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Juries are capable of determining whether a patent is essential to a technological standard, the Federal Circuit has ruled. 5 August 2020
Copyright
Levels of illegal piracy have remained largely consistent in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown, despite an increase in the consumption of digital content, new research has shown. 5 August 2020
Trademarks
BMW has won a trademark suit in a long-running dispute over the infringement of its marks and designs for alloy wheels, according to a decision handed down by the English High Court on Thursday, July 30. 4 August 2020
Copyright
A non-profit organisation has won a temporary restraining order barring the Columbia University from publishing copies of the Encyclopaedia Iranica resource. 4 August 2020
Trademarks
After carving a successful IP career in Denmark, Anette Rasmussen was appointed president of the European Communities Trademark Association. She tells WIPR about the challenges posed by COVID-19, her career path and her hopes and aspirations for the organisation. 4 August 2020
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has cancelled a $6 million patent win for a shipbuilder against the US Navy. 4 August 2020
Patents
A Chinese AI company is suing Apple for $1.4 billion at a Shanghai court, in a patent infringement lawsuit involving the Siri voice recognition system. 3 August 2020
Influential Women in IP
Law firm Allen & Overy has set new diversity targets after research revealed that black and ethnic minority lawyers had shorter tenures at the firm when compared to their white counterparts. 3 August 2020
Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office will raise patent fees from October, amid financial pressure on the organisation stemming from COVID-19 disruption. 3 August 2020
Trademarks
Nearly 100,000 newly cloned UK trademark registrations will become defunct next year following the Brexit deadline of December 31, research by IP data provider Clarivate has revealed. 3 August 2020
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