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  • There has been much focus over the past week on how companies use patents to reduce their tax liabilities
  • Much like their counterparts in Europe and the US, organisations in Asia are searching for ways to monetise intellectual property. One institution offers a useful model
  • Grooveshark losing a copyright infringement case, rumours of Michelle Lee becoming USPTO director, the USPTO issuing more than 300,000 utility patents in fiscal year 2014, and a settlement between Marvel and the heirs of Jack Kirby were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week
  • IP licensing professionals have not yet caught up with how the advent of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings is affecting their business
  • The District Court for Delaware has ordered a subsidiary of Acacia Research to pay attorneys’ fees of $1.396 million to NetApp, while issuing a smack down of “this sort of reckless and wasteful litigation”
  • Wish your business teams understood more about trade marks? At least you’re not alone, according to a survey carried out by Hogan Lovells
  • Lawyers, economists and in-house counsel identified the quality and training of judges, consistent application of the rules and the costs of using the new system as the key questions regarding the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court that need to be addressed, in a series of video interviews conducted by Managing IP at the recent European Patent Reform Forum in Munich
  • The rise of 3D printing has meant the every conceivable product is in danger of having its IP infringed upon. But some interesting approaches to tackle this are already emerging, such as a partnership between the 3D printing company Shapeways and toy and game maker Hasbro
  • The Central District of California has invalidated non-business-method claims on two video game-related patents, with the judge citing the Alice v CLS Bank decision and noting the dangers of claiming the novel portions of an invention too broadly
  • A range of copyright law exceptions come into force in the UK tomorrow, making it legal for consumers to copy CDs on to MP3 players and protecting makers of parodies from accusations of copyright infringement