of a popular brand of plush toys has accused Target Corporation of making and selling a rainbow-coloured poodle which is “virtually indistinguishable” from its own plush poodle, a copyright-protected member of the ‘Beanie Boos’ family. 4 April 2018
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A brief filed this week has warned the US Supreme Court of the “wide array of harms” which will occur if extraterritorial damages are awarded in patent infringement cases. 4 April 2018
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