Sir Paul McCartney, Washington Redskins, Federal Circuit, Newegg, Xiaomi, Nokia, Nike, Rob Gronkowski, USPTO, Kyle Bass – the week in IP

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Sir Paul McCartney, Washington Redskins, Federal Circuit, Newegg, Xiaomi, Nokia, Nike, Rob Gronkowski, USPTO, Kyle Bass – the week in IP

July 05 2017
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A Sir Paul MCCartney and Sony settlement, the end of the Washington Redskins’ trade marks battle, a Federal Circuit ruling that Judge Gilstrap erred by not awarding Newegg fees, Xiaomi’s acquisition of Nokia patents, a Nike opposition to a trade mark application and the USPTO’s intervention in an appeal of a Coalition for Affordable Drugs PTAB win were in the recent intellectual property news

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