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Patents
US officials have said that standard-essential patent owners who seek injunctions to stop the sale of infringing products will no longer be pursued under competition laws. 20 December 2019
Patents
Claudio Furtado, president of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office, has ruled out the possibility of the office becoming extinct under a controversial merger plan. 20 December 2019
Copyright
Only one in five equity partners in US law firms are women and less than 8% are people of colour, according to a report from the National Association for Law Placement. 20 December 2019
Copyright
The EU’s highest court has ruled that the exhaustion of copyright does not apply to e-books. 19 December 2019
Trademarks
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been awarded damages after suing Dolce & Gabbana for using his name on the back of a jersey. 19 December 2019
Patents
Associations in Brazil have criticised plans to merge the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) with a quasi-private organisation, enabling financial autonomy from the government. 19 December 2019
Copyright
The US Copyright Office has chosen Maria Strong, the current director of policy and international affairs, to temporarily lead the office. 19 December 2019
Trademarks
Italian chocolatier Ferrero’s plans have been spoiled after it failed to register a 3D trademark for its popular chocolate ‘Ferrero Rocher’ before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. 19 December 2019
Patents
Canadian law firm Fasken has strengthened its Montreal office with the addition of Jonathan Cutler. 19 December 2019
Patents
All sides in the recent Arthrex v Smith & Nephew dispute, including the US government, have urged the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review its decision to give the US Patent and Trademark Office director the power to fire patent judges. 18 December 2019
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