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Speakers from Liverpool FC, Amazon, Mattel, Philip Morris to feature at Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit

Join brand protection managers, law enforcement and technology innovators on 18 October to share best practice in the fight against counterfeits

4 Oct 2023

TikTok’s Oliver Walsh joins Rouse’s IP enforcement team

Rouse beefs up its intellectual property enforcement team with two new appointments in response to client need amid the changing anti-counterfeiting landscape

4 Oct 2023

João Negrão takes the helm as the new EUIPO executive director

Portuguese national and former EUIPO Boards of Appeal president began his new role on 1 October

2 Oct 2023

$56m jury verdict upheld against Molson Coors in trademark tussle with craft brewer

Stone Brewing prevails in trademark infringement battle with beer giant

28 Sep 2023

Thomson Reuters dispute with AI start-up to go to jury trial in US

Media company accuses AI outfit Ross Intelligence of illegally using its content to train its own competing AI-based platform

27 Sep 2023

Counterfeiting linked to abuse of people and economy

Eve Alexander, head of intelligence analysis at the UK’s Intellectual Property Office, examines the sweeping changes in the counterfeiting landscape over the last decade

22 Sep 2023

Digital piracy increases by 3.3% in 2022, says EUIPO report

For the first time in years, piracy levels rose in 2022, largely driven by TV shows, series, films and manga publications

21 Sep 2023

US appeals court breathes fresh life into ‘Impossible’ trademark lawsuit

Ninth Circuit revises case for lack of personal jurisdiction involving Impossible Foods and Impossible X, run by ‘digital nomad’

14 Sep 2023

‘Local footprint’ is key to success tackling anti-counterfeiting in Africa

Forward Global’s head of illicit trade risk management on the unique challenges of combatting counterfeiters on the African continent

12 Sep 2023

Google escapes $15.1m jury verdict in dispute over audio patents

Judge throws out jury verdict ruling that the plaintiff didn’t provide enough evidence to support claim

6 Sep 2023

UK IPO introduces patent search tool based on EPO’s 'state of the art' system

New tool will enable examiners to search more material in more depth, ultimately enhancing the quality of patents granted

5 Sep 2023

OpenAI hits back at writers’ copyright infringement claims

ChatGPT creator moves to dismiss claims in lawsuits filed by authors including high-profile writer and performer Sarah Silverman

30 Aug 2023

Pfizer and BioNTech seek to cancel Moderna patents at PTAB

Move marks latest round in Covid-19 mRNA vaccine patent litigation battle

29 Aug 2023

'You can be an effective litigator in multiple different ways’: Allen & Overy’s Lisa Nguyen

West Coast IP partner on how clients increasingly recognise the value of looking more broadly for talent

18 Aug 2023

Patent platform Avanci launches single licence as carmakers gear up for 5G connected cars

Mercedes Benz becomes first car maker to sign up to 5G connected vehicle licensing programme

17 Aug 2023

Unitary patent dashboard shows ‘encouraging demand’

Nine weeks in and figures reveal the UP is proving popular with roughly 700 requests a week

3 Aug 2023

IP offices can’t take their business for granted in a changing world, says INTA’s CEO

Etienne Sanz De Acedo discusses the future of IP offices, the damage wreaked by counterfeiting and piracy and how IP is not just for the big corporations

3 Aug 2023

‘Robot wars’ ceasefire as AutoStore agrees to pay Ocado $250m

Success for Ocado’s global litigation strategy advisers Powell Gilbert as agreement reached over robotic technology patent dispute

25 Jul 2023

Singer Selena Quintanilla’s father sues cruise company for trademark infringement

The lawsuit against cruise company alleges trademark infringement and violation of California’s right of publicity

21 Jul 2023

US Appeals court reverses USPTO decision to invalidate five CRISPR patents

Five patents relating to groundbreaking gene editing technology cannot be quashed by interference proceedings used in previous US patent system

18 Jul 2023