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Jurisdiction reports
The Turkish parliament finally approved the Industrial Property Rights (IPR) Law (No. 6769) on January 10, 2017. The IPR Law reconciles provisions on trademarks, patents, industrial designs and geographical indications which were previously addressed by separate pieces of secondary legislation (decree laws). 27 February 2017
Jurisdiction reports
Svensson used to be the most common Swedish surname, and that is the name still attached by SCB Statistics Sweden—an administrative agency that reports on all kinds of statistics for decision making, debate and research—to the “average Swedish family”. 27 February 2017
Patents
Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving car division, has targeted Uber and its subsidiary Otto over alleged patent infringement and theft of trade secrets. 24 February 2017
Patents
Samsung is gearing up to brawl again with Apple at the US Supreme Court. 24 February 2017
Patents
Two global condom manufacturers are going toe-to-toe in a third patent infringement lawsuit brought by Australian company Ansell. 24 February 2017
Copyright
The UK Intellectual Property Office has asked whether there is any need for legislative changes to deal with illicit internet protocol television streaming devices. 24 February 2017
Jurisdiction reports
A recently published case (December 2016) from the Court of the Hague sheds some light on the legal limitations of licensing agreements. It could result in the payment of a backlog of royalties accumulated over 20 years. 24 February 2017
Jurisdiction reports
A common enquiry from our clients is whether corporate changes should be recorded at the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and what the legal consequences of not recording such changes can be. 24 February 2017
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Most online speech platforms could not exist without the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s section 512 safe harbour, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 23 February 2017
Copyright
An American woman who donned a fake moustache and drank from a bottle of beer has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev. 23 February 2017
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