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Illinois district trademark cases blow up The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois witnessed an explosion in trademark cases last year, probably because of the rise in counterfeiting during the COVID pandemic, Managing IP revealed this week. While cases fell in almost every other trademark litigation hotspot in the US, including in the Central District of California and the Southern District of New York, the Illinois court received 41% more cases in 2020 than in 2019 – rising...

Lack of trials is tribulation, say district court judges In a series of interviews with Managing IP, four of the busiest district court judges in the US said their top priority this year was to restart jury trials as soon as possible – but noted that the process would be tricky, and that they needed professionalism and understanding from attorneys to make it work. “My first, second, third and fourth priorities this year are the same – getting back to trials. There really is no number two...

High Court appoints new IP specialist judge The England and Wales High Court has appointed James Mellor as a new judge for the Chancery Division, it was announced on Wednesday, January 20. Mellor, 59, a barrister at 8 New Square who specialises in intellectual property law, will start his new role on February 8, after which he will become the Honourable Mr Justice Mellor. His appointment will come as a relief to UK IP attorneys because of the lack of IP specialist judges left in the High Cour...

UPC faces new delay The fabled unitary patent and concurrent Unified Patent Court look set to be delayed again, at least in the short term, following a request from Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court to pause the final ratification step.  On Wednesday, January 13, the FCC asked Germany’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier to refrain from signing the country’s ratification into law while it considers two new constitutional complaints challenging ratification that were filed with the ...