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US internet dating company Match has asked a court to remove a state lawsuit filed by competitor Bumble against Match’s brand Tinder, as the allegations in it should instead have been addressed by counterclaims in the parties’ federal IP dispute. 27 September 2018
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“I’m afraid I haven’t provided you with any answers, but merely posed the questions,” said Mr Justice Henry Carr of the English High Court while concluding a talk on the UK’s post-Brexit future. 27 September 2018
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Sheppard Mullin has added three IP attorneys from Baker Botts to its IP practice group in Palo Alto, California. 27 September 2018
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Joseph Simons, chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has appointed Gail Levine as a deputy director of the commission’s bureau of competition. 27 September 2018
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The EU General Court has dismissed an appeal by a German company in a dispute over a trademark application portraying a chameleon. 27 September 2018
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The TCL v Ericsson decision has moved licensees a few steps closer to levelling the playing field when negotiating standard-essential patent licences, a US lawyer involved in the case told an industry conference. 27 September 2018
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The European Patent Office and the China National Intellectual Property Administration have signed a co-operation programme on a range of patent issues, strengthening the longstanding bond between the two offices. 27 September 2018
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While there is no uniform understanding of free movement of goods and services on the world market, trademark owners should implement policies to deal with parallel imports, including in South America. Rodrigo Bonan of Luiz Leonardos & Advogados reports. 27 September 2018
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Traditional IP law firms need to wake up to the major changes that service providers are causing in the legal industry, or risk vanishing forever, says CEO of Brandstock, Volker Spitz, in an interview with WIPR. 27 September 2018
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While IP laws don’t protect advertising slogans in Brazil, that doesn’t mean they can’t be secured by other means. Paulo Parente Marques Mendes and Beatriz Vergaça Castro of Di Blasi, Parente & Associados report. 26 September 2018
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