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Trade secrets
A former Google employee is accused of stealing trade secrets covering the Pixel range of devices and publicising them on social media | “I need to take unethical means to get what I am entitled to”, said ex-staffer. 21 November 2024
Careers
Xiaofan Chen joins as a partner bringing nearly two decades of experience in Chinese and international patent law | Chen is one of the first patent litigators to be officially registered with the Supreme People’s Court in China. 21 November 2024
Artificial Intelligence
ANI says ChatGPT trained on copyrighted content and wrongly attributed sources of news stories | OpenAI responds that news provider placed on ‘block list’ since September. 20 November 2024
Trademarks
How much impact does tourism have when assessing grounds for a trademark refusal? For some EU countries, a lot, explains João Pereira Cabral of Inventa. 20 November 2024
Trade secrets
WIPR sat down with the ‘big name’ attorney to explore record-breaking damages awards (and why so many are later overturned), legal challenges and what a Trump second term has in store. 20 November 2024
Careers
Nordic Capital has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in the IP tech provider, unseating its current shareholders led by Astorg. 19 November 2024
Trade secrets
Motorola sued China-based Hytera for trade secrets theft and poaching three engineers | Half-a-billion-dollar award under US Defend Trade Secrets Act given green light for international enforcement | UK court says it can’t enforce multiple awards under the US judgment. 19 November 2024
Careers
IP firms join under Venner Shipley name | New headcount totals 230 people across six UK offices and operations in Germany, Spain. 19 November 2024
Careers
Vidal to return to Silicon Valley litigation department and advise on AI issues | Firm is ‘thrilled to welcome Kathi back’ and looking forward to benefitting from her leadership expertise. 19 November 2024
Copyright
Following the High Court’s long-awaited WaterRower decision, WIPR met with Rachel Pearse of Gunnercooke, part of the winning team, to explore what the “fascinating” case means for designers. 18 November 2024
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