PTAB, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, EPO, Michael Kors, Wi-LAN, Panasonic, copyright legislation – the week in IP

January 11 2018

Recent intellectual property news included a strongly-worded PTAB order forbidding a tribe from filing any further discovery requests, Radiohead’s efforts to get credit for a Lana Del Rey song, the EPO’s plans for 2018, a trade mark win in China for Michael Kors, Wi-LAN’s purchase of a Panasonic patent portfolio and US associations backing pending copyright legislation

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