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Patents
Ryan N Phelan of Marshall Gerstein Borun offers a helpful guide to the US Patent and Trademark Office’s updated guidance on subject matter eligibility. 24 December 2019
Copyright
Sony, Warner and Universal secured a $1 billion payout of damages from Cox Communications last week, after a jury in Virginia found that the internet service provider wilfully allowed its customers to illegally download music. 23 December 2019
Trademarks
American Airlines has sued Delta Air Lines over the rival airline’s alleged infringement of the ‘Flagship’ trademarks. 23 December 2019
Copyright
The estate of late singer Michael Jackson has settled its copyright clash with the Walt Disney Company and its subsidiary ABC over the two-hour documentary “The Last Days of Michael Jackson”. 23 December 2019
Patents
Late last week, the European Patent Office refused two patent applications that list an artificial intelligence application as the sole inventor. 23 December 2019
Influential Women in IP
Mentored workers feel more satisfied with and more committed to their careers, and a mentor may be a catalyst for a dramatic career change or a gentle nudge to move forward. Gretchen Stroud of Gilead Sciences explores the benefits. 23 December 2019
Trademarks
A US Department of State employee and his wife have been charged with conspiring to traffic counterfeit goods into the country. 20 December 2019
Patents
US officials have said that standard-essential patent owners who seek injunctions to stop the sale of infringing products will no longer be pursued under competition laws. 20 December 2019
Patents
Claudio Furtado, president of the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office, has ruled out the possibility of the office becoming extinct under a controversial merger plan. 20 December 2019
Copyright
Only one in five equity partners in US law firms are women and less than 8% are people of colour, according to a report from the National Association for Law Placement. 20 December 2019
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