Trade show IP theft: How the Canton Fair cracked down

Trade show IP theft: How the Canton Fair cracked down

There are few places more thrilling for an intellectual property lawyer than a trade show. When companies from across the world come together to sell similar types of products, the IP implications are headache-inducing. Who has the patent in that particular jurisdiction? What constitutes a violation? Intellectual property disputes in the exhibition world In 2017, a German patent-owner brought a copyright claim against a company exhibiting a cert…