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Disagreements over FRAND licensing must be settled by telecoms experts and arbitrators, not judges and regulators, says Bill Merritt, CEO of InterDigital, in an interview with WIPR. 16 April 2018
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While the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement has signalled a step forward in certainty, the future of IP in the UK and the Unified Patent Court after Brexit is still murky. WIPR investigates. 16 April 2018
Copyright
A US court has handed a group of music publishers a victory in their battle with a music concert streaming service. 13 April 2018
Copyright
Whether graffiti art can be protected by copyright law is not usually discussed, but alleged unauthorised use by H&M has brought the matter to the surface. Barbara Hoffman of The Hoffman Law Firm reports. 13 April 2018
Trademarks
The German Patent and Trademark Office has concluded that the term ‘Black Friday’ lacks distinctiveness, in a trademark dispute involving PayPal and a Hong Kong-based company. 13 April 2018
Patents
Hybrid vehicle technology company Paice has settled its patent battle with Ford as part of a licence agreement between the parties. 13 April 2018
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected a trademark opposition filed by the production company behind popular TV series “MasterChef”. 13 April 2018
Copyright
China’s State Intellectual Property Office has announced that the country will soon introduce punitive damages for IP infringements in an effort to ensure that offenders pay a “big price”. 13 April 2018
Jurisdiction reports
The funding of US contingency-fee patent and IP litigation has morphed into a respectable industry. No longer does private patent litigation funding carry the stigma once associated with it. The number of funders is increasing and their arrangements with owners of US patent portfolios are being more frequently examined and embraced by ‘big law’. 12 April 2018
Patents
Andrei Iancu, director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, has said the US must create a more positive dialogue around patents. 12 April 2018
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