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Copyright

SCOTUS dodges discovery rule issue in Warner Chappell but lifts damages time bar

Critical copyright case looking at when damages can be awarded in disputes results in dissenting opinions | Polarising decision welcomed as “victory for copyright owners” and also decried as a “dead letter” that “sidesteps” key question on discovery rule | Reaction from victorious Nealy counsel and more…   10 May 2024

Future of IP

UK copyright law ‘likely to be modified’ to address AI issues

Minister for AI and IP predicts changes to legislation will form part of eventual solution | Members of the House of Lords urged the government to take a position swiftly.   10 May 2024

Law firm news

Qualcomm GC on what in-house needs: ‘Show me the value, not just higher bills’

The fast-growing chip maker needs persistent and sophisticated external counsel to bat opponents who just keep coming, general counsel Ann Chaplin tells Tom Phillips in an exclusive interview.   9 May 2024

News

Peru launches scheme to fast-track green patent applications

IP office aims to cut processing times from four to five years to under 12 months with initiative | Applications must be classified in IPC Green Inventory.   9 May 2024

Careers

Harter Secrest & Emery appoints counsel to NY office

New addition’s experience of advising clients on domestic and global patent prosecution spans nearly two decades.   9 May 2024

Trademarks

Levi Strauss sews up ‘tab’ feud with Brunello Cucinelli

US apparel brand owns various US registrations for the familiar tab and has vigorously enforced its rights in recent years | Perugia-based luxury brand stood accused of selling clothing featuring “nearly identical” copies of the tab.   9 May 2024

Trademarks

INTA wades in on ‘erroneous’ Delhi ruling on spare parts design protection

The association said the High Court’s interpretation of ‘article’ could leave design registrations vulnerable to cancellation | INTA’s intervention relates to case between a motorcycle manufacturer and spare parts company.   8 May 2024

Trademarks

Pablo Escobar: Too infamous for a trademark

The EU Intellectual Property Office applied textbook procedure when rejecting a registration bid for the drug lord's name, says Shannon Fahy of Browne Jacobson.   8 May 2024

Trade secrets

Baker McKenzie hires trade secrets specialist in DC

New partner brings extensive experience of trade remedy proceedings as well as investigations before the US Department of Commerce and the ITC | Trade secrets litigator joins from Sidley Austin where he spent nearly a decade.   7 May 2024

Patents

‘Call of Duty’ owner hit with $23.4m damages over networking tech

Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard ordered to pay damages to tech incubator | Activision infringed patents related to tech used in its blockbuster games World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, jury concludes.   7 May 2024

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