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A cease fire for Apple v Google?
On Friday 16 May 2014 it was announced that Apple and Google have reached a decision to drop the ongoing lawsuits between them and will work together to reform patent law. -
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Motorola and Samsung: SEP anti-competition guidance
In the latest development in the smartphones war, the European Commission has now issued two decisions in respect of standard essential patents (SEPs), fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitments and anti-competition rules. -
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Gleeful Decision: Comic v Twentieth Century Fox
In a victory for a true underdog, the High Court has ruled that the claimant’s figurative trade mark for “the Glee Club” was infringed by the defendant’s use of “glee” for a television series and subsequent promotion/merchandising. The defendant’s counterclaim for invalidity failed. -
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Take Action to Prevent Trade Mark Genericism
Treating trade marks as common or generic terms undermines their essential function to inform consumers as to the origin of a product, which may result in loss of distinctiveness. Consider, for example, words such as “thermos”, “cellophane” and “escalator”, which were once registered trade marks but have been removed from… -
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Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Betty Boop Decision
This case concerned a claim for both trade mark infringement and passing off in the High Court of England and Wales in relation to the well-known BETTY BOOP character. A copyright claim is due to be heard later. -
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Sweden moves towards the unitary patent
The Swedish parliament are currently considering two patent bills, one of which mainly concerns amendments necessary for the adaptation of their law to the unitary patent system -
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Central limitation of patents on existing litigation
From 13 December 2007, it became possible for a patentee to seek a ‘central limitation’ (or even revocation) of a granted European patent. If accepted, the effect of this would have retrospective effect back to the date of initial grant and would extend to all designated patents. -
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T 2221/10 - EPO Confirms the Extent of G 02/06
Over the past 18 months we have reported on the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) decision in Brüstle v Greenpeace (C-34/10) which relates to the patentability of technology based on the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESC). -
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Shanks v Unilever: employee compensation
An inventor has lost his claim for compensation from his employer before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). -
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Shaking things up: EPO changes of procedure
There has been a fair amount of procedural change at the European Patent Office (EPO) recently.
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