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Trademarks
Recent weeks have brought dramatic changes to how we work and live, with an increasing amount of people working remotely and spending more time and money on the internet. Unfortunately, international crises provide the perfect opportunity for criminals to take advantage. 7 May 2020
Influential Women in IP
The legal profession hasn’t traditionally been ahead of the curve on formal mentorship programmes, instead relying on a more informal, organic exchange of knowledge between senior lawyers and young starters. WIPR reports. 6 May 2020
Trademarks
Confectionary company Mondelēz has dropped its trademark claims against the makers of infringing THC-infused candy, having already secured judgments against several retailers of the sweets. 6 May 2020
Patents
Comments submitted to the USPTO about AI provide a useful snapshot of the IP industry’s sentiment towards the technology, as Austin Kim, Chris McKenna and Shabbi Khan of Foley & Lardner explain. 6 May 2020
Trademarks
A Welsh dairy farmers’ cooperative has scored a victory in a dispute over trademark rights for the popular Welsh cheese ‘Red Dragon’. 6 May 2020
Influential Women in IP
Elaine Drager, head of IP and asset strategy at Nokia, is not afraid of being the proverbial zebra in a herd of giraffes. Here, she tells WIPR about her childhood ambition to pursue robotics, and her dislike of declarations of “success” in the gender diversity arena. 6 May 2020
Patents
Last month’s US Supreme Court decision in Thryv v Click-to-Call highlights a division among the Justices when it comes to opposing policy concerns on patents, argue John Lu and Mollie Galchus of Milbank. 6 May 2020
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed victory to Uber Technologies yesterday, May 5, reversing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision on a location-sharing patent. 6 May 2020
Copyright
The Licensing Executives Society International has launched three new guides for businesses looking to monetise their IP. 5 May 2020
Trademarks
The US Supreme Court appears to be fearful of applying a categorical rule in a dispute over whether a ‘.com’ can turn a generic term like ‘Booking’ into a protectable trademark, lawyers have told WIPR. 5 May 2020
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