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Tessera Technologies, a subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, has settled all pending litigation with semiconductor company Broadcom. 19 December 2017
Copyright
Social media company Facebook has revealed it removed nearly 3 million posts in the first half of 2017 following IP infringement complaints. 19 December 2017
Trademarks
Apple has filed an opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against an application filed by a pharmacy. 19 December 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in a dispute between telecoms companies HTC and ZTE and a subsidiary of patent licensing firm Acacia. 19 December 2017
Trademarks
The Supreme Court of India has confirmed that trademark rights are territorial, not global, in rejecting a trademark case brought by Toyota. 18 December 2017
Trademarks
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that the Lanham Act’s ban on “scandalous and immoral” trademarks is unconstitutional, in a decision handed down late last week. 18 December 2017
Patents
Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative, has closed an investigation into Thailand’s IP protection and enforcement after progress was made by the country. 18 December 2017
Copyright
The US Department of Justice has launched a network of IP enforcement co-ordinators and deployed specialist prosecutors to address the growing problem of transnational IP crime. 18 December 2017
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Two men have been jailed for a combined total of three years and ordered to pay nearly $1.5 million after admitting conspiracy to commit wire fraud and copyright infringement relating to the sale of unauthorised activation keys for Microsoft products. 15 December 2017
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office is set to release a new “user friendly” electronic filing system for patent applications in 2018. 15 December 2017
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