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 Court after judges Colin
Birss and Christopher Nugee were elevated to the England and Wales Court of
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WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest round-up, we look at the NCAA pausing an athlete name, image and likeness vote, the US Intellectual Property Alliance launching with the aim of raising IP awareness, Authentic Vision and ATQ Germany teaming up, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
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“The Song of the Pipa Player”
On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress (China’s top legislature) passed the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law, which will become effective on June 1, 2021 (“Effective Date”).
As I was digesting the news and browsing through the 29 newly published changes made to the previous version of the Chinese Patent Law, which was passed in 2008, a line from “The Song of the Pipa Player”, a popular poem written in 816 A.D. by Bai Juyi (one of the three most famous poets in China’s Tang Dynasty), came to mind: “Only after our repeated calls did she appear; her face half hidden behind the pipa she held.”