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As fashion brands explore blockchain, AI tools, and NFTs, it is tech-savvy lawyers who steer them in the right direction. Muireann Bolger speaks to counsel working the seam of apparel and tech. 4 March 2024
Patents
EUIPO wins appeal to reverse General Court decision | Court of Justice ‘concludes there are no loopholes’ in community design regulation | ‘Protect designs from the beginning’, say lawyers. 1 March 2024
Copyright
Writer of 1989 original claims Amazon infringed copyright and used AI for actors’ voices | Amazon says allegations about remake, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor, set for March 21 release are ‘categorically false’. 1 March 2024
Careers
Partner joins the IP and technology practice in Palo Alto | Brings expertise in electronics, software technology, and AI and machine learning | Latest addition follows the arrival of another tech counsel in Ohio. 1 March 2024
Patents
Controversial regulation is approved despite backlash from rightsholders | Rules aim to stimulate innovation within the EU and address concerns around SEP and FRAND licensing | UK focuses on educating SMEs via an information hub with technical consultation this year. 29 February 2024
Patents
A vote on controversial proposals to stop patent protection for plants derived from ‘New Genomic Technologies’ will have a big impact on agritech, explains Richard Maclennan of Appleyard Lees. 29 February 2024
Copyright
Lawsuit claims West sampled the hit 1970s song for a new track after permission was denied on moral grounds | Summer estate ‘wanted no association with West’s controversial history’. 29 February 2024
Patents
Dutch telecommunications company KPN proves breach of contract over patent rights | Samsung makes a bid to transfer the case to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. 28 February 2024
Trademarks
Apple files suit against the TTAB’s decision opposing trademark applications for its AR software development tools | Tech giant contests objections raised by Turkish company over the marks | Asserts marks inherent distinctiveness and secondary meaning. 28 February 2024
Trademarks
A three-day hearing over the UK rivals’ yellow and blue signs left plenty to ponder for Justices and brand owners alike. Anneka Dalton of Taylor Wessing examines the takeaways. 28 February 2024
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