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By agreeing to review a win by a US company against its European distributor, the Supreme Court will wade into how foreign sales can influence damages awards. Sarah Speight garners views from trademark attorneys at Rothwell Figg and Fish & Richardson, who examine whether the top court will address a split among the circuits.
Iancu: a âgood shepherdâ of the IP system 25-01-2021 07-09-2013 Andrei Iancu’s departure last week marked the end of a turbulent three year-tenure at the US Trademark and Patent Office. In his farewell address at a US Chamber of Commerce event, Iancu outlined his achievements, declaring that his tenure had delivered a “pro-innovation” culture. “I said that we must reclaim our nation’s IP leadership and, to do so, we must focus on two high-level issues: first, creating a new, pro-innovation, pro-IP dialogue. And, second, balancing our systems and increasing the reliability ...
Should Iancuâs successor take a softer tone on China? 22-01-2021 21-08-2017 The legal sector has been mulling the legacy of Andrei Iancu as he confirmed this week that his three-year term as head of the worldâs biggest national IP office had come to an end. Lawyers have told WIPR that his successor will need to look outwards in order to maintain global US leadership in IP, at a time when Chinese firms and courts are pushing for greater influence in global technology standards. His term was dominated by escalating tensions between China and the Trump administration. Iancu used his r...