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Today marks World IP Day, the theme of which is “IP and SMEs: taking your ideas to market”. The IP world has rallied in pledging commitments to better support and enhance IP knowledge among SMEs—and also to further develop the potential of IP. 26 April 2021
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Last week, news headlines led with a story that UK supermarket chain Marks & Spencer was suing Europe's largest supermarket chain, Aldi, over a cake that it claimed infringes M&S’ ‘Colin the Caterpillar’ product. 26 April 2021
Copyright
The Andy Warhol Foundation wants a US federal court to revisit a decision finding that the late artist’s series of Prince images infringed a photographer’s copyright. 26 April 2021
Copyright
An Australian computer scientist who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin has been allowed to pursue the anonymous operator of bitcoin.org for copyright infringement. 23 April 2021
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Hasbro has had an EU trademark for the ‘Monopoly’ board game partially invalidated after the EU General Court found its filing strategy was designed to avoid proving genuine use. 23 April 2021
Patents
With video conference hearings here to stay, Howard Read of Appleyard Lees sets out what participants need to know when appearing at the European Patent Office. 23 April 2021
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has launched a five-year transformation programme to overhaul its IP services, systems and processes to make the most of modern digital technology. 22 April 2021
Trademarks
Chanel has failed to stop Huawei from using a trademark that the fashion house had argued bore too much resemblance to its own logo after an EU court ruled that the marks were not similar. 22 April 2021
Patents
A US jury handed a win to Intel in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by VLSI Technology, clearing the chipmaker of having to pay $3.1bn in damages. 22 April 2021
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As the number of AI patent applications grow worldwide, IP offices have the difficult task of granting or refusing protection. 21 April 2021
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