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The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted US multinational toy company Hasbro a trademark for the scent of Play-Doh. 21 May 2018
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The US and China have agreed not to impose tariffs on each other in a trade dispute that had been sparked in part by IP concerns. 21 May 2018
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The US Customs and Border Protection has announced that it seized numerous pieces of counterfeit designer jewellery. 21 May 2018
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The Cayman Islands’ new trademark law, which came into effect in August 2017, has brought important positive changes, even if there were a few bumps in the road, as Sophie Davies of HSM explains. 21 May 2018
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The “two-prong” test under the existing patent law framework makes it difficult to enforce a GUI design patent. To do this, certain changes will have to be made to the law, says Xiaojun Guo of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office. 21 May 2018
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Pat-KM provides access to global patent data with integrated workflow for monitoring, classification and dissemination of relevant patent records, say James Cooper and Caitlin Kavanagh of Minesoft. 21 May 2018
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A patent case filed against Apple and its watch products provides some interesting food for thought, says Paul J Sutton of Sutton Magidoff. 21 May 2018
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For those interested in IP issues in Africa, geographical indications, or 3D marks, Aaron McDonald out-lines what you can expect from three sessions this week. 20 May 2018
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Encouraging Nigeria’s government to adopt legal protection for geographical indications is one of several ways the country can help to increase the value of local indigenous products, says Uche Nwokocha, Head of IP and Partner at Aluko & Oyebode. 20 May 2018
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The battle to protect Champagne as an IP right spans much farther than the sparkling wine’s native France, as Charles Goemaere, Director of Economic and Legal Affairs at the Comité Champagne, tells Ed Conlon. 20 May 2018
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