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With Brexit set to take effect in March 2019, the UK Intellectual Property Office is working hard to avoid a ‘cliff-edge’ for IP owners and provide businesses with legal certainty, as the office’s deputy CEO Sean Dennehey tells WIPR. 21 August 2017
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Japanese company Canon has been granted a preliminary injunction against Printperfect for patent infringement at the Düsseldorf District Court. 21 August 2017
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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has insisted China will take “all appropriate measures” to safeguard its rights and interests amid a US probe into allegations of IP theft. 21 August 2017
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Wal-Mart has been sued by a technology company over software that allows users to quickly search the internet through web-crawler technology. 21 August 2017
Patents
Applications for patents in the automotive industry have jumped by more than 20% in four years with big names including BMW and Peugeot Citroen leading the way, research has shown. 21 August 2017
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has backed a district court ruling that travel company Expedia is not liable for patent infringement. 18 August 2017
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Latham & Watkins has announced that the acting deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of competition has rejoined the firm. 18 August 2017
Patents
A company that sued both Apple and Samsung for patent infringement has announced that it has reached a settlement with Samsung. 18 August 2017
Copyright
Confectionery company Nestlé has landed in hot water with Atari, a pioneer in arcade games, over Nestlé’s “blatant invasion and misappropriation” of Atari’s IP rights to the game “Breakout”. 18 August 2017
Trademarks
Two men are trying to take a case to the US Supreme Court to prove that Google has become a generic term that can’t be protected under trademark law. 18 August 2017
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