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WIPR’s latest survey on diversity and inclusion provides another sombre snapshot of an industry that’s behind the times but trying hard to catch up through a variety of initiatives. Sarah Morgan reports. 2 June 2020
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Nestlé has been forced to change the name of its plant-based burger after a Dutch court upheld a US vegan food maker’s trademark complaint. 2 June 2020
Copyright
Four major book publishers have taken the Internet Archive to court, alleging the online library is engaged in “willful mass copyright infringement”. 2 June 2020
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A US federal appeals court has overturned a California fabric maker’s $780,000 copyright infringement win over Swedish fashion retailer H&M. 1 June 2020
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The Delhi High Court has ordered instant messaging service Telegram to hand over the identity of users sharing e-newspapers for free on the platform. 1 June 2020
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected Japan Tobacco International’s attempts to stop the registration of a trademark applied-for by a New Zealand-based vaping store. 1 June 2020
Patents
Fashion brand Steve Madden has found itself embroiled in a dispute with American shoe company Converse over trainers. 1 June 2020
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A former General Electric engineer faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets from the company. 29 May 2020
Patents
IP firm AWA has announced the opening of an office in Oslo, Norway, led by Carsten Lous, the current IP rights director of consumer goods company Stokke. 29 May 2020
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“Unpredictable” and “crazy” is how Matt Serlin and Elisa Cooper of Brandsight described the past 12 months for the domain name management industry. 29 May 2020
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