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Role of Independent Director: In Era of Corporate Governance

IP and Legal Filings

Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s, unethical business activities and dubious corporate policies plagued the global corporate sector, giving rise to the topic of corporate governance. Currently, elections by majority are used to nominate and remove independent directors.

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Deciphering the Recent FTC Trilogy of Blog Posts on Artificial Intelligence

LexBlog IP

And the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been blogging fast and furiously – one could say obsessively – about the hot topic of generative artificial intelligence (AI). But if you are involved with marketing or the provision of new and exciting AI tools, take a close look at the FTC trilogy of blog entries on the topic.

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Pandemic measures cease but ViCo Boards of Appeal oral proceedings continue

The IPKat

but no opportunity has been provided to input free text comments on this topic. There is also a question on the implementation of ViCo oral proceedings, which simply asks; "How would you rate the implementation of oral proceedings by VICO?",

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Even if your name is as famous as Ronaldinho, the UK IPO cannot raise ex officio bad faith objections

The IPKat

Commentary Bad faith has been a hot topic in the world of trade marks in recent years. It would also jeopardise the Registrar’s ability to act as an independent and impartial adjudicator in the event a formal opposition is later filed on the same grounds.

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The IPKat EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) Year in Review 2021

The IPKat

A referral on this topic may have come as a surprise to some, given the established case law of the Board of Appeal on plausibility and post-filed evidence ( Case Law of the Boards of Appeal, I-D-4.6 ).

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Battle of the experts: court deals with surveys, damages, other Lanham Act experts

43(B)log

But only a respondent who said that the website did say something about that would get later questions, “and those questions too used the terms no more than necessary to convey the query clearly, directly, and impartially. The option to select ‘Don’t know/unsure’ ensured that each survey question was not overly suggestive.”