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The UK Intellectual Property Office and the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys are among several intellectual property organisations that have launched an initiative to help make the industry more inclusive. 2 December 2015
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Law firm McGlinchey Stafford has expanded its intellectual property and commercial litigation practices by hiring John Ohman as of counsel in the firm’s New York office. 25 November 2015
Trademarks
The International Trademark Association has agreed to collaborate with Panama on a number of projects relating to trademark enforcement and disputes ahead of the expansion of the Panama Canal, due to be completed next year. 23 November 2015
Copyright
Law firm Mayer Brown has promoted Kfir Levy and Richard McCormick to partner, and Baldine Paul, Manuel Velez, and Tiffany Miller to counsel. 23 November 2015
Patents
A group of intellectual property trade associations has called on the US Supreme Court to review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s application of the broadest reasonable interpretation standard when construing patent claims. 19 November 2015
Patents
India has been accused of showing an attitude of protectionism in its IP policies, but a number of decisions demonstrate attempts by the Indian judiciary to uphold the IP rights of innovators. Hemant Singh of Inttl Advocare reports. 18 November 2015
Patents
The European Patent Office (EPO) has reportedly suspended members of its workforce today, including leaders of the Munich-based branch of the office’s staff union, WIPR has learned. 18 November 2015
Trademarks
A revamp of the EU trademark system, including the rules on graphical representation, should make it more effective, efficient and cohesive, as Tuukka Airaksinen and Emilia Lasanen of Krogerus report. 17 November 2015
Patents
Law firm Shearman & Sterling has hired Mark Hannemann, Thomas Makin and Matthew Berkowitz as partners in the firm’s intellectual property & technology practice in New York. 16 November 2015
Trademarks
The European Council has approved a widespread reform to the EU trademark system, despite reservations from the UK and the Netherlands concerning the use of a potential budget surplus and measures enabling trademark owners to halt counterfeit goods in transit. 12 November 2015
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