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Tattoo artist takes aim at WWE and video game maker

A tattoo artist has taken aim at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software in a copyright infringement suit.   19 April 2018

Trademarks

EUIPO must re-examine KitKat shape, says AG

An advocate-general at the Court of Justice of the European Union has said that the European Union Intellectual Property Office must re-examine whether Nestlé’s four-finger KitKat shape may be maintained as an EU trademark.   19 April 2018

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Robins Kaplan hires IP litigators

Robins Kaplan has expanded its Boston office with the addition of Stephen Wald as a partner in the firm’s business litigation practice group.   19 April 2018

Patents

Self-help group leader must pay Microsoft attorneys’ fees

Keith Raniere, the leader of a self-help group in the US, has been told he must pay telecoms company AT&T and Microsoft nearly $450,000 of attorneys’ fees and costs in a patent dispute.   19 April 2018

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Conference preview: IACC 2018 Annual Spring Conference

Vishal Amin, the White House’s IP Enforcement Coordinator, will be the keynote speaker at the IACC 2018 Annual Spring Conference, as IACC reports.   18 April 2018

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Assessing the evidence: semiconductor portfolio management

If you are not examining the patents in your semiconductor portfolio for which evidence of use is harder to prove, you are not leveraging your full portfolio, says Martin Bijman of TechInsights.   18 April 2018

Trademarks

Barbershop accuses LeBron James of TM infringement

A barbershop in Detroit has accused LeBron James and his multimedia platform Uninterrupted of trademark infringement, in a complaint that said the basketball star “stole” the shop’s concept for a web series.   18 April 2018

Trademarks

LAPD seizes counterfeit cosmetics containing human faeces

Earlier this week the Los Angeles Police Department seized $700,000 worth of counterfeit cosmetics containing bacteria and faeces in LA’s fashion district.   18 April 2018

Patents

Michael Best hires Merchant & Gould litigator

Michael Best & Friedrich has expanded its litigation practice group with the addition of Shane Brunner as partner.   18 April 2018

Patents

More manpower required to deal with cases: EPO Boards of Appeal

Significantly more manpower will be necessary in the coming years to ensure the proper functioning of the European Patent Office’s (EPO) appeal system, a report has said.   18 April 2018

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