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By leaning on unusual analogies the US Supreme Court has created unsettling precedents for software developers, argues Bill Frankel of Brinks Gilson & Lione. 6 April 2021
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Withers & Rogers has appointed Fiona McBride as its new chair and Zoe Bailey as its head of strategic operations. 6 April 2021
Trademarks
Nike has succeeded in halting the sale of Brooklyn art collective MSCHF’s ‘Satan Shoes’. 6 April 2021
Copyright
Google has emerged victorious from its long-running copyright dispute with Oracle after the US Supreme Court ruled that the tech company’s use of a computer code constituted “fair use”. 6 April 2021
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Nearly a decade on from The Alice v CLS Bank case, has Fintech found its footing in the IP sphere? There was a marked impact on subsequent patent filings in this area. Why is this? 6 April 2021
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Californian rapper and actor Ice Cube has filed a lawsuit against stock trading app Robinhood for using his image without permission to promote its “garbage trading platform”. 1 April 2021
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WIPR caught up with Voodoo’s legal and general counsel, Nassim Ameli-Jouffroy and Senay Gürel, to find out more about its recent "copycat" case, the hyper-casual games market, and bringing litigation against rival gamemakers. 1 April 2021
Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's discretionary denial in view of parallel litigation is at a crossroads, explain Brenton Babcock and Tyler Train of Womble Bond Dickinson 1 April 2021
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As the UK Court of Appeals aligns with the EU courts on hyperlinks, Penelope Thornton and Alastair Shaw of Hogan Lovells unpack the decision. 31 March 2021
Trademarks
Apple has lost a legal challenge levied at Swiss watchmaker Swatch to prevent it registering Steve Job’s famous phrase “one more thing” as a trademark. 31 March 2021
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