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Jurisdiction reports
As a well-planned strategy, joint defence is popular among large patent-holding companies to file patent infringement lawsuits that involve multiple defendants. This is particularly true in cases where a patent holder in the pharmaceutical field seeks to enforce its rights against many generic manufacturers. 9 December 2021
Copyright
Over two million copyright disputes were resolved in favour of content creators over the first six months of the year, the social media platform YouTube has revealed in a new report. 9 December 2021
Patents
Nike has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission asking the agency to block Adidas from importing its “Primeknit” sneakers into the US. 9 December 2021
Copyright
The continent’s patchwork of IP systems can seem like the Wild West, but Africa has plenty of protection if you know where to look, explains Mariëtte du Plessis, Simon Brown, Nicky Garnett, and Nthabiseng Phaswana of Adams & Adams. 9 December 2021
Copyright
A Canadian man who allegedly ran a videogame piracy group has agreed to pay Nintendo $10 million in damages. 8 December 2021
Patents
Irish company Solas OLED has filed a lawsuit against Samsung and Nintendo alleging that the companies infringed four of its patents covering organic light-emitting diodes, a flat light emitting technology. 8 December 2021
Trademarks
The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by a small Australian shoewear company for a review of a ruling favouring US retailer Deckers in a trademark dispute over the ‘Ugg’ mark. 8 December 2021
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An Australian computer scientist and self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin has been cleared of majority of claims in an IP dispute, but will have to pay $100 million to a venture he founded with his deceased business partner. 7 December 2021
Jurisdiction reports
Many people, lay and professional, are not aware that there are several different types of US patents available to inventors. Some use the word patent to describe only what they call “mechanical” and “design” patents. 7 December 2021
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Both the UK Intellectual Property Office and the US Patent and Trademark Office have launched public consultations on standard-essential patents. 7 December 2021
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