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Special 301 report, Grooveshark, MPAA, Louis Vuitton, Eclipse IP – the week in IP

The USTR issuing its Special 301 report, Grooveshark shutting down operations, the MPAA demanding torrent sites end copyright infringement, Louis Vuitton losing its bid to save its checkerboard trademark, and Eclipse IP’s patent applications were in the IP headlines this week

May 01 2015

Lee nomination as USPTO director confirmed

President Barack Obama has announced his intention to nominate Michelle Lee as undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the USPTO. She had been performing the functions and duties of the USPTO director in her position of deputy director

October 17 2014

Europe: What a (Spanish) girl wants…

Although Community trade marks cover all EU member states and the relevant public consists in the present case of professionals and average European consumers, Spanish ladies were the deciding factor in the OHIM opposition case at issue between a Canadian trade mark applicant and a German opponent.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 26 2014

Julie Samuels joins Engine from EFF

Technology policy advocate group Engine has hired Julie Samuels as executive director and president

March 05 2014

Is the North Face’s Winter Olympics collection ambush marketing?

The Canadian Olympic Committee is suing over The North Face’s Villagewear collection. Has the clothing retailer gone too far or are official marks granted too much protection?

February 24 2014

Premier League, Vringo, Google, USPTO, Washington Redskins, North Carolina troll bill – the week in IP

The English Premier League’s copyright clampdown, a victory for Google over Vringo at the Federal Circuit, the Washington Redskins’ trade mark appeal, criticism of the USPTO’s telework programme, and a patent troll bill being signed into law in North Carolina – some of the IP-related news you may have missed this week

August 14 2014

Patent lawsuit spike, Maltesers dispute, Google/Foxconn patent deal, Pfizer’s India criticism – the week in IP

An unusual amount of US patent infringement lawsuits, Mars suing Hershey’s for trade mark infringement over its Malteser product, Foxconn selling communication technology patents to Google, and Quentin Tarantino’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Gawker Media being dismissed were among the stories hitting the headlines in the past week

April 25 2014

Q&A with Rachel Krevans

Rachel Krevans started out her legal career as a tax lawyer. More than 20 years later, she’s serving as one of the lead counsel for Apple in the high-stakes patent infringement case Apple v. Samsung and as the chairperson of Morrison & Foerster’s intellectual property litigation practice group. She took time to speak with IP Top 250 about her start in patent litigation and subsequent career experiences.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2013

Aereo, Marvel, .wine, Jones Day, Pitbull, damages report – the week in IP

A copyright lawsuit over Pitbull’s song “Timber”, a new patent litigation damages report, EFF calling Jones Day a trade mark bully, an IIPI amicus brief in support of the heirs of cartoonist Jack Kirby, and disgreement over .wine at ICANN were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

June 26 2014

Amazon, Bob Marley, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins, Supreme Court, Blurred Lines – the week in IP

An intriguing Amazon patent application related to 3-D printing, a Bob Marley lawsuit, two NFL trade mark stories, the reply of a Foley & Lardner attorney ordered to show why he shouldn’t be sanctioned by the Supreme Court, and the latest in the Blurred Lines copyright trial were in the IP headlines this week

February 27 2015

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