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App icons are the new trademarks: ten conditions for strong designs and protection

WIPO Magazine

Smartphones have revolutionized the interaction between consumers and brands. Zeeger Vink, IP Director at MF Brands Group (Lacoste) offers tips on what companies need to do to optimize app design and protection.

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"'In the limited law available concerning the VARA, an owner’s decision to conceal a work does not constitute modification or mutilation,' Crawford wrote in his order."

The Art Law Blog

"Covering the murals without damaging them has the same effect as an art museum removing a painting and putting it into storage, Crawford noted." Preliminary injunction denied in the Vermont Law School murals case. Story here. Background here.

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Energysquare makes wireless recharging a reality

WIPO Magazine

Ever wished someone would reinvent the way we charge our mobile devices? Well, that's what Energysquare, a young French startup has done. Find out more about their cool wireless charging technology and how they are building a business around their IP.

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Managing intellectual property rights in innovation: the key to reaching the market

WIPO Magazine

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) offers insights from its recent studies which shows the SMEs that own IP rights have a 68 percent higher revenue per employee than those that do not own any IP rights.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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IP protection: building value and growth for small businesses

WIPO Magazine

Julian Crump, President of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), discusses how IP protection can benefit smaller businesses.

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CDK: driving sustainable fashion in Bhutan

WIPO Magazine

CDK is an emerging fashion line that gives a modern twist to traditional Bhutanese design. The company's owner, Chandrika Tamang, shares her aspirations for fashion to go green, at least in Bhutan, and the challenges she faces as a small entrepreneur.

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Global Health Biotech: bridging the gap between science and business

WIPO Magazine

Professor Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, a biomedical scientist and Director of Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Durban University of Technology discusses the importance of bridging the gap between science and entrepreneurship.

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Managing risks and disputes in the fashion industry

WIPO Magazine

Find out more about why the National Center for Italian Fashion recently joined forces with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center to offer fashion businesses an efficient and affordable ways to resolve disputes.