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Japanese electronics company Panasonic infringed an aeroplane plug socket patent owned by German airline Lufthansa, the English High Court has ruled. 23 July 2020
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The most common tactics for defending allegations of wilful infringement can be risky and expensive. But a new Nevada court decision suggests there could be another way, as lawyers from Finnegan argue. 23 July 2020
Influential Women in IP
A new report from the US Patent and Trademark Office reveals that the participation of women in innovation is growing, earning the office praise from the legal industry. 22 July 2020
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers exciting and unprecedented opportunities for life sciences and healthcare but also poses complex questions for the IP sector, as an LSPN Connect session discovered yesterday, July 21. 22 July 2020
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Octimine’s natural language processing tools have the power to transform clunky patent database queries into quickfire searches, according to Steven Shape of Dennemeyer & Associates. 22 July 2020
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The US Department of Justice has charged two Chinese nationals with hacking into the computer systems of hundreds of victims, including companies working on COVID-19 research. 22 July 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity of remote working poses unprecedented challenges to business development in IP, but offers some unexpected benefits too. Nicole Gorlier, legal consultant at Interpatent and a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)’s young practitioners committee, provides an update the committee’s second virtual discussion. 22 July 2020
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The Internet Archive and the non-profit behind Wikipedia have withdrawn their lawsuits against a software company who accused them of patent infringement. 21 July 2020
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Despite options at its disposal and large-scale health crises, the South African government has chosen not to go down the compulsory licensing route, as Marco Vatta of Spoor & Fisher explains. 21 July 2020
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The World Intellectual Property Organization has unveiled the “Madrid Application Assistant”, which automatically records all the information required to complete an international trademark application. 21 July 2020
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