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Many IP firms talk about the need to support clients with strategic, rather than administrative, advice but few actually do it. Francisco Bernardo Noriega of ABG explains how Patricia software helps his firm become a valuable partner. 19 September 2019
Copyright
Switzerland’s Parliament amended its copyright law earlier this week, in a bid to modernise the law for the digital age and crack down on piracy. 18 September 2019
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Recent studies have highlighted an alarming trend in counterfeiting. Right owners must offer a strong response, says Frédéric Blanc of Dennemeyer & Associates France. 17 September 2019
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Efforts to reduce Brazil’s patent backlog are bearing fruit and the country’s long-suffering lawyers are cautiously optimistic, as WIPR’s Sarah Morgan finds. 17 September 2019
Trademarks
With a no-deal Brexit looming over the UK, time is running out to address rights owners’ key concerns, as WIPR’s Rory O’Neill reports. 17 September 2019
Jurisdiction reports
Indian trademark law follows the “first-to-use” principle. Accordingly, the right of a prior user of a trademark is recognised to be superior to that of a registered proprietor. Even registered proprietors cannot interfere with the rights of an unregistered prior user. This has been re-asserted by Indian courts in several judgments over time. 17 September 2019
Patents
Courtroom experience, the ability to work well in a team, and transparency are the key attributes lawyers should have if they want to represent multinational companies like Qualcomm and Boehringer Ingelheim, according to their in-house counsel. 17 September 2019
Patents
“A full roll-out of blockchain could be the Eureka moment for the IP industry,” CPA Global has argued in a new report calling on the industry to embrace the era of what it calls “new IP”. 17 September 2019
Copyright
World football authorities claim to have proof that Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat is enabling pirate broadcaster beoutQ to operate, as they call on Saudi Arabian satellite providers to stop “providing a platform for piracy”. 17 September 2019
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AIPPI’s annual World Congress kicked off in London yesterday, with former UK IP minister Jo Johnson welcoming lawyers from across the world to the three day event. 16 September 2019
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