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Patents
The US International Trade Commission is investigating Chinese electronics manufacturer Lenovo off the back of a patent infringement complaint from Nokia. 6 August 2020
Trademarks
The English High Court has blocked Jaguar Land Rover from registering the shape of its Defender 4x4 as a trademark, clearing the way for chemicals company Ineos to launch its own competing vehicle. 6 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
Sarah Burstein, professor of law at the University of Oklahoma, tells WIPR about her unconventional route into IP, her proudest achievement and the ongoing challenges facing women in law. 5 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
Diversity, equality and inclusion are firmly on companies’ agendas in 2020, but how can you make a difference? Eldora Ellison and Gaby Longsworth of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox offer their advice. 5 August 2020
Trademarks
Dr Pepper will be unable to reignite a dispute with Coca-Cola, after it failed it overturn a US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision over its rival's 'zero' mark. 5 August 2020
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Disgraced former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski will spend 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets before joining Uber and kickstarting the ride-sharing company’s self-driving car development. 5 August 2020
Patents
Juries are capable of determining whether a patent is essential to a technological standard, the Federal Circuit has ruled. 5 August 2020
Copyright
Levels of illegal piracy have remained largely consistent in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown, despite an increase in the consumption of digital content, new research has shown. 5 August 2020
Trademarks
BMW has won a trademark suit in a long-running dispute over the infringement of its marks and designs for alloy wheels, according to a decision handed down by the English High Court on Thursday, July 30. 4 August 2020
Copyright
A non-profit organisation has won a temporary restraining order barring the Columbia University from publishing copies of the Encyclopaedia Iranica resource. 4 August 2020
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