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Philip Morris International is facing another patent infringement lawsuit over its IQOS tobacco heating system in the US. 2 December 2020
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Manufacturer Trinseo has accused its competitor Kellogg Brown & Root of purloining trade secrets used to create high-performance plastics to secure deals worth $40 million with Chinese chemical manufacturers. 1 December 2020
Influential Women in IP
Justice Prabha Sridevan has left her mark on the Indian IP industry, first as a judge of the Madras High Court, and then as chair of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board. Here, she tells WIPR about two cases that she will always remember. 1 December 2020
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The addition of Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court’s bench could lead to challenges to modern, judicially imposed restrictions on patent eligibility, say Joshua Reisberg and Aaron Savit of Axinn. 1 December 2020
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The US International Trade Commission is set to investigate optical data cables used by Facebook and Logitech, following a complaint from California-based Cosemi Technologies. 1 December 2020
Trademarks
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center has registered its 50,000th cybersquatting case, as the COVID-19 pandemic drives up cases. 1 December 2020
Trademarks
A Chinese company has been accused of selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee, in a suit which has made the highest ever compensation demand in a consumer civil public interest litigation in China. 30 November 2020
Trademarks
The US Trade Representative’s annual counterfeiting and piracy report should not “target” US companies, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association. 30 November 2020
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has refused to register French cookware manufacturer Tefal’s figurative mark, after finding the applied-for trademark as devoid of distinctive character. 26 November 2020
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Netflix has settled a suit after it was accused of infringing the trademarks of the “Choose your own Adventure” book series when it created and streamed its interactive film “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”. 25 November 2020
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