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The USPTO is currently preparing a report on reforming 35 USC 101 (section 101, which defines what inventions are patentable) for March 2022. They...
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The US Copyright Office has introduced broadened exemptions where circumventing software copy protection may be permissible, including in the context of repairing consumer products...
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The European Patent Office (“EPO”) recently released a study entitled Patents for tomorrow’s plastics: Global innovation trends in recycling, circular design and alternative sources. ...
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Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has filed a statement of claim in the Federal Court against the Moniz family over various trademark applications and corporate...
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Like a slogan or logo, a particular placement or positioning of a mark on a good may itself be a trademark (i.e. the particular...
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A US court has held that the fictional motorcyclist Duke Caboom does not infringe trademark or publicity rights of Evel Knievel. The differences in...
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently released its 2021 Global Innovation Index (GII) in partnership with Portulans Institute. The index aims to...
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A class action brought by photographers and other artists who post material on the social media site Instagram claims that Instagram’s new “embed” feature...
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The European Patent Office (the “EPO”) recently published its Annual Review 2020. The Annual Review 2020 demonstrates that the demand for European patents in...
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On 26 August 2021, a U.S. appeals court reversed a $1.2 billion ruling against the defendant Gilead Sciences after finding that the plaintiff’s patent...
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