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Patenting industrial AI in Europe
While AI assistants, LLMs (large language models) and generative AI are beginning to dramatically change our work and home lives, AI is also expected to play an increasingly important role in industry. Whether helping to more accurately diagnose factory faults based on equipment drawings and maintenance records or providing locally-run… -
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Patenting in an era of infrastructure renaissance: insights from Europe
In 2025, Germany amended its constitution to create a staggering €500 billion fund for infrastructure modernisation. This is the largest single investment of its kind in the country’s post-war history. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is embarking on a £725 billion national infrastructure plan. These twin economic blueprints are reshaping not… -
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Domain name disputes: decision considers use of a trade mark by a reseller
The Czech Arbitration Court recently ruled in a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) dispute over the domain name lostmarydirect.com. -
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Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update
On 01 January 2021, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) cloned existing EU trade mark registrations and protected EU designations of international registrations into registered UK rights known as “comparable UK trade marks”. -
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Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment
This Supreme Court decision highlights the relevance of post-sale confusion to the assessment of similarity and confusion in UK trade mark infringement matters. This is important because it will now be increasingly relevant in trade mark disputes to consider how trade marks and branding are perceived by consumers day-to-day, including… -
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SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith
The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has applied the Supreme Court judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and Anor v Sky Ltd and Ors ([2024] UKSC 36) (SkyKick) in case O/0439/24 regarding a UK trade mark application for ENERJO. -
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Sales of own products qualify as genuine use for retail services: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPOs restrictive approach
The Board of Appeal has confirmed that retail services limited to the trade mark proprietor’s own products may constitute genuine use under European Union trade mark law, provided they involve more than the mere act of sale. The decision clarifies the interpretation of “retail services” and rejects the restrictive approach… -
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Variant use, promotional use & partial revocation: easyGroup partially successful at the Court of Appeal
Two recent Court of Appeal decisions, easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd (EasyLive) and easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd (EasyFundraising), provide clarification regarding the law of variant use, promotional use and partial revocation. In the EasyFundraising appeal, easyGroup was partially successful in overturning the High Court’s revocation decisions. In… -
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Clean maritime: charting the course for greener shipping
Shipping is the backbone of global trade, with the European Environment Agency estimating that 77% of European external trade is moved by sea. However, its environmental impact is varied and significant. In addition to contributing to 13.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the EU, shipping contributes to… -
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Dont jump the gun: preliminary injunction granted in 17 UPC states against generic pharmaceutical company
In a recent order, the UPC Court of Appeal granted Boehringer Ingelheim provisional measures against generics company, Zentiva, for its anti-fibrotic drug, nintedanib.
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