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Owners of UK registered designs and registered Community designs (RCDs) will soon have the opportunity to re-register their rights in the Cayman Islands. 3 October 2016
Copyright
CREATe researchers at the University of Edinburgh are considering how artificial intelligence and copyright law may co-exist in the future, and the landscape throws up several challenges, says Emma Barraclough, an industry fellow at CREATe. 3 October 2016
Copyright
WIPR readers disagree with a UK lawyer who said at the 2016 AIPPI World Congress in Milan that Brexit means “total chaos” for intellectual property. 2 October 2016
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has said in a report that 84% of online marketplace takedowns reported by Trademark and Rightsholders Against Piracy, a trade body, relate to Amazon or eBay-listed websites. 30 September 2016
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The registry behind the .shop generic top-level domain name has sold more than 50,000 domains on its launch day. 30 September 2016
Trademarks
The US Supreme Court decided yesterday that it will take up the In re Tam trademark dispute involving US rock band The Slants. 30 September 2016
Copyright
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s director, Francis Gurry, has welcomed the entry into force of the Marrakesh Treaty. 30 September 2016
Copyright
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been slapped with a cease-and-desist letter by the City of Phoenix. 30 September 2016
Patents
Multinational conglomerate Toshiba has been targeted by California-based Spex Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit. 30 September 2016
Patents
Technology company Bosch has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against automobile equipment supplier Mando. 30 September 2016
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