LawPanel talks to the World Trademark Review about open data


 This week, Thomas Brattli, our CTO, talked to Tim Lince of the World Trademark Review about registries, APIs, and the philosophy of open data. It’s an important topic, and one we feel strongly about at LawPanel.

 

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