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The IP Summit 2016 will be hosted by strategic consultancy and conference provider Premier Cercle at the World Customs Organization in Brussels on December 1 and 2. WIPR previews the main talking points, from Brexit to 3D printing. 23 November 2016
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UK supermarket Morrisons will revive the Safeway brand by developing a range of products for wholesale to independent retailers, but lawyers say the trademarks could be challenged. 23 November 2016
Trademarks
The English High Court has ruled in a dispute between two bathroom companies that one is liable for infringing trademarks but that the same company should itself be paid for the other’s passing off. 23 November 2016
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US-based law firm Munck Wilson Mandala has hired James Murphy III as a senior counsel in the firm’s litigation section in Dallas, Texas. 23 November 2016
Patents
Kitchen appliance company Breville has taken on rival Russell Hobbs in a patent infringement suit centring on a juicer. 23 November 2016
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Introduced in September 2012, the inter partes review provided a new forum for challenging the validity of US patents, and soon attracted criticism. WIPR investigates how life sciences companies have fared in the forum’s first four years. 23 November 2016
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The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property is due to enact a number of important legislative changes in 2017 and is committed to fighting counterfeit goods. WIPR spoke to its director general Catherine Chammartin about life at the office. 23 November 2016
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US-based restaurant The Kitchen Café has filed a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against the licensing company of chef Wolfgang Puck. 22 November 2016
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A US-based non-profit organisation’s copyright case centring on the civil rights movement’s unofficial anthem “We Shall Overcome” looks to be set for trial. 22 November 2016
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US president-elect Donald Trump will withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in the White House. 22 November 2016
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