MERGER
IP battle creates $1.6 billion legal giant
IPH wins battle to acquire Xenith Group after QANTM declines to make counter-offer, as Xenith chair highlights diversity in brand culture.
Intellectual property/trademark
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
New AI trademark tool a boon for lawyers
Timely WIPO launch announcement of state-of-the-art AI-Based image search tool for brands as lawyers gather for Luxury Law 2019 tomorrow to talk AI and trademarks.
PATENTS
Asia patent applications reveal innovation shift
WIPO reveals innovators file record number of international patent applications, with Asia leading the way in West to East innovation shift.
PATENTS
Women's lost intellectual property
US patent and trademark office releases report on trends and characteristics of women inventors, echoing findings from IWPR report.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Evidence of 'massive' rise in AI patents highlighted in WIPO survey
New WIPO's technology trend study probes artifical intelligence, finds IBM and Microsoft are leaders of a recent global upsurge in AI patents.
TRADEMARKS
What's in a name?
Singer Rihanna sues father for use of her Fenty trademark after repeated demands to stop mispresenting an association.
IP PROTECTION
China's IP crackdown moves forward
Compensation for victims to be raised and fines increased, as China set to amend legislation to protect IP and punish offenders.
WTO DISPUTE
WTO IP battle escalates between gulf states
Qatar escalates its WTO dispute over alleged Saudi Arabia IP violation and refusal to cooperate over piracy and otehr issues.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Fish & Richardson to capitalise on China's innovation
IP specialists to open office in Shenzhen renowned as the innovation capital of China's Silicon Valley,
COPYRIGHT
There's no accounting for taste
EU court rules taste cannot be copyrighted in setback for food industry in Dutch witches' cheese case.