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Patents
While Germany remains the strongest European patent power, it is losing ground worldwide and the international balance of power in innovation is shifting, according to a report from German foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung. 4 June 2020
Copyright
A former police officer has been jailed for selling illegal devices that bypassed paid-for TV content and cost legitimate service providers more than £2 million. 4 June 2020
Patents
An association of app developers wants the US Supreme Court to reverse a Federal Circuit ruling in favour of Ericsson over TCL. 4 June 2020
Copyright
Borghildur Erlingsdóttir, director general of the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office, sees massive opportunities at a time when Iceland’s economy is at a turning point, drawing on its old industries to drive innovation, as she tells Sarah Morgan. 3 June 2020
Trademarks
Last year the UK Intellectual Property Office ran into the same problem that its US counterpart faced three years ago: what happens when the meaning of traditionally offensive or abusive terms changes, and how should IP offices react? Rory O’Neill reports. 3 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
Diversity initiatives are gaining traction across the legal profession, but one characteristic has been left behind: disability. Disabilities of all kinds are rarely talked about in legal circles, and much less seen. Sarah Morgan investigates what can be done. 3 June 2020
Patents
UK patent attorneys are demanding greater clarity over the patentability of technology invented by artificial intelligence. 3 June 2020
Copyright
Judges at a New York federal court appear split on whether Instagram’s user agreement grants publishers a sub-licence to reproduce photographs uploaded to the social media platform. 3 June 2020
Copyright
A Virginian court has mostly rejected US internet service provider Cox Communications’ challenges to a ruling which would see the ISP pay $1 billion to major record labels. 3 June 2020
Copyright
A zoo formerly owned by Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix documentary “Tiger King”, will be given to rival Carole Baskin as part of a $1 million trademark and copyright dispute. 3 June 2020
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