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Copyright

WordPress parent company denies bulk of DMCA notices

The parent company of content management system WordPress last year rejected 83% of all takedown notices it received from copyright owners under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it has revealed.   17 May 2021

Trademarks

Stamping out the copycats

A damages win for New Balance offers a warning of things to come for China’s infringers, reports Alex Baldwin.   14 May 2021

Trademarks

Amazon’s transparency on fakes is good news for brands

The e-commerce platform’s counterfeits report is part of a trend by online retailers’ to improve enforcement and boost reputations, says Megan Rannard of Marks & Clerk.   14 May 2021

Patents

Federal Circuit affirms PTAB ruling in Uniloc v Apple

The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that partly invalidated a Uniloc Voice over Internet Protocol patent challenged by Apple.   14 May 2021

Patents

Nintendo survives Gamevice’s USITC suit

A California tablet maker has failed to overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling that Nintendo’s Switch console and Joy-Con controllers didn’t infringe its patents.   14 May 2021

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Harbottle hires Eversheds head of IP and media

IP specialist Andrew Terry has joined Harbottle & Lewis as a partner in the firm’s IP litigation team.   13 May 2021

Trademarks

General Court overturns EUIPO’s ‘incorrect analysis’ of ‘illusions’ TM

An EU court has quashed a ruling by an EU Intellectual Property Office’s board of appeal, finding that it had erred in its analysis of a trademark’s potential to cause consumer confusion.   13 May 2021

Patents

EPO streamlining gives patentees ‘welcome boost’

The European Patent Office’s streamlining initiative has “significantly accelerated” the timeline for engineering, electronics and software oppositions, according to a new Mewburn Ellis report.   13 May 2021

Trademarks

Atari targets print-on-demand ‘counterfeit’ shirts

Atari is suing print-on-demand apparel retailer Pixels.com for infringing a battery of IP rights including trademarks and copyright, claiming it sells “substantial quantities of counterfeit” merchandise.   13 May 2021

Patents

Samba TV ad patent invalid under Alice, finds Fed Circ

A targeted TV ad patent owned by Samba TV is invalid according to the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Alice v CLS Bank International, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found.   12 May 2021

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