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In a victory for Snapchat, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has determined several claims of a business messaging platform’s patent are unpatentable. 3 September 2019
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US prosecutors are investigating Huawei over new allegations of trade secrets theft, it has been reported. 2 September 2019
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US singer Lizzo has been accused of plagiarising a lyric from her hit song “Truth Hurts”, in which she sings “I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that bitch”. 2 September 2019
Trademarks
Monster Energy has failed to stop a camera equipment company from registering a trademark at the UK Intellectual Property Office, which it claimed would infringe its earlier marks. 2 September 2019
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US-based law firm Michael Best has strengthened its IP group with the addition of Scott Diring as senior counsel in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 2 September 2019
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A US-based children’s clothing company has asked a court to pass judgment that its
products do not infringe Lacoste’s famous crocodile trademarks. 2 September 2019
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E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has taken legal action against counterfeiters which it says are making dangerous counterfeits of its vaping products and selling them to minors. 30 August 2019
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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has designated an earlier decision, in which it denied an inter partes review on the basis that claims of the disputed patent had already been challenged in a civil action, as precedential. 30 August 2019
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New York-based travel equipment manufacturer Safe Skies has successfully had a rival company’s European trademark for ‘TSA lock’ revoked at the European Union Intellectual Property Office. 30 August 2019
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Photographer Jill Greenberg has reached a “favourable settlement” with household products manufacturer the Clorox Company over its use of her cat portraits in an advertising campaign, according to her lawyers. 30 August 2019
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