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Trademarks
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner has filed a trademark application for the phrase “rise and shine”, as well as an alternative spelling “riiise and shiiinee”, off the back of a viral video she posted on social media earlier this month. 24 October 2019
Copyright
US singer Lizzo, the artist behind the record-breaking single “Truth Hurts”, has hit back at a trio of songwriters who are making an “illegitimate claim to co-own” her work. 24 October 2019
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has backed Philips in an attempt by Google to have one of the Dutch conglomerate’s audio encoding patents invalidated. 24 October 2019
Patents
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Ellisen Turner, who previously served as managing partner of Irell & Manella, into its Los Angeles office. 24 October 2019
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A sports memorabilia website has sued for a declaration that it has not infringed the National Basketball Association’s trademarks after its listings were removed from e-commerce sites including eBay. 23 October 2019
Patents
The UK Supreme Court has today, October 23 ruled that an academic is entitled to £2 million as a fair share of the benefit derived from his glucose testing inventions by his then-employer, Unilever. 23 October 2019
Patents
Intel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against a SoftBank Group-owned investment firm, which allegedly stockpiles “meritless patents” to use in litigation against technology companies. 23 October 2019
Trademarks
Kanye West has been unsuccessful in his attempt to register the phrase ‘Sunday Service’ as a trademark at the US Patent and Trademark Office, because the trademark is already taken. 23 October 2019
Copyright
The US House of Representatives has approved a controversial reform to copyright law that creates a new body to deal with small claims. 23 October 2019
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Popular YouTuber PewDiePie’s content has been banned in China after he reacted to a meme which compared the country’s leader to Winnie the Pooh. 22 October 2019
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