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Trademarks
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s incoming director general and a former Disney vice president will deliver keynote addresses during the International Trademark Association’s annual meeting later this year. 23 September 2020
Patents
Physicist Stephen Thaler has failed in his bid to establish his creativity machine, Dabus, as an inventor under the Patent Act, following the dismissal of his appeal by the English High Court. 23 September 2020
Trademarks
Keanu Reeves’ stuntman character Duke Caboom in Disney’s “Toy Story 4” has appropriated the late Evel Knievel’s likeness and trademarks, according to a new suit. 23 September 2020
Patents
The US Supreme Court’s groundbreaking three-year-old ruling on patent venues has led to increasing challenges to legal requirements from creative defendants, as Jonathan Rubenstein and Patrick Plassio of Baker Botts explain. 23 September 2020
Copyright
The US Library of Congress has appointed top US Patent and Trademark Office official Shira Perlmutter as the new register of copyrights. 22 September 2020
Trademarks
Australia will consider a special trademark certification and stand-alone legislation aimed at protecting the IP of indigenous communities. 22 September 2020
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office has signed an agreement with EBAN, the Europe leading early-stage investors network, to promote and support the IP rights of small and medium enterprises. 22 September 2020
Patents
Patenting activity in batteries and other electricity storage technologies grew at an average annual rate of 14% worldwide between 2005 and 2018, with Asian countries leading the way, according to a new report. 22 September 2020
Copyright
Texas-based Cub Club Investment has accused Apple of wilfully infringing its copyrights covering ethnically diverse emoji characters. 21 September 2020
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, passed away on Friday, September 18, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. 21 September 2020
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