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Trademarks
Walmart has been ordered to pay $95.5 million in royalties and profits after a jury found it had infringed a smaller retail chain’s ‘Backyard’ trademark. 13 February 2019
Trademarks
Energy drinks maker Monster Energy has settled a trademark dispute with California-based athletics company Monsta Athletics. 13 February 2019
Influential Women in IP
Women inventors still make up just 12% of all patent inventors in the US, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office. 13 February 2019
Patents
Intel will face more legal proceedings after the Federal Circuit ruled that a lower court erred in its analysis of the scope of claims in a patent infringement suit. 12 February 2019
Copyright
“Foreign countries are increasingly prone to imposing onerous IP regulations aimed at US internet companies”, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association. 12 February 2019
Trademarks
The New York Supreme Court has entered a final judgment in a trademark-licensing suit involving royalties to be paid for licensing the IP of American steakhouse chain The Palm. 12 February 2019
Jurisdiction reports
Imagine a board of directors of a US high-tech company which has convened an emergency meeting to address a matter that threatens the very viability of the company. A foreign-based arch competitor has copied exactly the company’s most valuable product. The board has asked the company’s patent attorney to help strategise regarding the options available to it. 12 February 2019
Trademarks
The European General Court has ruled that a trademark applied for by the owner of a nuts and seeds retailer must be rejected as it is likely to be confusing with an earlier mark. 12 February 2019
Copyright
Republican Thom Tillis and Democrat Chris Coons have been selected to lead the newly-formed US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on IP. 12 February 2019
Copyright
The US Copyright Royalty Board has announced that it will raise the royalty rates paid to songwriters for the streaming of their music for the five-year period from 2018-2022. 11 February 2019
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