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US mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm has signed a long-term agreement with Chinese technology company Huawei, ending a patent dispute between the pair. 30 July 2020
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Law firm Squire Patton Boggs has hired Catherine Muyl as a partner and Marion Cavalier as an associate for its IP team in Paris. 29 July 2020
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Global IP data provider Clarivate today announced that it will combine with IP software and technology firm CPA Global. 29 July 2020
Influential Women in IP
The State Bar of Texas has pledged to erase racism and promote diversity and inclusion in the state’s legal sector on Monday, 27 July, following the furore caused by comments made by its president Larry McDougal. 29 July 2020
Patents
The USPTO wants the country’s Supreme Court to delay dealing with a combined petition challenging almost 40 court judgments until a constitutional snag has been resolved. 29 July 2020
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A surge in European patent applications in 3D printing or additing manufacturing (AM) may bode well for economies hit hard by COVID-19, but also requires an increased focus on the IP needs of innovative businesses, argue Gemma McGeough and Josh Miller of Withers & Rogers. 29 July 2020
Trademarks
Bad faith trademark registrations have long been considered a scourge of the Chinese IP system. But significant progress has been in tackling the problem, according to trademark lawyers at Wanhuida IP. 29 July 2020
Trademarks
Video game publisher Blizzard Entertainment has failed in a trademark opposition at the UK Intellectual Property Office, in a win for software company F5 Networks. 28 July 2020
Trademarks
An Australian contraceptive wholesaler has legal standing to challenge a trademark for the ‘Naked’ brand of condoms, the Federal Circuit has ruled. 28 July 2020
Trademarks
The National Industrial Property Office of the Dominican Republic (ONAPI) and the IP Office of Saint Kitts and Nevis (IPOSKN) have joined TMclass, 28 July 2020
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