Intellectual Property Magazine
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Daren Tang takes the reins as WIPO DG
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New director general intends to focus on inclusiveness, balance and future-orientation; promises ‘high standards of governance and meticulous financial management’
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Sonos reignites Google patent dispute
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Second lawsuit this year filed against searchengine behemoth over alleged appropriation of Sonos’ patents; lawsuit demandsenhanced damages
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Collaboration in the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine
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Tania Shapiro-Barr says in order to mitigate the IP risks during collaboration over Covid-19 vaccine developments, a balance must be struck between sharing and protecting IP
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Ocado delivered patent lawsuit from robot rival
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UK’s newly crowned most valuable retaileralleged to have built its ‘foundation’ on rival’s appropriated technology;suits filed before the US ITC, Eastern District of Virginia, and High Court ofEngland and Wales
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IKEA in the spotlight over LED imports
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Swedish home improvement giant among companies accused by the University of California of infringing five US patents covering various filament LED innovations
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Yoko Ono sues former assistant for copyright breach
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Former John Lennon assistant alleged to haveviolated injunction through intent to sell revised books featuring photos ofthe late singer’s family without authorisation
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Video game piracy platform operators arrested
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US indictment claims arrested trio‘continuously sought to evade enforcement efforts’; reported leaders of TeamXecuter platform face 11 felony counts
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India and South Africa call for Covid-19 vaccine IP waivers
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Letter calls for waiver of IP rights related toCovid-19 vaccines; countries warn that shortages of medical products havealready caused ‘many avoidable deaths’
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UK IPO board emphasises commitment to inclusivity
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Office outlines inclusivity plans; aims to tackle gender pay gap
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Stairway to Heaven SCOTUS review denied
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Petition denied but ‘not necessarily true thatthe Supreme Court agrees with the Ninth Circuit's holding on the merits’
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Regeneron; Pfizer hit with Covid-19 therapeutic suits
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‘Gold standard’ reagent technology used totreat Covid-19 subject of suit against pharmagiants
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Cisco ordered to pay $1.9bn in damages to rival
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Virginia district court awards hefty damage awarding to Centripetal Networks after finding Cisco had wilfully infringed its US patents covering network protection systems
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USPTO report suggests ‘close eye’ needed on AI evolution
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Office’s AI campaign findings reveal that technology could be used to improve TM and patent examination efficiency; artificial general intelligence seen as a ‘theoretical possibility’
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AIPPI 2020: copyright ‘was not prepared’ for Covid-19
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Panellists discuss fair use exemptions brought on by the pandemic; examine whether copyright law needs changing for another pandemic-sized event
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Sharp and Daimler settle SEP dispute
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Settlement ends litigation following Sharpvictory in Munich court over LTE SEP infringements
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Oracle v Google: arguments heard in ‘epic copyright battle’
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Ben Wodecki and Catherine White
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AIPPI 2020: delays can be ‘fatal’ when seeking injunctions
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Catherine White
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England & Wales CPS reports 1,627 data breaches
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CatherineWhite
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CRISPR pioneers awarded the Nobel prize
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Maura O'Malley, Editor
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AIPPI 2020: Covid-19 has ‘forced firms to adapt’
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Catherine White
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Premier League’s PPV option could increase piracy
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Football finance expert warns that newlyintroduced PPV option could ‘drive people towards piracy’ due to price
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Avoid being shipwrecked
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Got that sinking feeling? Rachael Barber and Charlotte Wilding advise brand owners on steps to follow should they become aware of counterfeit products being used on their vessels
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AIPPI 2020: trade secret litigation increasing
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Higher damage awards in China could deter potential infringers; issues across other IP rights are ‘forcing’ rightsholders to look at trade secrets as a new way to protect innovations
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Creatives call on Biden to increase copyright protections
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Blumhouse founder, Walking Deadproducer, and American Pie co-director among lengthy list of UScreatives calling on former vice president to increase copyright protections ifelected
