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American singer Cyndi Lauper has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by singer-songwriter Benny Mardones, which claimed that Lauper used music from his song “Into the Night” for the finale of her Broadway musical “Kinky Boots”. 12 August 2019
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The Deutsche Fußball Liga, a subsidiary of German football association Die Liga – Fußballverband, has entered into a partnership with content management service Athletia to monitor pirated broadcasts of Bundesliga football league matches. 9 August 2019
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Apple has asked for another en banc hearing in a $439 million case which found that its Facetime feature infringed two of VirnetX’s patents, after an appeals court found most of the patents’ claims to be unpatentable. 9 August 2019
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In May 2018 Italy implemented, through law N. 63/2018, the Directive EU 2016/943 of the European Council about trade secret protection. 9 August 2019
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This article follows an earlier report on the case between Stichting BREIN, the litigious Dutch anti-piracy organisation, and defendant NSE, a Usenet provider. On April 5, 2019 the Dutch Supreme Court provided its proposed questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the concept of ‘communication to the public’. 9 August 2019
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Greenberg Traurig has added David Bloch as a partner to its IP department in San Francisco. 9 August 2019
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IP litigation matters are becoming more complex and riskier, with nearly one in five being classified as bet-the-company or high risk, according to the latest report from law firm Morrison & Foerster. 9 August 2019
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has warned that bad actors are using its e-filing system to make unauthorised changes to attorney information. 9 August 2019
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The UK’s departure from the EU plays an “important role” in the further implementation process of the Unified Patent Court, according to the German government. 8 August 2019
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Comic book “Oh, The Places You’ll Boldly Go!” has “aped the purpose” of late children’s author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geise’s work and is not protected by the fair use doctrine, according to his estate. 8 August 2019
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