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Patents
Japan-based Sharp has signed a standard-essential patent licensing agreement with Daimler, one month after securing a patent victory against the automotive company in Germany. 7 October 2020
Influential Women in IP
Regan Smith, general counsel and associate register of copyrights at the US Copyright Office, tells WIPR about how an earlier venture into the entertainment field led to IP, and how important it is for women to support each other. 6 October 2020
Influential Women in IP
A report from Cardiff Business School, released earlier this year, thrust into the spotlight a culture of hostility and discrimination for disabled people in the legal profession. Debbie Foster, co-author of the report, tells us more. 6 October 2020
Influential Women in IP
A group of Europe’s most influential general counsels has called on the legal sector to implement improved and updated measurements to monitor the progress made on racial and sexual orientation diversity in firms. 6 October 2020
Patents
A US judge has ordered technology company Cisco Systems to pay $1.9 billion in damages for wilfully infringing four patents owned by Virginia-based Centripetal Networks. 6 October 2020
Copyright
Led Zeppelin has overcome the final hurdle in its “Stairway to Heaven” dispute with the estate of Randy Wolfe, the late singer of the band Spirit. 6 October 2020
Trademarks
The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has refused to allow UK company Tiger Lily Ventures register ‘Lehman Brothers’ as a trademark for whiskey, following opposition from Barclays. 5 October 2020
Copyright
Yoko Ono has accused a former aide of her late husband John Lennon of breaking a 20-year-old court order preventing him from profiting off the family. 5 October 2020
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Ahead of his participation in an LSPN Connect session, Trade Secrets: An Alternative for Life Sciences IP? on Thursday, October 8, Mike Fuller, managing partner at Knobbe Martens, shares some insights about the challenges facing life sciences IP and why innovations are ripe for trade secret protection. 5 October 2020
Patents
The lack of transparency around NPEs marks a serious problem for the European patent system, argues Patrick Oliver of IP2Innovate. 5 October 2020
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