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Patents
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill on Wednesday (April 29) that seeks to combat abusive demand letters sent by non-practising entities. 30 April 2015
Trademarks
INTA’s president for 2015, J. Scott Evans, has some clear aims for his tenure and some strong opinions on a range of trademark issues. WIPR found out more. 30 April 2015
Patents
Google has created a “marketplace” for patents in order to help intellectual property owners avoid conducting deals with certain non-practising entities. 29 April 2015
Trademarks
A UK company has been denied a trademark for a range of flooring products using the names ‘Caviar’ and ‘Champagne’ after opposition from the trade body that represents Champagne producers and houses. 29 April 2015
Copyright
The Supreme Court of Japan has ruled that a music licensing scheme run by the country’s largest copyright licensing body, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, breached anti-competition law. 29 April 2015
Copyright
Law firm Arnold & Porter has hired four partners as part of an eight-person addition to its intellectual property team. 24 April 2015
Patents
Managers at the European Patent Office have met staff representatives to “re-launch social dialogue” and overcome their dispute. 24 April 2015
Patents
A US subcommittee has approved the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act, despite criticism that the bill does not go far enough to halt abusive patent demand letters sent by non-practising entities. 23 April 2015
Trademarks
The bodies discussing reforms to the European trademark system have announced a provisional agreement that would see changes including reduced renewal fees for Community trademarks and greater harmonisation across EU trademark offices. 22 April 2015
Patents
A US government committee has discussed how to improve a bill aimed at curbing abusive patent demand letters. 17 April 2015
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