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Patents
Intellectual property offices around the world started out as registries to regulate a particular country’s IP regime. Innovation and technology are changing that. Tom Phillips reports. 20 November 2020
Influential Women in IP
Diversity and inclusion can be a challenge to get right but the benefits can be felt across organizations. Sarah Morgan speaks to those at the start of their diversity journey, as well as those who have paved a path for others to follow. 19 November 2020
Copyright
Despite the fact that traditional knowledge doesn’t fit squarely within our current IP systems, there is much to be gained by the indigenous communities who hold this knowledge and the brands that choose to work with them. Sarah Morgan reports. 19 November 2020
Influential Women in IP
The question of how effectively to promote diversity and inclusion throughout the IP community continues to be a pressing one, Muireann Bolger finds. 19 November 2020
Patents
Only applicants with a UK or Channel Island “address for service” will be accepted for new applications and requests to start contentious proceedings before the UK Intellectual Property Office, starting January 1. 19 November 2020
Trademarks
The International Trademark Association has elected Tiki Dare, assistant general counsel of Oracle, as its 2021 president. 19 November 2020
Trademarks
Coca-Cola has lost its bid to avoid paying a substantial portion of a $3.4 billion tax bill levied by the US Inland Revenue Service, at the US Tax Court on Wednesday, November 18. 19 November 2020
Copyright
Music rights owners can’t use EU copyright law to claim compensation for the use of their work in “audiovisual works” such as TV broadcasts, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. 19 November 2020
Trademarks
Brand restrictions in the food and beverage industry are spreading, including in Latin America and potentially beyond. Rory O’Neill reports. 19 November 2020
Trademarks
Following a year unlike any other, 2020 is winding down and people are looking forward to the usual holiday season traditions. One group also gearing up for the December-January months is the huge community of online infringers, and this year, they may have a bumper Christmas. 19 November 2020
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