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The European Patent Office has further extended deadlines until May 4 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 20 April 2020
Copyright
The estate of Pantera guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott has prevailed in a copyright dispute with a guitar designer over the lightning bolt design associated with the late musician. 20 April 2020
Trademarks
Demand for counterfeit products, particularly fake pharmaceutical and healthcare products, has surged and will continue throughout the current COVID-19 crisis, despite potentially harmful effects on consumers, according to Europol. 20 April 2020
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In the digital age, domain names are crucial for brands. Despite this, many fail to invest in their domain name portfolio as they do their trademark and patent portfolios. Statton Hammock of Clarivate Analytics reports. 20 April 2020
Trademarks
European IP firm Withers & Rogers has promoted trademark attorney Mark Caddle to the firm’s partnership, effective from April 1. 17 April 2020
Trademarks
Tobacco company Philip Morris has failed in another effort to block a rival’s UK trademark, which it claimed would cause confusion with its e-vaping product line. 17 April 2020
Patents
Efforts to modernise and further develop German patent law are welcome, say Cordula Schumacher and Lisa Schneider of Arnold Ruess. 17 April 2020
Influential Women in IP
In-house legal teams will need to focus on five ‘pillars’, which include driving diversity across all dimensions and at all levels, if they are to recover and find new opportunities in a post-pandemic world. 17 April 2020
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched an online dashboard, allowing stakeholders to monitor the UN organisation's operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 April 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in the UK has elected Richard Goddard as president. 16 April 2020
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