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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 171

  Bri Van Til  |  January 14, 2020 2 min read

  Med tech company Masimo says the Apple Watch infringes on 10 of its patents and that the company stole vital trade secrets when it hired former Masimo empl...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 170

  Bri Van Til  |  January 07, 2020 2 min read

  This author argues that the ruling in Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions, LLC (4th Cir. 2019) was the most important copyright development last year. What exci...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 169

  Bri Van Til  |  December 17, 2019 < 1 min read

  Cisco and IBM have been granted patents to use blockchain to secure 5G data and prevent drone-enabled package theft, respectively.Meanwhile, the Italian Copyright of...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 168

  Bri Van Til  |  December 10, 2019 < 1 min read

  StudioCanal is asking a judge to rule that This Is Spinal Tap was "work made for hire," and therefore ineligible for copyright reversion.Can a shape—say the shape of a ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 167

  Bri Van Til  |  December 03, 2019 2 min read

  A few weeks ago we mentioned that Brexit had brought an increase in trademark applications for spirits, but beer trademarks are also on the rise in the UK.You can drive a...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 166

  Bri Van Til  |  November 26, 2019 < 1 min read

  Here's a primer on branding and packaging restrictions for Canadian cannabis companies.A Canadian company has been granted patents in the US and other countries for extra...

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