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The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has handed out the maximum $500,000 fine to an agency that was passing itself off as the UK Intellectual Property Office. 11 November 2015
Patents
The BJP has made all the right noises about the importance of IP, but can Prime Minister Modi and the rest of his team deliver? Adheesh Nargolkar, Shailendra Bhandare and Alisha Ganjawala of Khaitan & Co report. 11 November 2015
Copyright
Law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt has hired Scott Eads as a shareholder in the firm’s intellectual property practice group in Portland, Oregon. 11 November 2015
Patents
Workers in US industries focusing on intellectual property earn more than others in the private sector on average and such industries create millions of jobs in certain states, a report from a business lobbying group has argued. 9 November 2015
Copyright
The full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has been released and has generated mixed reactions. 6 November 2015
Copyright
A US court was correct to rule that recipes should not be protected by copyright, WIPR readers have said. 2 November 2015
Trademarks
A London-based coffee shop has vowed to submit a trademark application for the term ‘F*ckoffee’ after the UK Intellectual Property Office rejected its application for the term but with the swear word spelled out in full for being “highly offensive”. 30 October 2015
Copyright
A precise method and list of ingredients, and no sharing of the details with others are necessary precautions when maintaining a recipe’s secrecy, says Sean Ibbetson of Bristows. 30 October 2015
Copyright
Drivers can hack into a car’s computer software for the purposes of repair and security research, the US Copyright Office has said, despite opposition from automobile groups and manufacturers. 28 October 2015
Patents
WIPR assesses five of the best sessions at the LES 2015 Annual Meeting, which is taking place in New York from October 25 to 28. 23 October 2015
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