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  • An Adidas and Under Armour settlement, criticism of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s stance on amendments, a Facebook trademark win in China, a study revealing the “moral panic” of using the term “patent troll”, .blog selling for $19m, and IP limericks were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week
  • Days before its Spring Conference, the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition has suspended Alibaba’s membership following high-profile brands leaving the coalition. The IACC’s board also noted “certain aspects of the disclosed conflict” of its CEO were not communicated
  • The USPTO has announced a new chief judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, after 10 months of Nathan Kelley serving as acting chief judge
  • Marathon Patent Group has named Erich Spangenberg as director of acquisitions, licensing and strategy. He will spend most of his time in Europe and Asia working with large corporate patent owners on monetisation opportunities
  • The Federal Circuit has found software patents valid under Alice for only the second time, in Enfish v Microsoft. The decision gives valuable ammunition for opposing a Section 101 challenge to software patent claims and may also mean the recent USPTO patent eligibility guidance needs to be updated
  • Belmora has petitioned the Fourth Circuit to reconsider its decision that Bayer did not need to use the Flanax mark in the US to sue under the Lanham Act. Belmora says the court “appeared to be motivated by a sense of ethical outrage”
  • PwC’s US Patent Litigation Study reveals a number of interesting trends, including that damages awards for non-practicing entities are almost three times greater than practicing entities over the past five years
  • Co-owner of London-based branding agency Grain Creative Madelyn Postman started her career as a freelance graphic designer. She spoke to Managing IP about the impact of the IP legal environment on approaches to brand creation and protection
  • Fourteen of our team will be in Orlando for the INTA Annual Meeting starting this Saturday, so please do come and visit us at our booth #207, read the INTA Daily News and say hello if you see us around
  • The list of highly recommended trade mark practitioners and firm analyses for Managing IP – IP Stars (2016) have been published online. The IP Stars handbooks are also available to pick up at the INTA Annual Meeting