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The issues arising when IP law meets fundamental rights are the subject of evolving opinions and court reasonings in Europe and the US, as WIPR’s Rory O’Neill discovers. 7 August 2019
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Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether Apple abused its position of power to violate anti-monopoly rules and gain IP free of charge. 7 August 2019
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Discussions around AI often turn to whether AI-controlled robots will eventually become our overlords. The doomsayers are not serious, are they? Sarah Morgan of WIPR investigates. 7 August 2019
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McDonald’s monopoly over the ‘Mc’ trademark for food and drink has been reduced, with the EU Intellectual Property Office handing a partial victory to Irish fast-food chain Supermac’s. 7 August 2019
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In a bid to strengthen Singapore’s position as the region’s alternative dispute resolution hub, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore is collaborating with the World Intellectual Property Organization. 7 August 2019
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A group of more than 100 songwriters, composers and musicians have filed an amicus brief in support of Led Zeppelin in a copyright infringement case involving the 1971 hit “Stairway to Heaven”. 7 August 2019
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The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines has asked the country’s Supreme Court to assign more IP related cases to regional trial courts. 6 August 2019
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Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC has pulled its smartphones from UK shelves, as part of an ongoing patent dispute. 6 August 2019
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Footwear brand Skechers has asked a US court to dismiss a trademark infringement suit over one of its shoe styles which Adidas had claimed infringes its three-stripe trademark. 6 August 2019
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Disney has cited its own controversial trademark ‘Hakuna Matata’ in an opposition against a Chinese company’s US trademark application. 6 August 2019
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