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Costume seller found to wear guises of many third-party brands in intergalactic dispute proceedings
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… well, on 5 July in the UK, in fact, a fancy-dress retailer was found to be at one with the Dark Side of the Intellectual Property (IP) Force....

Female-registered inventions have grown at a higher rate in the academic realm than elsewhere, raising questions over ‘isolation’ that women inventors face in corporate environments
Patents devised by women have risen at a quicker rate in universities than the business world, a new report has found. Compiled by Professor Cassidy Sugimoto of Indiana University, The Academic Advantage: Gender Disparities in Patenting revealed that...

Plucky British string band faces down German rival that was found to have more than a twang of resemblance
A ukulele troupe that has played at some of Britain’s biggest live shows of the past 30 years has strummed up a victory in a copycat case in the UK’s Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC)....

Caselaw swings into action for entertainment giant in Supreme legal dispute over arachnid-antics plaything
Marvel Entertainment has shaken off the creepy-crawlies of a long-running patent case at the US Supreme Court, following legal action brought by inventor Stephen Kimble....