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Rise in trademark filings at the USPTO
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Maura O'Malley, Editor
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Amazon barred from using its web service logo in China
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Amazon ordered to pay Chinese software firm$11.8m in compensation for infringing trademark covering ‘AWS’; Amazon ‘stronglydisagree’ with ruling and intend to appeal
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Neil Young sells 50% of copyrights to investment firm
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Heart of Gold artist joins growing list of big names in music selling rights and royalties to their songs to London-based investment firm
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Nicki Minaj settles ‘Sorry’ dispute
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Tracy Chapman bags $450,000 as parties agree tojudgment; singer ‘glad to have matter resolved’
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WHO DG cautions against ‘vaccine nationalism’
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus predicts price hikes in Covid-19 vaccines unless fair access is achieved
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USPTO’s Iancu condemns ‘unacceptable’ Capitol violence
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USPTO director decries riots from pro-Trump supporters in ‘strongest possible terms’; says office staff members ‘set the gold standard’ for excellence in public service
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Moodsters denied SCOTUS Inside Out appeal
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Infringement claims against Pixar’s Inside Out denied by US’s highest court; Ninth Circuit decision stands
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IPM’s podcast: Brexit aftermath special
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Richard Goddard, Andrew Yeates and Michael Hawkins re-join Ben Wodecki to analyse the immediate IP aftermath in the wake of the transition period ending
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IBM tops US 2020 patent grants despite 1% decline
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Data from IFI Claims shows a slight decrease in2020 patent numbers; non-US companies held majority share of new US patentgrants
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Germany halts UPC ratification after facing more challenges
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Two constitutional complaints mean plans to sign UPC agreement into law are put on hold
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University licensing patent pool ‘not anti-competitive’
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Patent pool for emerging tech including big data and IoT found to have incorporated suitable safeguards that are ‘unlikely to harm competition’, DoJ finds
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UK should follow EU’s lead on SME IP focus, lawyers argue
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As the EUIPO launches its SME IP fund,Nottingham Law School lecturer tells IPM that the UK should beundertaking similar ‘ambitious’ plans
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British Airways facing potential £800m data breach suit
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Over 16,000 victims are taking action against airline for failure to prevent mass data breach in 2018; fine reduced by ICO but reduction ‘does not cover any compensation for victims of the breach’
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IP5 reveal 2019 patent increases of 5.9%
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All offices except JPO report an increase inpatents granted in 2019
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Corbyn project aims to tackle IP rights covering Covid vaccines
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Former Labour Party leader decries vaccinenationalism at launch of new social justice project; Islington MP claims richernations hold enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations ‘nearly threetimes over’
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Amazon sites placed on USTR’s 'notorious markets' list
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Spanish, Italian and British versions of e-commerce giant ‘do not sufficiently vet sellers’ report claims; removal process described by complainants as 'lengthy and burdensome'