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Patents
US-based technology company iRobot Corporation has sued vacuum cleaner business Hoover and Black & Decker in two separate patent infringement lawsuits. 19 April 2017
Patents
UK-based IP law firm HGF has hired Craig Thomson as a partner in the firm’s life sciences team in Glasgow, Scotland. 19 April 2017
Patents
Law firm Withers & Rogers has promoted Russell Edson, a patent attorney in the firm’s advanced engineering practice group, to partner. 19 April 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded part of a patent suit earlier this week, meaning that Samsung may not have to pay the full $15.7 million in damages to Rembrandt Wireless. 19 April 2017
Trademarks
Gucci America, the US arm of the luxury brand, has secured a $9 million verdict and a permanent injunction against online counterfeiters. 19 April 2017
Trademarks
Irish dairy seller Ornua has obtained a restraining order against two US-based companies over the infringement of its butter-related trademark ‘Kerrygold’. 18 April 2017
Copyright
WIPR recently asked whether Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as a US Supreme Court associate justice is good for IP, but it seems that our readers are split. 18 April 2017
Patents
Law firm DLA Piper has appointed William Fisher as partner and head of its patent practice in China. 18 April 2017
Patents
Apple has settled its patent infringement dispute with licensing company Unwired Planet just one day before trial was set to begin. 18 April 2017
Copyright
Pop star Beyoncé has tried to dismiss a $20 million copyright claim centring on a sampling in her song and video “Formation”, on the grounds of fair use. 18 April 2017
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