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Trademarks
EU trademark reform has been a long time coming, and its full effects won’t be realised for a while, but right owners operating in the union now have some concrete changes to consider. WIPR examines the implications. 10 August 2015
Jurisdiction reports
The alarm bells started ringing just over a year ago. Canada was finally taking the plunge—joining the Madrid Protocol, the Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty, and harmonising its intellectual property framework with the laws of its major trading partners. 10 August 2015
Copyright
Ahead of the AIPPI World Congress in Brazil later this year, the organisation’s president Felipe Claro and chair of the organising committee Luiz Henrique do Amaral give a rundown of what to expect. 10 August 2015
Patents
The new Romanian law governing employees’ inventions aims to encourage and develop new technology and industry. Cosmina
Fierscu of Rominvent reports. 10 August 2015
Copyright
IP does not typically loom large in the minds of politicians, and its virtual absence from discussions in May’s UK general election—with one notable exception—reflects its low profile. Technological advances, however, mean that copyright and trademark law will need to keep up, as WIPR finds out. 10 August 2015
Trademarks
An applicant for the US trademark ‘Cecil the lion’ has told WIPR that he wants to raise awareness of lions and other wildlife that are being “illegally hunted”. 6 August 2015
Copyright
Law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius has added two partners to its intellectual property team with one promotion and one new hire. 5 August 2015
Trademarks
The family of late Australian cricket star Donald Bradman has reportedly expressed concerns about how his name and trademarks are being used by a foundation set up in his honour. 3 August 2015
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US politicians have introduced a bill aimed at shoring up protection for trade secrets and helping companies to avoid the loss of “hundreds of billions of dollars” each year. 31 July 2015
Trademarks
Vox Populi, the registry responsible for managing the .sucks domain, has applied to trademark the controversial suffix at the US Patent and Trademark Office. 30 July 2015
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