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Trademarks
IP owners should consider alternatives to trademark rights while waiting for their applications to be processed in Brazil, say Giovanna Sgaria and Roberta Arantes of Daniel Legal & IP Strategy. 4 October 2017
Patents
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted nearly 100 attorneys to partner across its 13 international offices. 3 October 2017
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Duane Morris has opened an office in Austin, Texas, and hired Bert Greene as an IP partner and Brad Thompson as an energy sector partner. 3 October 2017
Copyright
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has backed search engine Google in a dispute over whether the use of thumbnail images constitutes copyright infringement. 3 October 2017
Patents
Several media companies including Bloomberg, BuzzFeed and the Associated Press have opposed a request by Waymo to keep part of the upcoming IP jury trial with Uber a secret. 3 October 2017
Copyright
A Korean band have granted copyright to Coldplay and The Chainsmokers, a DJ production duo, after criticism that the band’s “Don’t Wanna Cry” song is too similar to a track made by the parties. 3 October 2017
Patents
The World Intellectual Property Organization should begin “tentative engagement” with artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things, according to its director general Francis Gurry. 3 October 2017
Patents
The US Supreme Court has denied a petition to revisit the landmark 2014 Alice v CLS Bank decision, while choosing not to assess a parody case filed by Louis Vuitton. 3 October 2017
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Europe’s highest court has ruled on a designs dispute between video games company Nintendo and a maker of console accessories, finding that a German court does have jurisdiction over a French defendant. 3 October 2017
Copyright
With the ASEAN region celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, WIPR assesses how far its IP systems have come and what the future holds. 3 October 2017
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