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Trademarks
Last year the UK Intellectual Property Office ran into the same problem that its US counterpart faced three years ago: what happens when the meaning of traditionally offensive or abusive terms changes, and how should IP offices react? Rory O’Neill reports. 3 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
Diversity initiatives are gaining traction across the legal profession, but one characteristic has been left behind: disability. Disabilities of all kinds are rarely talked about in legal circles, and much less seen. Sarah Morgan investigates what can be done. 3 June 2020
Patents
UK patent attorneys are demanding greater clarity over the patentability of technology invented by artificial intelligence. 3 June 2020
Copyright
Judges at a New York federal court appear split on whether Instagram’s user agreement grants publishers a sub-licence to reproduce photographs uploaded to the social media platform. 3 June 2020
Copyright
A Virginian court has mostly rejected US internet service provider Cox Communications’ challenges to a ruling which would see the ISP pay $1 billion to major record labels. 3 June 2020
Copyright
A zoo formerly owned by Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix documentary “Tiger King”, will be given to rival Carole Baskin as part of a $1 million trademark and copyright dispute. 3 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
The categorisation of individuals due to gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation doesn’t encourage equality and we should be working harder to inspire both men and women to drive real change, says Karen Fraser of UDL Intellectual Property. 2 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
The tech industry has started to acknowledge its problem with sexism and diversity, and is publishing more data than ever on its workforce. But is any real progress being made? Rory O’Neill reports. 2 June 2020
Influential Women in IP
After leaving academia in 2012, Gemma Wooden joined EIP as a trainee patent attorney, before becoming a partner earlier this year. Here, Wooden outlines how she helped discover the Higgs boson and her search for a job which offers a peek into the future of technology. 2 June 2020
Patents
The team pushing for IP offices to recognise artificial intelligence as an inventor on patents has appealed an adverse decision of the European Patent Office. 2 June 2020
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