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Law firm Alston & Bird has promoted Shri Abhyankar, Xavier Brandwajn, Christopher Douglas and Matthew Howell in the firm’s intellectual property litigation and IP patent prosecution groups. 9 January 2017
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On August 1, 2016, amendments to the Austrian Patent Act and Trademark Act (and related IP acts) were published concerning an additional institution that had been attached to the Austrian Patent Office (APO). This partial legal body was created in 1992 to assist the APO with some matters. However, the body now ceases to exist and all services (eg, providing similarity searches in the course of a trademark application) are again provided by the APO as a sovereign administration. 8 January 2017
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An investigation by the London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit has seen a UK man sentenced for selling counterfeit goods online. 6 January 2017
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The director of the US Patent and Trademark Office has praised the intellectual property initiatives of President Barack Obama’s administration in a report released by the organisation. 6 January 2017
Copyright
US media companies Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios are preparing to argue a copyright infringement case centring on a crowdfunded “Star Trek” film before a jury, after a judge set the hearing in motion. 6 January 2017
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China’s intellectual property courts have accepted 30,309 cases in the two years since their establishment, according to China-based IPRAction. 6 January 2017
Trademarks
The Isle of Man government and Bushy’s Brewery, a beer company based on the island, have jointly announced a trademark co-existence agreement centring on the term ‘TT’. 6 January 2017
Patents
Law firm Hogan Lovells has promoted eight lawyers to partner and counsel in the firm’s intellectual property practice. 6 January 2017
Patents
The full US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed to assess whether judicial review is available for a patent owner to challenge Patent Trial and Appeal Board determinations that say inter partes review petitions satisfy the timeliness requirement. 5 January 2017
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Bushy’s Brewery, a beer company based on the Isle of Man, is embroiled in a trademark spat with the island’s government. 5 January 2017
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