OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. USPTO Calls for PPAC and TPAC Nominees After Lutnick Disbands Committees

https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/28/uspto-calls-ppac-tpac-nominees-lutnick-disbands-committees/id=187703/ 

2. EPO Patent Index 2024 Shows Increase in Computer Technology Inventions, Unitary Patent Requests
   https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/27/epo-patent-index-2024-shows-increase-computer-technology-inventions-unitary-patent-requests/id=187629/

3. Understanding IP Matters: AI Needs the Right Balance of Innovation and Regulation to Thrive

https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/25/understanding-ip-matters-ai-needs-right-balance-innovation-regulation-thrive/id=187518/

4. UKIPO tells TfL to mind GAP in partial trade mark refusal for bad faith
   https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/ukipo-tells-tfl-to-mind-gap-in-partial.html

5. IP Chanel v. WGACA: The Parties’ Post-Trial Playbook
   https://www.thefashionlaw.com/wgaca-seeks-new-trial-reduction-in-damages-award-in-chanel-case/

6. European Union Court Rejects Mercedes’ G-Wagon Trademark
   https://www.thefashionlaw.com/european-union-court-rejects-mercedes-g-wagon-trademark/

7. Nike Aims to Beat Defamation Claim in Shoe Surgeon Lawsuit

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/nike-aims-to-beat-defamation-claim-in-shoe-surgeon-lawsuit/

8. Hudson’s Bay: What Happens When a Business Goes Bankrupt?

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/hudsons-bay-liquidation-what-happens-when-a-company-files-for-bankruptcy/

9. Miley Cyrus Can’t Escape Copyright Lawsuit Over “Flowers”

https://www.thefashionlaw.com/miley-cyrus-cant-escape-copyright-lawsuit-over-flowers/  

10. Designers say plans for UK copyright law risk ‘running roughshod’ over sector
    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/31/designers-uk-copyright-law-ai-letter