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Trademarks
Trademark association to open Middle East and North Africa office in Dubai in 2025 | New office prepared to support INTA’s regional initiatives and expand member base | Move aims to support plans for INTA's Annual Meeting in Dubai in 2029. 25 November 2024
Trade secrets
Erroneous jury instructions on liability or damages are often the reason why cases are overturned, explains the firm’s global chair of trade secrets. 25 November 2024
Diversity
Authors of WIPR report co-authored with INTA address inaugural gender and diversity conference | Two-day meeting hears from researchers, policymakers and IP experts | Presentation by Muireann Bolger explores negative comments on diversity initiatives. 25 November 2024
Patents
A weekly guide to IP news from around the world that you may have missed, featuring Google, Messi, Katie Perry, patent fee increases and WIPO's new SEPs event. 22 November 2024
Patents
Association says claims interpretation should be the same for validity and infringement | EPO referred questions to Enlarged Board of Appeal in case regarding Philip Morris patent. 22 November 2024
Trade secrets
Jury finds online retailer infringed university’s marks and awards damages | Verdict a win for trademark owners as ‘ornamental use’ defence denied. 21 November 2024
Trade secrets
A former Google employee is accused of stealing trade secrets covering the Pixel range of devices and publicising them on social media | “I need to take unethical means to get what I am entitled to”, said ex-staffer. 21 November 2024
Careers
Xiaofan Chen joins as a partner bringing nearly two decades of experience in Chinese and international patent law | Chen is one of the first patent litigators to be officially registered with the Supreme People’s Court in China. 21 November 2024
Artificial Intelligence
ANI says ChatGPT trained on copyrighted content and wrongly attributed sources of news stories | OpenAI responds that news provider placed on ‘block list’ since September. 20 November 2024
Trademarks
How much impact does tourism have when assessing grounds for a trademark refusal? For some EU countries, a lot, explains João Pereira Cabral of Inventa. 20 November 2024
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