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In a bid to provide clear rules on standard-essential patent licensing, the Japanese government has issued guidelines for those engaging in negotiation to follow. 31 March 2022
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The removal of rights from ‘unfriendly countries’ will cause an exodus of know-how too, explain Alina Popescu and Flavia Ștefura of MPR Partners. 28 March 2022
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UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak released the government’s spring statement yesterday, March 23, delivering tax breaks for IP owners undertaking research and development in the AI, quantum computing, and robotics sectors. 24 March 2022
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California-based Comet Technologies has been handed a $40 million reward by a jury in a trade secret case against rival XP Power, which it claimed poached employees and misappropriated its trade secrets relating to semiconductor manufacturing. 24 March 2022
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Businesses and IP owners need to be clued into the complicated world of NFTs in order to arm themselves against the looming threat of infringement in the industry, says Rola Daaboul is special counsel at Akerman 24 March 2022
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Cameroon’s ‘Poivre de Penja’ has been registered in the EU market as the first protected geographical indication from the African Intellectual Property Organisation region. 23 March 2022
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Nespresso has sued rival Peet’s Coffee, alleging that the Californian company infringes its trademarked coffee capsules. 18 March 2022
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In a loss for Qatari broadcaster beIn Sports, a Swedish court has reversed the sentences of three men found to have infringed its content, finding that Qatar was not a signatory to an international treaty at the time of the alleged IP violation. 15 March 2022
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Ocado Group has once again seen off a US International Trade Commission investigation prompted by AutoStore Holdings, which hoped to block the import of Ocado’s warehouse robot technology into the US. 11 March 2022
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Following Russia’s threat to suspend IP rights in the wake of sanctions imposed by the west, Agnieszka Sztoldman of the University of Wrocław in Poland explores the potential fallout. 10 March 2022
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