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The Bar Standards Board has unveiled a pilot reverse mentoring programme, in which student and pupil barristers from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds will mentor senior white barristers. 4 September 2020
Trademarks
In a victory for the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the Court of Justice for the European Union has upheld its refusal to trademark ‘achtung!’. 4 September 2020
Patents
A Düsseldorf court will rule in mid-November on a patent dispute between Daimler and Nokia, in a case which has raised major antitrust questions over patent licensing. 4 September 2020
Copyright
A Shanghai court has handed down prison sentences for up to six years for nine individuals found guilty of distributing imitator Lego toys. 4 September 2020
Copyright
Litigants should not be liable for submitting copyright-protected material in evidence to a court, an adviser to the EU’s top court has said. 3 September 2020
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US education provider Kaplan has settled its trade secret theft suit against competitor Dalton Education, following the sacking of certain employees. 3 September 2020
Trademarks
Myanmar’s IP office will open for business next month as part of sweeping trademark reforms, the country’s government has announced. 3 September 2020
Trademarks
The UK Intellectual Property Office has refused to register ‘The Royal Butler’ as a trademark, following an opposition by the Lord Chamberlain, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen. 3 September 2020
Patents
The US International Trade Commission has unveiled three investigations this week. 2 September 2020
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Switzerland, Sweden, US, UK and Netherlands have topped the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s global innovation rankings released today, but the index revealed that COVID-19 is expected to exert acute pressure on innovation funding worldwide. 2 September 2020
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