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Sports Direct muscles out of trademark battle over gyms
A trademark filed by a UK business that Retail Company Sports Direct tried to oppose has been registered at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). On January 31 this year, Beverley Hedley, hearing officer [...]
Western Union Seeks Patent for Digital Currency Analysis
Money transfer giant Western Union is seeking a patent for a transaction analysis system that could be applied to digital currencies like bitcoin. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) published Western Union's patent application for [...]
Mistakes in startup: intellectual property
It is always said “Prevention is better than cure”, same is with Intellectual Property Laws. If you take certain precautionary steps, you can save yourselves from legal hassles and huge legal costs. Intellectual property [...]
Members, Patients of congress asks Issuance of Compulsory licensing
Members of Chilean congress and a group of 6 patients visited Chilean ministry of health yesterday to ask the government use authority under Chilean law to end patent monopolies on prostate cancer drug enzalutamide [...]
Marrakesh Treaty for readers: Jeopardized
The treaty adopted almost four years ago in Marrakesh allowing for exceptions to copyright for the benefit of visually impaired people was hailed as a victory for human rights over private rights. However, as [...]
EU tempted by too many safeguards limiting the scope of blind treaty
As the ratification by the European Union of an international treaty creating an exception to copyright for visually impaired people nears, a leaked text shows that the directive implementing the treaty in the EU [...]