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Litigants cannot be forced to pay the attorneys’ fees of the US Patent and Trademark Office, the US Supreme Court has ruled. 12 December 2019
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A Hong Kong-based toy company is fighting back against an injunction obtained by Lego barring the sale of its minifigures in the US. 11 December 2019
Patents
Apple says it has “deep concerns” that two former employees, who are accused of stealing trade secrets from the iPhone maker, will try to flee the US before their trials if their locations are not monitored, according to Reuters. 11 December 2019
Trademarks
Kim Kardashian West is suing the doctor behind the controversial ‘vampire facial’ for misappropriating her name and likeness in promoting his services. 11 December 2019
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Nike has asked a US court to halt a preliminary injunction against one of its advertising campaigns while it files an appeal. 11 December 2019
Copyright
Disney has sued a US-based online retailer for selling merchandise which allegedly infringes several of the Mickey Mouse creator’s trademarks and copyrights. 10 December 2019
Patents
A long-running dispute over whether a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to institute an inter partes review is appealable could undermine the proceeding’s bedrock policies, lawyers told WIPR. 10 December 2019
Trademarks
The founder of indie game website Itch.io says it has been hit with takedown notices over games described as being in the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ genre. 10 December 2019
Patents
Finnish telecoms company Nokia has suspended its patent infringement litigation against German carmaker Daimler with a view to resolving the standard-essential patent dispute through mediation. 10 December 2019
Trademarks
An Indian court has issued a temporary injunction prohibiting a Chinese company from selling jewellery using the trademark ‘ORRA’. 9 December 2019
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