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China has pledged to streamline patent cases and impose harsher penalties for infringers next year, as the country looks to improve its reputation on IP protection.   22 April 2020
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Artists complain that past rulings leave them at risk of lawsuits, but are courts starting to listen?   22 April 2020
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The “Open COVID Pledge”, an initiative urging companies to free their IP to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, has attracted several technology innovators following Intel’s lead.   22 April 2020
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A Czech bakery has been blocked from registering an EU trademark because it is too similar to ‘champagne’.   21 April 2020
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The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Thryv v Click-to-Call effectively leaves the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with “unchecked authority” over decisions to institute patent reviews.   21 April 2020
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Trade secret case filings remained stable last year, after a jump in filings following the implementation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, according to a newly-released report from Lex Machina.   21 April 2020
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Because of the very nature of trade secrets, it is prudent to prioritise and invest in preventive measures to protect them, rather than hoping for a cure after the event as in the current pandemic, say Rebecca Swindells and Andrew Aistrup of Jones Day.   21 April 2020
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The European Patent Office has further extended deadlines until May 4 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.   20 April 2020
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The estate of Pantera guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott has prevailed in a copyright dispute with a guitar designer over the lightning bolt design associated with the late musician.   20 April 2020
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Demand for counterfeit products, particularly fake pharmaceutical and healthcare products, has surged and will continue throughout the current COVID-19 crisis, despite potentially harmful effects on consumers, according to Europol.   20 April 2020

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