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Copyright
Sony Music has agreed to drop a lawsuit against fitness apparel company Gymshark, which it had claimed had misused its songs in social media video ads. 28 January 2022
Patents
American software company Autodesk will need to face a rival’s patent infringement suit after the US Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in a split decision that a district court wrongly invalidated parts of a computer modelling patent. 28 January 2022
Patents
A company that sued Campbell Soup for infringing its soup can dispenser patents has asked the US Supreme Court to vacate a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision invalidating those patents in light of last year’s Arthrex decision. 27 January 2022
Patents
Bioplastics are a hotbed of innovation—just look at the patent data, says David Walsh, Sarah Abou-Shehada and Chris Mason of Appleyard Lees. 27 January 2022
Trademarks
Designer Hayley Paige Gutman can’t use her own name for the marketing of her bridal gowns after the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld an earlier ruling favouring JLM Couture. 27 January 2022
Influential Women in IP
January marks National Mentoring Month and comes at a time when such guidance and support has become vital in achieving a more diversified leadership in law. 27 January 2022
Copyright
The IP professor tells WIPR about how she made the journey from a childhood in Sri Lanka to becoming a copyright expert in the UK. 26 January 2022
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British law firm Mishcon de Reya has hired former Dentons litigator Campbell Forsyth as a partner at the firm’s patents practice in London. 26 January 2022
Trademarks
Walmart has asked a California court to deny shoemaker Vans’ request to block sales of the supermarket giant’s own-brand shoes that it claims infringes its designs. 26 January 2022
Influential Women in IP
Law firm Eversheds Sutherland has introduced a billable credit policy this month for work related to diversity and inclusion, joining a growing number of elite law firms that have adopted a similar policy. 26 January 2022
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