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Trademarks

Myanmar passes new trademark and design law

Myanmar’s long-awaited trademark and industrial design bills have been signed into law by Win Myint, the country’s president.   4 February 2019

Patents

Fed Circuit reverses PTAB decision in parking dispute

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed a partial victory to US company Duncan Parking Technologies last week, reversing a decision of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board.   4 February 2019

Patents

MIT accuses Ford of wilful patent infringement

Ford Motor Company has been named in a patent suit for allegedly infringing technology owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   4 February 2019

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Report reveals rates of social media TM infringement

Almost half of UK professionals surveyed by CompuMark, a division of analytics company Clarivate Analytics, said they had litigated trademark infringement cases relating to social media names in 2018.   1 February 2019

Patents

Spotify accused of infringing Yahoo software patents

Spotify is facing a patent infringement suit from IP licensing company Excalibur, which claims that the streaming service’s “digital fingerprint” software infringes patents owned by Yahoo.   1 February 2019

Copyright

Netflix’s ‘Wild Wild Country’ named in copyright infringement suit

Netflix’s award-winning documentary series “Wild Wild Country” has been named in a copyright infringement suit for “appropriating” the teachings of Osho, a late Indian philosopher.   1 February 2019

Trademarks

Jay-Z succeeds in bid for more diverse trademark arbitration panel

Jay-Z has been handed victory in his bid to have a more diverse arbitration panel that is hearing his trademark dispute with clothing brand Iconix.   1 February 2019

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Seafood company has not identified stolen trade secrets, competitor says

A seafood supplier has not identified the trade secrets that it accused one of its competitors of stealing, according to newly-filed court documents, Seafood Source has reported.   1 February 2019

Patents

English court rejects ZTE and Huawei calls to relocate FRAND case

The English Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their bid to have a standard-essential patent infringement case thrown out on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.   31 January 2019

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Apple employee accused of stealing self-driving car trade secrets

The FBI has accused an Apple employee of attempting to steal trade secrets related to the company’s self-driving car project.   31 January 2019

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