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Trademark protection in cyber space presents a unique challenge to brand owners. The possibility of registering domain names with multiple combinations of name strings, coupled with several generic and country code top-level domain name extensions, makes it practically impossible for brand owners to eliminate infringement in the domain name system. 2 November 2020
Patents
Asia-Pacific IP services provider IPH has appointed Aaron LePoidevin as managing director of IP firm Griffith Hack. 2 November 2020
Influential Women in IP
The majority of disabled lawyers in a study by the Law Society of England and Wales have welcomed home-working in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 November 2020
Patents
A Texas jury has told Apple to pay $502.8 million to VirnetX in a decade-long clash over network security patents. 2 November 2020
Patents
An unprecedented growth in trademark applications at the USPTO, largely driven by Chinese filers, has been welcomed as a positive sign of economic recovery amid the pandemic. But it raises questions around the future legitimacy of US trademarks and brands. Muireann Bolger reports. 2 November 2020
Trademarks
The European Intellectual Property Office suffered a loss on Wednesday, 28 October, at the EU General Court, which ruled that it had erred in upholding a trademark registered by a German venture capital fund. 2 November 2020
Patents
To celebrate Black History Month, EIP’s Sharon St Louis unearthed fascinating and overlooked black inventors and shared them with her firm. 30 October 2020
Patents
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have sued video app company Triller, requesting that a US court issue a declaratory judgment stating that it did not infringe a patent. 30 October 2020
Copyright
While Halloween may be held behind closed doors this year, in the world of IP there is still plenty to keep us up at night. Disputes over costumes, horror films, and vampire wine are just some of the killer stories we spotted. Read on if you dare... 30 October 2020
Influential Women in IP
Less than half of lawyers believe that the senior leaders at their firm or company are inclusive, according to a new study from the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. 30 October 2020
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