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A Sirius settlement of up to $99m, a copyright loss for the Jersey Boys creators, more on Apple v Samsung at the Federal Circuit, a TiVo and Netflix patent agreement, the results of a USPTO post-grant outcomes pilot, and a petition asking the Supreme Court to review ITC adjudication of cases involving trade secret misappropriation in a foreign country were in the recent intellectual property headlines

Monster Beverage being ordered to pay the Beastie Boys $1.7 million, Orrin Hatch slamming the Obama administration for not appointing a USPTO director, Hershey’s suing a marijuana cooperative, .xyz becoming the number one gTLD, and Harper Lee ending a copyright lawsuit against a museum were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

The oral hearing of the first appeal of an inter partes review decision, 24% of Facebook ads linking to counterfeit goods, Vermont continuing its fight against patent troll MPHJ, whether the Federal Circuit is anti-patent, and the Eiffel Tower’s copyright were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

The Turtles winning royalties in a case against Sirius, a trade mark dispute between two ukulele bands, the YODA bill’s introduction, Monster Energy being sued again for using Beastie Boys songs, a list of the most-cited IP articles, and Ecuador granting nine compulsory patent licences since 2009 were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

Black affinity groups and lunch and learn programming make a big difference to law students when deciding where they want to work

Church apologises for staging unauthorised 'Hamilton' play; Ninth Circuit upholds Disney’s Toy Story 4 win; NFT buyers ‘misled’ over bogus IP claims; Ex-Tesla engineer must enter arbitration

In the first of two interviews with key figures at IPHatch competition winners, Managing IP hears how intellectual property has played an integral role in an algorithmic trading company’s growth

Łukasz Zagórski speaks about Exoskeleton – an invention with a patent application and the award of the President of the Republic of Poland

J A Kemp LLP is one of the largest European patent and trade mark attorney firms, with offices in London, Paris, Oxford, Cambridge and Munich. J A Kemp’s patent attorneys draft, file and prosecute patent applications in Europe and internationally; they help clients to identify valuable intellectual property that needs protection; they advise clients on strategic patent-related issues such as freedom to operate, and they assist clients in managing and developing their patent portfolios in individual countries, regionally and worldwide. The firm is particularly renowned for its track record of success in patent oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office. The firm has more than 60 European patent attorneys with an accepted additional qualification allowing them to act as representatives before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and is instructed in some of the earliest proceedings of the court. J A Kemp’s trade mark attorneys advise on trade mark selection and strategy. They file, defend and oppose trade mark applications in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. The firm is known for its commercially focused trade mark practice, led by five partners who are all specialists dedicated to this field of intellectual property. The firm also handles protection of industrial designs worldwide. The firm works for a wide variety of clients. They range from start-ups, spinouts and growing businesses through to some of the largest corporations and most prestigious academic institutions in the world. J A Kemp has a global reputation and client base: the firm is an acknowledged leader in obtaining intellectual property protection in Europe and elsewhere for clients based in the USA and Japan, including attorney firms based in those countries who instruct J A Kemp on behalf of their clients. The firm also has a strong client base in continental Europe and a market leading position in Scandinavia. Within the UK, the firm has a large and diverse domestic client base and a dominant position in the economically vibrant “Golden Triangle” between London, Oxford and Cambridge.

Two Taylor Swift disputes ending, an IP Watchdog interview with patent sceptic Mark Cuban, a further twist in the Happy Birthday copyright saga, the Eastern District of Texas’s Judge Gilstrap issuing a standing order on pre-Markman 101 motions, and a trade mark lawsuit filed by In-N-Out burger were in the IP headlines in the past week