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Trademarks
On July 7, 2021, the General Court ruled for the first time on an EU sound trademark in the form of an audio file, submitted by Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings. 8 November 2021
Patents
The English High Court has dismissed a bid from several Chinese mobile companies arguing that litigation over standard-essential patents brought by Nokia should be stayed due to parallel proceedings in China. 5 November 2021
Patents
Two US senators have criticised Judge Alan Albright for engaging in “inappropriate conduct” in order to make the US District Court for the District of West Texas the go-to court for patent litigation in the US. 5 November 2021
Trademarks
Cold-brew company Rise Brewing secured a preliminary injunction against food and beverage giant PepsiCo in the companies’ ongoing trademark dispute on Wednesday, November 3. 5 November 2021
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Global IP firm Murgitroyd has continued its international expansion strategy with the acquisition of UK-based UDL Intellectual Property. 4 November 2021
Influential Women in IP
Despite an increased number of women entering the science, technology, engineering, and math fields in recent years, there is still a large gap between the number of women and men entering these fields. This has led to fewer women participating in the IP system overall. 4 November 2021
Trademarks
The EU’s Africa IP SME helpdesk aims to support economic growth in Africa while presenting new economic frontiers for EU businesses, finds Muireann Bolger. 4 November 2021
Patents
The acting director of the US Patent and Trademark Office Drew Hirshfeld has agreed for the first time to review a final written decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) after being given oversight over the board’s rulings in the Supreme Court’s Arthrex decision. 4 November 2021
Trademarks
In 2011, ICM Registry launched a groundbreaking domain blocking service that allowed trademark owners to defensively block their marks from public registration in the .xxx namespace, commonly referred to as ‘Sunrise B’ registrations. 4 November 2021
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American big cat rights activist Carole Baskin has lost a bid to halt the launch of “Tiger King 2” on Netflix over the “unauthorised” use of footage of her in the upcoming documentary. 3 November 2021
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