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Copyright
The US Library of Congress has appointed top US Patent and Trademark Office official Shira Perlmutter as the new register of copyrights. 22 September 2020
Trademarks
Australia will consider a special trademark certification and stand-alone legislation aimed at protecting the IP of indigenous communities. 22 September 2020
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The European Union Intellectual Property Office has signed an agreement with EBAN, the Europe leading early-stage investors network, to promote and support the IP rights of small and medium enterprises. 22 September 2020
Patents
Patenting activity in batteries and other electricity storage technologies grew at an average annual rate of 14% worldwide between 2005 and 2018, with Asian countries leading the way, according to a new report. 22 September 2020
Copyright
Texas-based Cub Club Investment has accused Apple of wilfully infringing its copyrights covering ethnically diverse emoji characters. 21 September 2020
Copyright
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, passed away on Friday, September 18, due to complications from pancreatic cancer. 21 September 2020
Copyright
A New York judge has granted an enforcement group of educational publishers a preliminary injunction against 63 e-book websites accused of selling illegal and unlicensed e-books. 21 September 2020
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The history and purpose of section 1782: will courts permit discovery into documents located abroad?
For many decades, section 1782 has enabled foreign parties to seek discovery in the US but unsettled jurisprudence around the act has led to confusion among different courts, as Lionel Lavenue, Ben Cassady and Joseph Myles of Finnegan report. 21 September 2020
Trademarks
During economic downturns, brands face a dilemma. Pressure on revenue can leave trademark infringement unchecked but an antagonistic approach can also have adverse consequences. As IP professionals and brands look to the future, Muireann Bolger discovers what lessons they can learn. 18 September 2020
Patents
Koninklijke Philips NV has filed a spate of suits against competitors Dell Technologies, Lenovo, HP, and Intel in a US district court, accusing them of infringing copy-protected patents. 18 September 2020
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