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Sink or swim: sperm bank takes on former employees who set up rival firm
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Two former employees of the Seattle Sperm Bank have been sued for allegedly stealing trade secrets to set up a rival bank in Texas.   4 October 2017
Waymo v Uber trial postponed, contentious report unsealed
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The trade secrets clash between Waymo and Uber has been postponed until December, one day after a report at the centre of the dispute was unsealed.   4 October 2017
A vote of no confidence: when politicians run into IP trouble
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Below we list some notable examples from the past few years, with US President Donald Trump, the UK’s Conservative Party and a Californian city all featuring.   4 October 2017
Copyright
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has announced that it seized more than 1.2 million pirated goods in the first six months of 2017.   4 October 2017
Trademarks
Indonesia has become the 100th member of the Madrid System for registering and managing trademarks globally.   4 October 2017
Trademarks
IP owners should consider alternatives to trademark rights while waiting for their applications to be processed in Brazil, say Giovanna Sgaria and Roberta Arantes of Daniel Legal & IP Strategy.   4 October 2017
Patents
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted nearly 100 attorneys to partner across its 13 international offices.   3 October 2017
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Duane Morris has opened an office in Austin, Texas, and hired Bert Greene as an IP partner and Brad Thompson as an energy sector partner.   3 October 2017
Copyright
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has backed search engine Google in a dispute over whether the use of thumbnail images constitutes copyright infringement.   3 October 2017
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Several media companies including Bloomberg, BuzzFeed and the Associated Press have opposed a request by Waymo to keep part of the upcoming IP jury trial with Uber a secret.   3 October 2017

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