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Drinker Biddle & Reath has strengthened its IP team, with the addition of four partners in Denver. 30 January 2020
Trademarks
McDonald’s will not appeal against the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s decision to partially invalidate its ‘Mc’ trademark. 30 January 2020
Trademarks
Swedish fashion brand H&M has scored a victory in a 23-year-long trademark dispute with Adidas in the Netherlands over its use of a two-stripe design on sportswear. 30 January 2020
Patents
Nearly four years after filing its suit, the California Institute of Technology has won a $1.1 billion jury verdict in a patent suit against Apple and Broadcom. 30 January 2020
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A new boutique IP firm, GR Legal, has been launched, specialising in IP and information technology law. 29 January 2020
Patents
The European Patent Office has said it rejected two patent applications naming the machine Dabus as an inventor because European law requires an inventor to be a “natural person”. 29 January 2020
Copyright
A Californian artist is suing Disney and Pixar for the allegedly unlawful copying of her “tremendously cool” unicorn-emblazoned van for a character in the soon-to-appear animation “Onward”. 29 January 2020
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Confectionery group The Hershey Company has taken the former president of its healthy snack brand Amplify to court over the alleged theft of trade secrets. 29 January 2020
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This morning’s Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in Sky v SkyKick is a “big win for brand owners” and a positive result for Sky, lawyers have said. 29 January 2020
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Short-form mobile video sharer TikTok and digital music licensing hub Merlin have entered a global licensing deal that will see TikTok given access to the music agency’s musical portfolio. 28 January 2020
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