Posted on Jan 11, 2013 in IP News Updates | 0 comments IP News Updates PATENTS Google retreats; drops key patent claim against Microsoft The 2012 Patent Rankings: IBM on Top, Google and Apple Surging USPTO Reveals Apple’s Big Continuation Patent Fest Acacia Expands Patent Licensing Business TRADEMARKS Supreme Court rules for Nike in trademark case Trademark suit against creationists settled Strawberry Hill trademark owners ask judge to strike defendants’ claims COPYRIGHTS CES: Tech firms, lawmaker slam patent trolls, push for copyright reforms Universities seek copyright law reform to enable MOOCs Copyright in Congress and the Courts Batmobile: The Copyright Rises Government’s ‘cautious’ copyright reform challenged BLOG UPDATES Go with the Flos? AIPPI debates copyright in industrially exploited designs Two Ministers: separated at birth — and still the wrong way round? NPEs Solidify Enforcement Jurisdiction at USITC