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Patents
While applicants put a lot of care into drafting a PCT application, the choice of international search authority can be an afterthought. But this choice might have a significant impact on costs and other strategic considerations, as Maeve O’ Flynn and Victoria Barker of Finnegan London explain. 14 September 2020
Trademarks
WIPR looks at trademark rulings released this week by the European General Court, and the key takeaways from each ruling. 11 September 2020
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A former vice president of Philips North America must face allegations that he purloined confidential information in order to gain customers after he began to work for GE Healthcare, according to a Maryland federal court. 11 September 2020
Patents
A business review letter, which gave a group that sets technical standards the go ahead to change its policy, is being frequently misapplied and may be chilling innovation, according to the US Department of Justice. 11 September 2020
Patents
Daimler has confirmed it will appeal against a Munich court’s patent injunction that threatens to ban sales of its cars in Germany. 10 September 2020
Copyright
Embedding works on websites by means of automatic links requires the authorisation of rights owners of those works, an advocate general has told the Court of Justice of the European Union. 10 September 2020
Patents
Government support combined with updated patent examination guidelines has helped cement China’s world leadership status in blockchain, as Xiaofan Chen of AWA explains. 10 September 2020
Patents
The designation of a patent as a covered business method patent is unappealable, the US Patent and Trademark Office and Emerson Electric have argued. 10 September 2020
Trademarks
International gambling brand Novomatic has failed to register ‘Primus’ as an EU trademark, after an opposition from a Belgian brewery. 10 September 2020
Influential Women in IP
Earlier this year, the International Trademark Association focused on championing and advancing women’s leadership in IP. WIPR spoke to its president, Ayala Deutsch, to find out more. 9 September 2020
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