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The European Patent Office has dismissed an appeal from Apple, ruling that one of its applied-for patents is unpatentable because it lacks an inventive step. 26 June 2019
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Amazon is suing unnamed defendants who it says are running a scam employment scheme online using the Seattle-based e-commerce company’s name and trademarks. 25 June 2019
Patents
The government can withhold private secrets from freedom of information requests, even if disclosing them wouldn’t cause competitive harm, the US Supreme Court has ruled. 25 June 2019
Trademarks
JetBlue Airways is suing Walmart over its Jetblack concierge service, which the airline says is likely to cause confusion among consumers. 25 June 2019
Copyright
The US Supreme Court is to decide whether states can hold copyright protection on annotated codes of law, in the case Georgia v Public.Resource.Org. 25 June 2019
Trademarks
Lawyers have welcomed the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the ban on scandalous and disparaging marks, after the court found yesterday, June 24, that it violated the First Amendment of the US Constitution. 25 June 2019
Trademarks
The US Supreme Court overturned the prohibition on registering scandalous trademarks earlier today, June 20. 24 June 2019
Copyright
A new US Chamber of Commerce report has revealed a “dramatic” increase in digital video piracy, costing the US economy nearly $30 billion annually. 24 June 2019
Patents
According to Kevin Fournier, IP lawyer at IBM in the UK, when drafting a software patent application, the best means of assessing an idea or an invention was to show it to a software developer. 24 June 2019
Patents
Businesses seeking to protect emerging technologies should file multiple patent applications, according to lawyers at TPN Europe 2019, hosted by WIPR on June 20. 24 June 2019
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