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Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has backed IP licensing company Prism Technologies in its $30 million fight against telecoms firm Sprint Spectrum. 7 March 2017
Patents
The European Patent Office granted a record number of European patents in 2016, while the US led the charge for applications. 7 March 2017
Patents
Europe-based consultancy firm NLO has hired Steven Sarlet as a patent attorney in the firm’s office in Ghent, Belgium. 7 March 2017
Patents
The US Supreme Court was correct to hold that supplying a single component of a multi-component invention for manufacture abroad does not constitute patent infringement, according to WIPR readers. 6 March 2017
Trademarks
Fashion retailer Forever 21 is no stranger to IP lawsuits, but this time it’s personal—with the company attacking Adidas in its latest claim. 6 March 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has remanded a patent infringement claim against technology companies including Huawei and Samsung to a district court. 6 March 2017
Copyright
Nintendo scored a C$12.8 million ($9.6 million) copyright infringement win last week, after a Canadian court backed the video games company against an online retailer in a precedential decision. 6 March 2017
Copyright
Law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired Reed Smith partner Kevin Cadwell into its IP practice in Houston, Texas. 6 March 2017
Patents
US Congress is better suited to reform rules on patent venue than the US Supreme Court, according to Kraft Foods. 6 March 2017
Trademarks
What’s in a name? What’s in a smell? US multinational toy company Hasbro has filed a trademark for a Play-Doh “scent mark”. 3 March 2017
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