This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Innovation and Competition Act passes Senate by a vote of 68-32; the Federal Circuit rules that it lacks jurisdiction to decide Walker Process antitrust claims that are now transferred to the proper regional circuit; the European Parliament adopts a resolution proposing a waiver of international patent rights days after the European Commission presented an alternative proposal to improve COVID-19 vaccine access without a patent waiver; Germany’s national legislature approves a statute requiring courts to balance undue hardships before ruling on injunctions in patent cases; the American Law Institute votes to adopt sections of a restatement on federal copyright law over prominent backlash; Apple hires a former BMW executive to help develop its electric car project; China’s national IP administration began implementing a pilot project allowing foreign lawyers to sit for the nation’s patent bar exam; and the Tenth Circuit rules that the exceptional case standard in the Lanham Act and the Patent Act are parallel.
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- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board
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- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board