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Trademarks
The New York Stock Exchange has accused a financial advisory company called New York Shell Exchange of unfairly trading with an identical name to its registered trademarks and diluting its “famous” brand. 19 August 2015
Patents
Law firm Adams & Reese has hired Shawn Sentilles as a special counsel in Memphis. 19 August 2015
Patents
Law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has hired Howard Shipley as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group in Washington, DC. 18 August 2015
Patents
Samsung has been rebuffed in its attempt to overturn a $548 million infringement ruling after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit refused to hear the case en banc. 17 August 2015
Copyright
Accusations that the official song for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is a copy of the hit song “Let it Go” from the Disney film “Frozen” will cement the opinion that China has a bad reputation for honouring intellectual property, readers have claimed. 17 August 2015
Copyright
The London home of the Unified Patent Court and the newest member of the Madrid Protocol were two of the main talking points this week. WIPR discusses five things we learned. 14 August 2015
Patents
The US International Trade Commission can interpret section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act to halt the importation of goods it believes may induce patent infringement once they enter the US border, a divided appeals court has ruled. 11 August 2015
Patents
The Intellectual Property Department in Hong Kong is proud of its efforts to create a regional powerhouse for IP and innovation and its campaigns to educate the public. WIPR finds out more. 11 August 2015
Copyright
In June, the World Intellectual Property Organization held a two-day seminar on protecting traditional knowledge. WIPR spoke to Wend Wendland, director of the traditional knowledge division at WIPO, to find out more. 11 August 2015
Jurisdiction reports
Online job banks continue to play an important role in the employee recruitment market due to their convenience and the accelerated growth of the internet. A typical business model of a job bank is that it offers online space for job applicants to upload their resumes. It’s free, so the job bank can collect as many resumes as possible. 10 August 2015
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