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The US International Trade Commission is set to investigate optical data cables used by Facebook and Logitech, following a complaint from California-based Cosemi Technologies. 1 December 2020
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The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center has registered its 50,000th cybersquatting case, as the COVID-19 pandemic drives up cases. 1 December 2020
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Lawyers are still “disproportionately likely” to come from privileged backgrounds, with three times as many having attended fee-paying schools than the national UK average, a new report has revealed. 30 November 2020
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A Chinese company has been accused of selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee, in a suit which has made the highest ever compensation demand in a consumer civil public interest litigation in China. 30 November 2020
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The US Trade Representative’s annual counterfeiting and piracy report should not “target” US companies, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association. 30 November 2020
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Nearly 22,000 domain names offering counterfeit and pirated items over the internet have been seized as part of ‘In Our Sites’, a joint international operation. 30 November 2020
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The German Bundestag has approved a ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement, yesterday, November 26. 27 November 2020
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Twitter has secured a victory at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, after it upheld a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to invalidate a patent owned by video streaming service VidStream. 27 November 2020
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UK beer company Brewdog can’t register the logo for its “Doghouse” hotel brand as a trademark, the UK Intellectual Property Office has ruled. 27 November 2020
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The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization has registered its first geographical indication, in the same week that the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched a new search database. 27 November 2020
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