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Visit the Pro Bono Clearinghouse!

Today is the last day to visit the Pro Bono Clearinghouse Information Booth—located at the INTA Information Booth in Hall 8—to learn more about INTA’s recently established Pro Bono Clearinghouse.   24 May 2017

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AB InBev: Keeping a Clear Head

International brewer AB InBev requires clear documentation of trademark rights when buying or merging with another company, as Associate General Counsel Jeremy Roe tells Ed Conlon.   24 May 2017

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Counterfeits: The Role of the Middle Man

Awareness campaigns and prosecuting counterfeiters won’t stop consumers being misled by counterfeits, but damages are a great help in the fight, registrants heard yesterday.   24 May 2017

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From Colors to Collectives: Trademark Developments in Japan

With the first color trademarks being registered in Japan earlier this year, Sarah Morgan hears about what applicants have to show in order to secure protection, and other changes to trademark law.   24 May 2017

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Mary Boney Denison: Hitting Targets and Tackling Dead Wood

Mary Boney Denison, Commissioner for Trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, must stay on top of targets, keep customers happy, fight fraud, and root out the dead wood, as she told Sarah Morgan.   24 May 2017

Jurisdiction reports

The force of moral rights

The strength of moral rights in Dutch copyright law has in January 2017 been illustrated in two legal disputes concerning the renovation of architectural buildings.   24 May 2017

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TC Heartland v Kraft Foods: SCOTUS deals ‘staggering blow’ to NPEs

A “staggering blow” was dealt to non-practising entities yesterday as the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in TC Heartland v Kraft Foods.   23 May 2017

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Nokia and Apple resolve IP litigation

Nokia and Apple have settled all litigation related to their IP dispute and have entered into a patent licensing agreement.   23 May 2017

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Simplified procedures key to soaring IPEC claims, lawyers say

The number of claims brought at the UK’s specialist IP court have increased by nearly 70%, a sign that its simplified trial procedures are working, lawyers have said.   23 May 2017

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US Supreme Court to hear case on PTAB

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute that should clear up rules surrounding the inter partes review procedure at the US Patent and Trademark Office.   23 May 2017

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