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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 180

  Bri Van Til  |  March 17, 2020 2 min read

  Alt Legal Connect has been rescheduled for October 25-27th. Because we had so much demand for tickets last time, we've slightly increased our capacity. There are 25 early...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 177

  Bri Van Til  |  February 25, 2020 2 min read

  Did Google "save" YouTube by purchasing it at a time when copyright suits were threatening to sink the company?After years of saying it wouldn't pay to display news ...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 176

  Bri Van Til  |  February 18, 2020 2 min read

  In case you haven't yet heard, INTA's 2020 annual meeting in Singapore is cancelled because of concerns about coronavirus. INTA says it will reschedule. Th...

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• Alt Legal IP News – Issue # 175

  Bri Van Til  |  February 11, 2020 2 min read

  Chinese scientists have applied for a patent for an experimental Gilead Sciences drug that scientists believe could be effective at treating the coronavirus.I pity t...

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• USPTO Wants Its Trademark Leader to be Gooder

  Alt Legal Team  |  February 05, 2020 < 1 min read

  Former Jack Daniel’s Chief Trademark Counsel David Gooder will lead the USPTO’s trademark division. The change comes after esteemed USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks ...

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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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