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Trademarks
A trademark dispute between two guitar manufacturers will continue, after District Judge Amos Mazzant of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, denied the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgement on Thursday, January 28. 1 February 2021
Trademarks
The African Union has unveiled plans to tackle counterfeits across the continent, with the support of the Saudi-backed Future Investment Initiative. 29 January 2021
Patents
A Republican senator has introduced legislation intended to prevent Chinese companies that refuse to pay patent-related fees for the use of mobile technologies from selling their products in the US. 28 January 2021
Patents
An attorney for the US International Trade Commission has recommended that the Commission find Philip Morris International to have infringed British American Tobacco’s patents, which would likely lead to PMI’s IQOS products being excluded from the US market as early as November 2021. 27 January 2021
Copyright
Updated rules for India’s e-commerce platforms seek to crack down on infringers who sell on the growing online marketplace, explain Ranjan Narula and Shabnam Khan of RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys. 26 January 2021
Patents
Andrei Iancu’s departure last week marked the end of a turbulent three year-tenure at the US Trademark and Patent Office. In his farewell address at a US Chamber of Commerce event, Iancu outlined his achievements, declaring that his tenure had delivered a “pro-innovation” culture. 25 January 2021
Copyright
Saudi authorities have begun a new IP enforcement campaign, following intense scrutiny of the Kingdom’s IP protections and a dispute with Qatar’s BeIN Media. 25 January 2021
Trademarks
An association of Cypriot Halloumi producers has lost a long-running trademark battle at the EU General Court, which upheld a decision by the EU Intellectual Property Office allowing a rival to trademark a cheese product. 21 January 2021
Patents
US Patent and Trademark Office director Andrei Iancu confirmed his resignation with a rallying call for an end to state-sponsored theft and reform of patent eligibility. 20 January 2021
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The outgoing Trump administration has granted a full pardon to Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving vehicle division, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets last year. 20 January 2021
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