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Patents
Acquisitions made by Broadcom and Commscope have helped the companies climb up the list of organisations which received the most patent grants in 2019, while IBM’s purchase of Red Hat has helped the company further secure its place at the top of the list. 19 May 2020
Trademarks
The International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition has announced the postponement of all of its conferences until 2021, amid the COVID-19 outbreak. 19 May 2020
Copyright
One of the world’s biggest video game developers has sued Google, Apple, and an Alibaba company for copyright infringement over an alleged “clone” of Ubisoft’s “Rainbow Six: Siege”. 18 May 2020
Trademarks
Toyota has been blocked from registering its flying car brand as an EU trademark by UK telecommunications provider Sky, which said it could be mistaken as being the company behind the products. 18 May 2020
Patents
European IP licensor and patent pool operator Sisvel hit numerous companies including Dell, TCL and Tesla with patent infringement lawsuits late last week. 18 May 2020
Trademarks
Two in five companies have seen an increase in cybercrime against their business since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from brand protection company Red Points. 18 May 2020
Copyright
The English Court of Appeal has blocked a US software company from looking to enforce a California court’s order against a UK rival, on the grounds that it infringed British sovereignty. 15 May 2020
Trademarks
Defendants cannot be barred from raising defence claims that weren’t litigated through to judgment in previous cases on different issues, the US Supreme Court has ruled. 15 May 2020
Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s use of procedural denials has “exploded”, with the board rapidly expanding the exercise of its discretion in the past two years. 15 May 2020
Copyright
In a victory for toy shop Toys R Us, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected an appeal from toymaker Lanard Toys, which asked the court to find that Toys R US had infringed its IP. 15 May 2020
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