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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 201

  Bri Van Til  |  August 11, 2020 2 min read

  The EFF is urging Congress to step in to reform the patent process, including to reduce patent trolling. So-called patent trolls cost inventors tons of money, so dozens o...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 199

  Bri Van Til  |  July 28, 2020 2 min read

  Sportswear company Under Armour sued Uncle Martian in China for its confusingly similar logo and emerged victorious: the China’s Supreme People’s Court has affirmed t...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 198

  Bri Van Til  |  July 22, 2020 2 min read

  Google and The Linux Foundation recently announced an initiative to help open source manage their trademarks, but competitors are upset about the "imbalance of control."T...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 197

  Bri Van Til  |  July 14, 2020 2 min read

  Metallica and the band's co-manager Cliff Burnstein have been acquiring IP rights to various song catalogs, including tons of classic rock. Eminem's publisher is alleging...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 194

  Bri Van Til  |  June 24, 2020 2 min read

  A UK university's student union is in hot water for plagiarizing its Black Lives Matter message from another UK university's student union. Update: the man who ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 191

  Bri Van Til  |  June 03, 2020 2 min read

  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that irrespective of the statute of limitations, copyright damages are limited to three years before filing of the lawsuit.C...

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