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Q&A: Australia’s DABUS AI ‘inventor’ decision

The Australian Federal Court became the first court to claim that artificial intelligence can be an inventor.   3 August 2021

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AIPPI names Judith Willert as new exec director

The Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property has announced that Judith Willert has joined the organisation as its new executive director.   3 August 2021

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Ubisoft, Bungie team up against videogame cheat maker

Game companies Bungie and Ubisoft have filed a joint lawsuit against five individuals behind Ring-1, a company that develops and sells cheats for popular online multiplayer games.   3 August 2021

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UKIPO aims to put IP ‘at the heart’ of govt’s innovation strategy

IP will be at the heart of the UK government’s new innovation strategy, the UK Intellectual Property Office has said in its response to the plan.   3 August 2021

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Dabus: Australian judge says non-humans can be inventor

The Australian Federal Court has ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) can be a named inventor but that non-humans cannot apply for patents.   2 August 2021

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Thousands of authors ask UK to uphold IP exhaustion laws

Thousands of authors including Philip Pullman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Bernadine Evaristo, have signed a letter urging the government to maintain “strong” UK copyright laws in its departure from the European Union.   2 August 2021

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The G1/ 21 decision: first impressions

The keenly-anticipated decision is not the resounding endorsement of remote hearings that the EPO may have wished for, reports Andrew McKinlay of Appleyard Lees.   2 August 2021

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Lindt gold foil colour is trademark protected, German court rules

The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli can trademark the gold foil wrapping of its chocolate bunnies.   30 July 2021

Influential Women in IP

A call for change: how to make it matter

The Black Lives Matter movement has led a rallying cry for greater equality for people of diverse backgrounds. IP lawyers of colour tell Muireann Bolger why the legal sector has reached a turning point.   30 July 2021

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InterDigital SEP valid and infringed by Lenovo: English High Court

InterDigital has won the first round of a telecommunications standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute with Lenovo, after the English High Court ruled today, July 29, that InterDigital’s patent was valid and infringed.   29 July 2021

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