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Horacio Gutierrez takes Spotify role, and other US people moves

In our regular round-up, we summarise recently-announced partner and other moves in the Americas, including hires by BakerHostetler, Morrison & Foerster, Proskauer, Choate Hall & Stewart, Venable, and Morgan Lewis

March 22 2016

Samsung v Apple at the US Supreme Court – the issues to watch

The US Supreme Court will rule on damages in design patent cases in Samsung v Apple. The debate is now set to rage at the high court over whether law developed in the 19th Century to protect items such as rugs and spoons is still suitable in the smartphone era

March 22 2016

Dancing Baby, RPX, Uniloc, Acacia, Adidas, Skechers, WIPO, Yosemite – the week in IP

The Ninth Circuit amending its Dancing Baby copyright opinion, an RPX shareholder demanding a change in management, Uniloc offering to buy Acacia, Adidas being granted an injunction against Skechers, the US again being named the top filer of international patent applications, and a dispute over the trade marks relating to Yosemite National Park were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week

March 22 2016

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Why we've signed up to IP Inclusive

Managing IP has joined law firms, IP firms, barristers' chambers, associations and companies in signing the IP Inclusive charter

March 21 2016

Venue Act introduced in US Senate to change patent venue law

Days after a Federal Circuit judge commented that changing patent case venue rules feels like “something a legislature should do”, the Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act has been introduced in the US Senate “to ensure that venue in patents cases is fair and proper”

March 21 2016

EPO’s Admin Council chair expects action by June

The EPO’s Administrative Council has called on the Organisation’s management and staff “to work diligently and in good faith” to find a way out of the current crisis, as its Chair Jesper Kongstad told Managing IP in an exclusive interview

March 18 2016

Managing IP North America Awards 2016: The winners

The winners of Managing IP’s North America Awards 2016 were revealed on March 17 at a dinner at the Four Seasons in Washington DC, recognising the best intellectual property law firms, individuals and cases of the past year

March 18 2016

Bacardi files amended complaint in Havana Club trade mark dispute

Drinks maker amends its complaint in the District of Columbia seeking a reversal of the USPTO’s registration of the Havana Club mark to the Cuban government

March 17 2016

How to protect typefaces and fonts

Wu Di and Wang Lvyun of Lung Tin look at what options are available to prevent copying of fonts and typefaces in China

Managing IP Correspondent, March 16 2016

Protecting famous names

Cedric Lam, Lilian Shi and Ivy Tsui of Dorsey & Whitney explain how celebrities can prevent misuse of their names in China and provide a summary of key cases concerning famous figures such as Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson

Managing IP Correspondent, March 16 2016

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