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Trademarks
A trademark infringement dispute between Diageo and Sazerac has been dismissed after both parties agreed to a settlement. 24 April 2017
Patents
Law firm McGuireWoods has hired Steven Adkins as a partner in the firm’s IP and patent litigation department in Washington, DC. 24 April 2017
Patents
Japan-based Nikon has initiated a series of legal actions against ASML, a manufacturer of semiconductor lithography systems, in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan. 24 April 2017
Patents
California-based Hailo Technologies has sued transportation companies Uber and Lyft for allegedly infringing a patent called “Automated vehicle dispatch and payment honouring system”. 24 April 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed motor company Ford a win on Friday, after affirming a decision that a hybrid vehicle patent is obvious. 24 April 2017
Trademarks
A tip-off by e-commerce company Alibaba led Chinese authorities to seize RMB 20 million ($2.9 million) worth of counterfeit cosmetics in the country. 24 April 2017
Jurisdiction reports
The Guidelines for Patent Examination have been amended by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and took effect on April 1, 2017. Major changes concern examination of business methods, computer program-related claims, supplementing experimental data and invalidation procedure, among others. 24 April 2017
Patents
Patent bodies in the US and Europe have issued important decisions in patent battles over the gene-editing technology CRISPR, as Catherine Coombes of HGF reports. 24 April 2017
Jurisdiction reports
For many years there has been an arbitration system in Chile to regulate the granting of internet domains that are in dispute between two or more parties. 24 April 2017
Patents
Chinese companies are increasingly influential in the consumption and production of semiconductors, but is there adequate protection for their IP rights? WIPR finds out. 23 April 2017
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