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Japan's highest IP court has ordered a “Mario Kart”-inspired go-kart rental company, which allows costume-wearing riders to go-kart around Tokyo, to pay a ¥50 million fine for infringing on Nintendo’s IP rights. 31 January 2020
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Sanjana Sharma, associate general counsel for IP and knowledge management at UL, recalls her early interest in being a brand attorney and describes the rewards of working in a collaborative environment. 31 January 2020
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There will be no changes to the UK Intellectual Property Office or for its customers when the UK departs from the EU at midnight tomorrow, the organisation said in updated guidance for the transition period to December 31, 2020. 30 January 2020
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Drinker Biddle & Reath has strengthened its IP team, with the addition of four partners in Denver. 30 January 2020
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McDonald’s will not appeal against the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s decision to partially invalidate its ‘Mc’ trademark. 30 January 2020
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Swedish fashion brand H&M has scored a victory in a 23-year-long trademark dispute with Adidas in the Netherlands over its use of a two-stripe design on sportswear. 30 January 2020
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Nearly four years after filing its suit, the California Institute of Technology has won a $1.1 billion jury verdict in a patent suit against Apple and Broadcom. 30 January 2020
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A new boutique IP firm, GR Legal, has been launched, specialising in IP and information technology law. 29 January 2020
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The European Patent Office has said it rejected two patent applications naming the machine Dabus as an inventor because European law requires an inventor to be a “natural person”. 29 January 2020
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A Californian artist is suing Disney and Pixar for the allegedly unlawful copying of her “tremendously cool” unicorn-emblazoned van for a character in the soon-to-appear animation “Onward”. 29 January 2020
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