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Trademarks
Marriott International has claimed that Delta Airlines breached a co-existence agreement by suing the hotel chain for trademark infringement earlier this year. 30 June 2020
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has further extended fee payment deadlines for small businesses, despite fears for the office’s funding. 30 June 2020
Patents
Philip Morris yesterday, June 29 faced down a patent infringement suit filed by a subsidiary of rival British American Tobacco with counterclaims of its own. 30 June 2020
Copyright
In a rare move, a New York federal judge has agreed to reconsider a controversial decision which said news outlets could freely publish images which had been publicly uploaded to Instagram. 29 June 2020
Patents
C&D Zodiac has scored a patent victory over rival B/E Aerospace in a dispute over technology designed to free up space on aircraft. 29 June 2020
Trademarks
The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux has managed to secure a conviction against the seller of counterfeit Bordeaux’s wine in China. 29 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
Women and minority inventors are not only less likely to apply for patents, but they’re also less likely to have their applications granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office than white men, according to a study from the University of Georgia. 29 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
Julia Florence, the immediate past-president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, recalls some of her formative experiences and discusses her ideas of how future IP lawyers can be supported and encouraged. 29 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
Nichole Mercier heads one of the few US tech transfer offices that offers a programme encouraging women inventors into commercialisation. Speaking to WIPR, she outlines her career path to becoming managing director of the office of technology management at Washington University in St. Louis. 29 June 2020
Trademarks
Italian fashion label Off-White has prevailed in its trademark appeal at the EU General Court, in a defeat for the European Union Intellectual Property Office. 26 June 2020
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