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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #212

  Bri Van Til  |  October 27, 2020 2 min read

  How do overlapping trademarks and copyrights affect franchising in the comics industry? The TTAB ruled that British company Tiger Lily Ventures cannot trademark Lehman Br...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #211

  Bri Van Til  |  October 21, 2020 2 min read

  To combat counterfeits sold on its platform, eBay will start authenticating shoes listed for over $100. This is an expansion of its watch authenticity program. President ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #210

  Bri Van Til  |  October 14, 2020 2 min read

  How does the right to repair compare in the US and Germany? Congress is under pressure to pass a bill allowing hospitals to repair their own medical equipment without fea...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #209

  Bri Van Til  |  October 06, 2020 2 min read

  Apple is being sued for copyright infringement for allegedly infringing on a set of diverse emojis. Russia is threatening to block Google and Apple if the companies don't...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #208

  Bri Van Til  |  September 30, 2020 2 min read

  What should you do if employees resist coming back to work? Vorys and Lexology's webinar seeks to answer that question and other pandemic-related questions. Here's a quic...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue #207

  Bri Van Til  |  September 23, 2020 2 min read

  Tencent, the company that owns TikTok and WeChat, has renamed WeChat Work to WeCom and applied for a trademark for the new name to get around President Trump's ban of the...

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