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FBI Activities in Intellectual Property – Interview with FBI’s Intellectual Property Rights Unit – EU Copyright – BREXIT – Episode 110 – IP Fridays Credits also go out to Nicholas Rivera as a contributing writer.   He wrote the segment on the EU Copyright Directive and the UK .

Tim Moss, UKIPO BREXIT – Interview with Tim Moss – AI as the inventor? – Episode 109 – IP Fridays Tim Moss, CEO of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) said: “We can reassure our customers that there will be no immediate impact when the UK departs from the EU on 31 January 2020. “Our updated guidance is intended to help businesses and individuals navigate through the transition period to 1 January 2021, when almost 1.4 million EU trade marks and 700,000 EU designs will be converted to UK rights.” The Intellectual Property Office has updated its guidance for when the UK departs from the EU on 31 January 2020. The guidance, entitled ‘Intellectual Property and the Transition Period’, is available to view on the IPO website. About The Intellectual Property Office The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the operating name of The Patent Office, the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights. The IPO is responsible for IP policy, granting UK patents, trade marks, design rights, and educating businesses and consumers about IP rights and responsibilities. The IPO also supports IP enforcement – its intelligence division is recognised within the Home Office Serious & Organised Crime Strategy as the UK lead on counterfeiting and piracy. The IPO is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

BREXIT and IP – Interview with Tom Farrand – Copyright Reform in the US – Episode 108 – IP Fridays Tom’s profile https://www.marks-clerk.com/Home/Our-People/Farrand-Tom.aspx#.XfxLI2RKg2w

Patrick Kole Certification Marks and Geographical Indicators – Interview with Patrick Kole – UPC Coming 2021? – USPTO PatentsView and Eligibility – IP Fridays – Episode 107

Anti-Counterfeiting, AI, China, India – Interview with INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo – INTA Annual Meeting 2020 – IP Fridays – Episode 106 Find out more about Etienne https://www.inta.org/Executive/Pages/SanzdeAcedo.aspx Find out more about the podcasts of INTA https://www.inta.org/Programs/Pages/Podcasts.aspx

Doris Spielthenner and Raymond Moser, Jr. Business Development For IP Lawyers – Interview with Ray Moser and Doris Spielthenner – IP Fridays – Episode 105 Filing Analytics is described as ‘Crack for IP attorneys’ in this IP Friday’s insightful podcast – discussing current deficiencies in law firm business development and best tools and practices to transform. Doris Spielthenner of CPA Global and Ray Moser of Moser Taboada cover: referrals, networking, reciprocity, using big data to identify and qualify leads, and optimising and building your agent network. Listeners are offered a free trial of Filing Analytics, which enables law firms to see who is filing applications, when they file it, what’s available in your country, what’s pending filing – and specifics on each company, agents and what law firms they are using. Please send an email to filinganalytics@cpaglobal.com and our customer services team will be in touch. For full disclosure: this episode is generously supported by CPA Global. We did not receive any payment. However, we did get a free trial account for some of their research tools like Filing Analytics.

Timothy Trainer Customs and Border Enforcement of Trademarks – Interview with Timothy Trainer Find more information on Timothy on his website.

Gene Quinn Patent Eligibility Reform in the US – Interview with Gene Quinn – New G-Decision and New Rules for the Boards of Appeal at the EPO Find out more about Gene at the IP Watchdog

Cameron Tousi Current State of Patent Trolls – Interview with Cameron Tousi – License in Bancruptcy – IP Fridays Episode 102 The profile of Cameron Tousi

Stanford Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) Litigation Database – Interview with Shawn Miller – Canada Joins Madrid System – IP Fridays – Episode 101