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Trademarks
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has said it will tighten controls on IP infringement with a particular focus on trademark registration abuse and business secret theft. 25 August 2017
Copyright
For the fourth time this year, New York resident John Emmanuelle has sued a church for using his music. 25 August 2017
Patents
As head of the patent department at Türk Patent, Salih Bektas must oversee an increasingly demanding workload and, as WIPR finds out, he has called in some reinforcements. 25 August 2017
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Puma has withdrawn its appeal against a decision by the Regional Court of Frankfurt to lift a preliminary injunction granted against Adidas’s ‘Futurecraft M.F.G’ trainers. 24 August 2017
Copyright
A photographer has sued sports news website Bleacher Report for allegedly using a photograph of two former National Football League players without his permission. 24 August 2017
Trademarks
Footwear manufacturer New Balance has won a significant trademark payout in China, after a court awarded the US company more than RMB 10 million ($1.5 million) in damages. 24 August 2017
Patents
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has revealed details of a constitutional complaint that has delayed the country’s ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement. 24 August 2017
Copyright
Several IP lawyers have expressed doubts over the UK government’s claims that the direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union will end post-Brexit. 23 August 2017
Patents
A decision finding IPR unconstitutional might also eliminate several other programmes at the USPTO that allow third parties to attack the validity of issued patents. Russell Dunlap of Taylor English reports. 23 August 2017
Trademarks
The BBC has settled a trademark infringement case in India against the publisher of a cooking book. 23 August 2017
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