This week in Other Barks & Bites: Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) will once again chair the House IP Subcommittee during the 119th Congress; the Ninth Circuit holds that advertising shares and selling equity cannot constitute trademark infringement; a Federal Circuit panel majority reverses the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) while Circuit Judge Stoll dissents over improper fact finding; the Third Circuit holds that asserted features of a hockey memorabilia product are uncopyrightable in a case filed against Fanatics; China announces that smartphones and other electronic devices will be added to that nation’s consumer trade-in program; and Beyonce’s IP holding company finally registers the trademark to daughter Blue Ivy Carter’s name.

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