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AIPPI 2020: innovator patent dispute numbers low
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Low number of innovators instigating patentproceedings against other innovators ‘indicative of a system working well’, panellists suggest
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UPC bill introduced in Germany
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Bill referred to committees for furtherscrutiny; must be approved by two-thirds of the Bundestag
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SCOTUS set to hear Arthrex case
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Supreme Court asked to determine whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers; no other Arthrex-related petitions granted by court
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Batman tops licensed heroes list assembled by WIPO
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Dark Knight tops list of most-used franchisecharacters; top three franchise characters generated $5.89bn in revenue between1980-2019
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Ireland reveals budget changes for ‘competitive’ IP regime
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Country’s latest budget changes aim to make Irish tax regime ‘legitimate and sustainable’; Ireland also extends Knowledge Development Box relief scheme
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Sri Lanka to amend IP laws to allow GI protection
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Sri Lankan IP office has ‘put forward necessary changes’ and additions required to offer GI protection; Ceylon tea among the local products to utilise right once framework is in place
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Samsung; LG hit with Smart TV ITC investigation
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TCL, LG and Samsung among companies accused ofimporting and selling infringing Smart TVs featuring appropriated videoprocessing tech
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IPA TM dispute brews against Heineken
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Lawsuit accuses big beer giant of ‘bullytactics’ over 2019 approved US registration
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WTO urges for transparency of legal IP frameworks
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Transparency vital to allowing member states ‘much-needed clarity’ and enabling ‘mutual learning’ during Covid-19 vaccine battle; compulsory licensing of patents is applicable under TRIPS rules
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Covid-19 vaccine proposal declined during TRIPS meeting
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Proposal consensus failed to be agreed; UK says proposal ‘would be counterproductive and would undermine a regime that offers solutions to the issues at hand’
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Trump hit with multiple copyright claims
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Creedence Clearwater Revival legend and LinkinPark claim president violates copyright; artists join long list of complaintsseeking to bar president from using their music
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India records 15% increase in IP rights filings
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Patents, trademarks and design numbers allincrease according to report from CGPDTM; applicants from the US were thelargest origin for foreign filers
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USPTO seeks comments on AIA institution rule changes
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Office seeking stakeholder thoughts as to howit should approach exercising discretion in terms of instituting IPRproceedings
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KIPO aims to ‘eradicate’ online fake goods ‘explosion’
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Korean IP Office announces major plans to combat concerning rise in fake goods; proposals include amendments to South Korea’s TM laws
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UK designers could be 'vulnerable' post-Brexit
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As no-deal scenario looms, UK designers dealt ‘significant setback’ over reciprocal unregistered rights protections; Enforcement Strategy an ‘ideal vehicle’ to include criminal provisions for infringing unregistered designs
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Piracy levels in Philippines among highest in SE Asia
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Philippines now ‘dwarfs’ neighbours in terms of consumer digital piracy habits new survey finds; a bill attempting to force ISPs to block infringing site access currently before the Philippine Senate
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EU parliament adopts plan to implement IP AI safeguards
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MEP Stéphane Séjourné’s plan includes ideas to not recognise the legal personality of AI and to adopt a ‘necessary’ major data strategy
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Famous musical satirist waives copyright on song lyrics
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The Elements song writer Tom Lehrer sayslyrics that have been published or unpublished or copyrighted or uncopyrighted maybe downloaded and used in ‘any manner whatsoever’
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Politician denies infringing Twisted Sister song
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Coal mogul turned politician counters claims heinfringed a Twisted Sister track; band’s frontman says political use ‘misrepresentedmessage’
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Ferrari secures CJEU victory in TM dispute
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Italian supercar maker found to have genuinelyused at-issue Testarossa mark through sales of spare-parts on a product itceased to produce some 20 years ago
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US CBP officers seize fakes worth $109m
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Kentucky-based officers conducting counterfeitseizures ‘on a nightly basis’; most goods coming from Hong Kong and China
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Apple infringed Optis patents, Justice Birss finds
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Justice Birss passes 214-point judgment finding asserted patents valid and infringed by iPhone maker