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Google and Intertrust, a provider of computing products, have launched a new programme to assist
start-ups in defending against patent litigation threats. 27 April 2017
Patents
US-based law firm Alston & Bird has hired Paul Tanck as a partner in the firm’s IP litigation group in its New York office. 27 April 2017
Trademarks
Walid Jamil, a member of an operation that sold counterfeit versions of energy drink 5-Hour Energy, was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday. 27 April 2017
Patents
US-based Dow Chemical has won a patent case against Nova Chemicals at the Supreme Court of Canada. 27 April 2017
Patents
More than 50 associations, including Facebook, Amazon and Google, have signed a letter to President Donald Trump backing Michelle Lee’s continued leadership at the US Patent and Trademark Office. 27 April 2017
Copyright
The US House of Representatives approved a bipartisan bill yesterday making the register of copyrights a presidential appointee. 27 April 2017
Jurisdiction reports
The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) has adopted a new rule of requesting the applicant of a word mark to detail on the application form the letters either all in upper case or all in lower case, or the first letter in upper case and the rest in lower case (as in a typical sentence). 27 April 2017
Jurisdiction reports
The ‘loser pays’ principle has resulted in a variety of compensation awards in patent disputes, from several hundred euros to hundreds of thousands of euros. To create a semblance of predictability on the amounts, guidelines on indicative rates were introduced. 27 April 2017
Trademarks
More than €230 million ($250 million) worth of counterfeit food and drink goods has been seized in a joint Europol-Interpol operation. 26 April 2017
Copyright
The World Intellectual Property Organization is focusing on the impact of innovation on our lives as it celebrates World IP Day today. 26 April 2017
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