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World IP Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 26, and this year’s theme is IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future. 22 April 2022
Patents
Solar panel makers Maxeon Solar Technologies and Canadian Solar Japan KK have concluded a patent dispute centring on solar cell technology in Tokyo District Court, Japan. 21 April 2022
Copyright
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines has partnered with the Motion Picture Association to develop new piracy monitoring systems and a website-blocking regime to tackle digital piracy. 21 April 2022
Influential Women in IP
The chair of the USPTO’s Trademark Public Advisory Committee and Knobbe Martens partner explores the thrill of IP cases and how her enviable ‘super power’ has helped her career. 21 April 2022
Patents
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks has said that the US Patent and Trademark Office’s refusal to consider its bid for director review raises “serious constitutional concerns”. 20 April 2022
Jurisdiction reports
New developments in Australia’s Patent Office and its courts have confirmed that overturning a patent term extension may be the “sleeper” strategy to achieve early generic/biosimilar market entry in Australia. 20 April 2022
Copyright
Amazon has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the online retailer did not comply with Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices concerning a photo of basketball player Michael Jordan. 20 April 2022
Patents
Valuing traditional knowledge on a par with other IP remains difficult, but methods are improving, says indigenous rights expert Daniel Sumalavia, indigenous rights expert and international consultant. 20 April 2022
Trademarks
Ukrainian refugees have been ensnared in a counterfeit cigarette plant outside Rome, according to reports by the Italian police. 19 April 2022
Copyright
Last year, 2021, was declared by the United Nations as the International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, in recognition of the potential that creative and copyright industries hold to become key drivers of economic growth in developing countries. 19 April 2022
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