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Patents
In 2017, we released the second edition of our WIPR Leaders publication, split into two volumes (patent and trademark). Featuring 1,708 lawyers overall, WIPR Leaders is designed to showcase the best IP talent from around the world and allow you to build networks with other practitioners. 20 February 2017
Patents
WIPR readers are in agreement with the attorney general of Texas that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has caused “rampant” forum-shopping for patent litigation. 20 February 2017
Trademarks
The National Basketball Association has warned fans attending an All-Star event this weekend about counterfeiters attempting to sell fake merchandise. 17 February 2017
Copyright
Internet service provider Cox Communications has been ordered to pay music company BMG Rights Management nearly $8.4 million in attorneys’ fees in a piracy dispute. 17 February 2017
Copyright
US publisher Time Inc has been ensnared in a copyright row centring on a photograph featuring a breast pump. 17 February 2017
Patents
IP law firm Harness, Dickey and Pierce has hired David Weisberg, a former counsel to ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company. 17 February 2017
Trademarks
The US trademark ‘Trump Ice’ is set to be revoked after seemingly being abandoned by US President Donald Trump. 17 February 2017
Patents
Technology transfer will play an increasingly important role in seeking to address the effects of climate change, as WIPR reports. 17 February 2017
Trademarks
Personality rights allow actors to protect their image before and after death, but filmmakers and other content creators may attract criticism even when they have permission to use an actor’s face or voice. WIPR reports. 17 February 2017
Copyright
A UK-based digital campaigning organisation has said that the proposed Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 could leave UK citizens “vulnerable to blackmail”. 16 February 2017
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