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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
Trademarks
GlaxoSmithKline can’t register a shade of purple as a trademark covering asthma inhalers, the EU General Court has ruled. 9 September 2020
Copyright
The musical “Jersey Boys” doesn’t infringe the copyright for the autobiography of Four Seasons guitarist Tommy DeVito, a US court ruled yesterday, September 8. 9 September 2020
Patents
Baker Botts has hired Peter Kang as a partner in its IP department in its Palo Alto office and as co-chair of the firm’s Korea-based IP practice. 9 September 2020
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