Jersey Boys, GSK, Teva, Gene Simmons, Imagine, top universities for patents, Texas trade secrets – the week in IP

June 22 2017

A ruling in the Jersey Boys copyright dispute, a $235m award to GlaxoSmithKline, the end of Gene Simmons’ efforts to register a hand gesture as a trade mark, a process to add Yoko Ono to Imagine’s songwriting credits, the top 100 universities granted patents and amendments to Texas trade secrets law were in the intellectual property news in the past week

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Patents

'Onward' and 'yes': lessons from four decades in IP

As Marshall Gerstein celebrates its 70-year anniversary, Jeffrey Sharp, managing partner, reflects on lessons that shaped both his career and the firm’s success

Sanjana Mishra, October 31 2025

Patents

Connecting people on the internet, nodes transforming. Social network connections. Information technology of internet of things IOT big data clouds computing using artificial intelligence AI.

This week on MIP: Ex-client sues Mintz | Perplexity launches patent search

News of two pharma deals involving Novo Nordisk and GSK and a loss for Open AI were also among the top talking points

Sukanya Sarkar, October 31 2025

Trademarks

How Gibson Dunn deploys weapons in the fight against deepfakes

Howard Hogan, IP partner at Gibson Dunn, says AI deepfakes are driving lawyers to rethink how IP protects creativity and innovation

Sanjana Mishra, October 30 2025

Patents

‘Being in the minority can be an opportunity’: Hong Kong IP leader

Vivien Chan joins us for our ‘Women in IP’ series to discuss gender bias in the legal profession and why the business model followed by law firms leaves little room for women leaders

Sukanya Sarkar, October 30 2025

Trademarks

How Mishcon helped Thom Browne beat Adidas TM lawsuit

Partner Jeremy Hertzog explains how his team worked through a huge amount of disclosure from Adidas and what victory means for the firm

Sukanya Sarkar, October 29 2025

Trademarks

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Mandatory trademark recordation fortifies brand protection in Tanzania

Evarist Kameja and Hadija Juma at Bowmans explain why a new law in Tanzania marks a significant shift in IP enforcement

Evarist Kameja , October 29 2025

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Weekly take: Why IP rights paint a difficult picture for street artists

In the wake of controversy surrounding Banksy’s recent London mural, AJ Park’s Thomas Huthwaite and Eloise Calder delve into the challenges street artists face in protecting their works and rights

Thomas Huthwaite, October 28 2025

Patents

How AI platform will automate ‘annoying’ legal ping-pong

Alex Levkin, founder of IPNote, discusses reshaping the filing industry through legal tech, and why practitioners’ advice should stretch beyond immediate legal needs

October 28 2025

Patents

Amazon targeted in German SEP claim

Cohausz & Florack, together with Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben, has taken action against Amazon on behalf of three VIA LA licensors

October 27 2025

Patents

Podcast: Unconscious bias, an unintentional but ongoing part of IP professions

In the fourth episode of a podcast series celebrating the tenth anniversary of IP Inclusive, we discuss unconscious bias in the IP workplace and how to address it

October 27 2025