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Careers
New hire joins from Nixon Peabody | Los Angeles office partner brings expertise in copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and crisis management. 27 February 2024
Patents
Guidance aims to clarify how 15-year-old SCOTUS precedent should be applied | USPTO underscores need for a flexible approach to obviousness | Emphasises need for ‘a reasoned explanation’ in conclusion. 27 February 2024
Patents
Letter to MEPs insists patents plan would increase Europe’s “dependence on technologies developed elsewhere” | Vote on proposed amendments attracted a slew of abstentions | Proposal condemned as “a worrying development” that moves the EU “closer to an act of self-harm”. 26 February 2024
Patents
Patent services company lands contract with IP office for AI-driven image searching | Aims to improve efficiency of patent application examinations | Contract worth $12.6 million. 26 February 2024
Trade secrets
Bank says former adviser tried to convince clients to join him at Raymond James | Conduct allegedly misused information which was “proprietary and valuable, and would be especially useful to a competitor” | Complaint filed in Michigan alleges breach of contract, tortious interference, and conversion. 26 February 2024
Trademarks
A greater variety of domain extensions such as .uk has increased the risks for brands online—but the Brand Safety Alliance has a solution, says product director, Ben Anderson. 26 February 2024
Trademarks
The tiny archipelago of São Tomé and Principe has kickstarted the protection of its cocoa through geographical indication, explains Diana Pereira of Inventa. 23 February 2024
Trademarks
Rights owner of Back to the Future car wins claim that film studio NBCUniversal infringed its trademarks | California judge finds no grounds for breach of contract between the pair but suggests further opportunity for DeLorean Estate to prove infringement at trial. 23 February 2024
Trademarks
Opposition Division concludes that luxury fashion brand has not acquired trademark reputation in Europe | Thom Browne had objected to mark owned by China-based company in 2022 | Distinctiveness in the EU argument fails to win over examiners. 23 February 2024
Copyright
Top court in the US addresses circuit split over Copyright Act statute | Music producer wants damages from Warner to be backdated more than 10 years, during which time he was jailed for drug dealing | Damages issue is ‘critical’ for copyright damages, say lawyers. 22 February 2024
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