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Law firms Olswang, Nabarro and CMS UK have announced that they will merge in 2017, creating the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount. 10 October 2016
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association, a trade body, has called on the Office of the United States Trade Representative to re-list Chinese company Alibaba as a “notorious market”. 10 October 2016
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WIPR readers have said that section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is not “facially invalid under the free speech clause of the First Amendment”, in a reference to the In re Tam trademark case. 10 October 2016
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The World Intellectual Property Organization has agreed to close an investigation into allegations against director general Francis Gurry. 10 October 2016
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US-based law firm Smith Moore Leatherwood has expanded its litigation group by hiring Douglas Grimes as a partner in Charlotte, North Carolina. 10 October 2016
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The US Supreme Court is due to hear the Apple v Samsung design patent case tomorrow, with lawyers finding it hard to predict which way the court will rule. 10 October 2016
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Sony Music and rapper Ghostface Killah have settled a copyright dispute with the composer of the 1960s “Iron Man” theme song. 10 October 2016
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There are at least three barriers to obtaining non-traditional trademarks in the EU, despite a revised definition of those marks, as Lenneke van Gaal of Ploum Lodder Princen explains. 10 October 2016
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Nestlé has targeted its franchisee Crest Foods, an operator of dessert café restaurants, in a trademark infringement claim. 10 October 2016
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Google has bitten back at a patent infringement claim brought by software solution provider InfoGation against Google’s partners HTC, ZTE and Huawei. 10 October 2016
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