Ellie Mertens rounds up recent intellectual property news, including the Copyright Royalty Board’s increase of SiriusXM’s royalty payments, Technicolor’s plan to sell its patent licensing business, the USPTO’s efforts to modernise online applications, Facebook’s disclosure of IP issues, the valuation of RPX’s shares, Lego’s copyright win in China, Andrei Iancu’s approval by a Senate committee, the DOJ’s launch of a worldwide IP enforcement network, and the release of a draft of Australia’s IP amendments
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