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A group of three men responsible for running illegal sports streaming sites have been ordered to pay €7 million in damages to Canal+, beIN Sports and RMC Sports by the Rennes Criminal Court. 15 March 2021
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Salaries in the IP profession remain healthy following a year that presented many economic challenges to firms due to COVID-19, a report by recruitment agency, Dawn Ellmore Employment, has confirmed. 15 March 2021
Trademarks
India has filed applications for the registration of Basmati rice as a geographical indication in 19 jurisdictions amid criticism from Pakistan and Nepal, with protection already granted in the UK. 15 March 2021
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EIP has hired Magnus Hallin as its chief executive. 15 March 2021
Patents
Patent lawsuits saw an annual rise in the US last year for the first time since 2015, largely driven by a small number of high-volume litigants. 15 March 2021
Influential Women in IP
Proposed legislation aimed at closing the gap that women and minorities face when procuring patent rights could direct the United States Patent and Trademark Office to collect demographic data from applicants and make this public. 12 March 2021
Patents
Nokia has signed a deal with Korean tech giant Samsung to license patents covering its innovations in video standards, it announced Thursday March 12. 12 March 2021
Copyright
An Aboriginal artists’ group in Australia has urged Indigenous artists to stop selling their copyright, arguing that they are being exploited by large corporations. 12 March 2021
Trademarks
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 offers foreign brand owners new tools to remove problematic marks from the US register, but it could also pose challenges, explain Brett Heavner and Yinfei Wu of Finnegan. 12 March 2021
Patents
The UK high court has revoked two British American Tobacco e-cigarette patents for obviousness, concluding they lack an “inventive step” over an existing Philip Morris International patent. 11 March 2021
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