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Trademarks
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys has elected Kate O’Rourke as its new president. 20 April 2016
Copyright
The OECD and the European Union Intellectual Property Office have released a report outlining that global imports of counterfeit goods are worth $500 billion a year. 19 April 2016
Trademarks
A US court has fined Indian company Tata Group $940 million in a trade secrets lawsuit with a Wisconsin-based healthcare software company. 18 April 2016
Copyright
Posting a hyperlink to a website that has published unauthorised photographs does not in itself constitute copyright infringement, WIPR readers have said. 17 April 2016
Trademarks
India’s Trade Marks Registry has said aggrieved applicants will have a chance to reinstate more than 160,000 trademark applications that it classified as abandoned. 15 April 2016
Trademarks
The European Parliament has voted in favour of the trade secrets directive, which increases harmonisation of trade secrets laws. 15 April 2016
Patents
A committee at the US House of Representatives will hold a hearing to examine patent litigation at the International Trade Commission. 14 April 2016
Trademarks
Europe’s highest courts often assess likelihood of trademark confusion such that ineligible terms forming part of a composite mark are protected against identical or similar terms, but is this approach changing? Stefan Abel of Klaka Rechtsanwälte reports. 14 April 2016
Patents
Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has promoted Shelley Zhang to partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group in Beijing. 13 April 2016
Trademarks
The Institute of Trademark Attorneys has been granted a Royal Charter. 13 April 2016
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