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Trademarks
Trademark filings at some of the world’s biggest IP offices have begun to fall, despite showing resilience late last week amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 26 March 2020
Patents
South Korea has launched a “patent information navigation” system to provide accurate information on the latest inventions and treatments aimed at tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. 25 March 2020
Trademarks
The Delhi High Court has granted BMW an injunction against ‘DMW’, a local electronic rickshaw manufacturer. 25 March 2020
Copyright
The estate of the late “The Wizard of Oz” songwriter Harold Arlen has dropped a lawsuit that claimed Apple had streamed and sold bootleg copies of songs including “Over The Rainbow”. 25 March 2020
Influential Women in IP
The US Patent and Trademark Office has launched a new platform aimed at encouraging greater participation in the patent system, as part of its effort to inspire a more diverse innovation economy. 25 March 2020
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will leave it to the Supreme Court to review its controversial Arthrex decision that Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges were unconstitutionally appointed. 24 March 2020
Copyright
Copyright lobbyists have urged US lawmakers to revisit the statute on state sovereign immunity in the wake of yesterday’s US Supreme Court ruling in Allen v Cooper. 24 March 2020
Patents
Finnish telecoms company Nokia has declared more than 3,000 standard-essential patent families for 5G, as it seeks to cement its position in the development and standardisation of the technology. 24 March 2020
Copyright
The US Supreme Court has declared that state institutions can’t be sued for copyright infringement, in a case stemming from the use of videos and images featuring the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge. 23 March 2020
Copyright
A US federal judge has rebuked an art licensing agency for prioritising its trademark lawsuit over knock-off unicorn products during the global coronavirus emergency. 23 March 2020
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