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US electric vehicle and clean energy company Tesla has alleged that rival Rivian has shown “a disturbing pattern of trade secret theft” and that four of its former employees stole confidential information when they left to work for the start-up. 24 July 2020
Trademarks
The fashion industry and anti-counterfeiting groups are urging consumers to be aware of the growing threat of false advertising online. 23 July 2020
Patents
Streaming companies Netflix and Hulu have won their bid to prevent patent company Uniloc from adding new language to retain its patent on digital product licences, following a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 23 July 2020
Patents
Japanese electronics company Panasonic infringed an aeroplane plug socket patent owned by German airline Lufthansa, the English High Court has ruled. 23 July 2020
Patents
The most common tactics for defending allegations of wilful infringement can be risky and expensive. But a new Nevada court decision suggests there could be another way, as lawyers from Finnegan argue. 23 July 2020
Influential Women in IP
A new report from the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals that the participation of women in innovation is growing, earning the office praise from the legal industry. 22 July 2020
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers exciting and unprecedented opportunities for life sciences and healthcare but also poses complex questions for the IP sector, as an LSPN Connect session discovered yesterday, July 21. 22 July 2020
Patents
Octimine’s natural language processing tools have the power to transform clunky patent database queries into quickfire searches, according to Steven Shape of Dennemeyer & Associates. 22 July 2020
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The US Department of Justice has charged two Chinese nationals with hacking into the computer systems of hundreds of victims, including companies working on COVID-19 research. 22 July 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity of remote working poses unprecedented challenges to business development in IP, but offers some unexpected benefits too. Nicole Gorlier, legal consultant at Interpatent and a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)’s young practitioners committee, provides an update the committee’s second virtual discussion. 22 July 2020
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