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19 February 2025 Relationships and “baking in” IP across departments at the right time are crucial for the $40 billion company’s in-house team, Patrick Lo tells Sarah Speight.
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Trademarks
The shoe brand recently lost its bid to restore a design right for its iconic clog—its latest failed attempt to secure the registration. Lee Curtis of HGF explores.
Unified Patent Court
The Unified Patent Court’s recent landmark ruling has far-reaching consequences for European patent litigation, particularly in the UK post-Brexit, write Ravi Srinivasan and Thomas Compton of JA Kemp.
Trademarks
The UK’s first-ever IP compulsory mediation order resolved the football club’s trademark dispute, increasing the value of ‘problem solving’ tactics over litigation, finds Muireann Bolger.
Trademarks
Cases resolved under the initiative offer some valuable lessons for parties in dispute, from redefining “winning” to finding common ground, say Caleb Goh from the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Singapore and See Tho Sok Yee from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore.
Trademarks
The continent has emerged as a key focus for high-end brands but safeguarding this valuable fashion IP in this market requires robust strategies, explains Sofia Araújo of Inventa.
Trademarks
As the market floods with lookalikes, luxury brands are grappling with the fine line between parody and infringement as well as the impact of social media. Prachi Ajmera and Arie Smith of Michelman & Robinson explore.
Trademarks
A dispute between Transport for London and retailer Gap over a well-known slogan shows how strategic thinking can easily slip through the cracks, says Robecca Davey of Marks & Clerk.
Copyright
Significant IP developments combined with political elections made 2024 an important year for the country, explain Nick Redfearn, Arifia Fajra and Kin Wah Chow of Rouse.
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Unified Patent Court
13 February 2025 Court of Appeal says in-house representatives can appear before the court | Patent attorneys with ‘administrative and financial powers’ or shares remain barred | Decision specific to Microsoft v Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing.
Copyright
12 February 2025 Media giant wins partial summary judgment in non-genAI dispute | ROSS Intelligence copied editorial content from Westlaw platform to train AI-driven search tool | Precedential decision reinforces prior Supreme Court decisions in Google and Warhol.
Standard essential patents
12 February 2025 Commission will ‘assess need for new approach’ to controversial plan | Original proposals attracted criticism from tech leaders who argued the regulation would adversely affect the industry | Status quo for SEP licensing and enforcement within the EU remains.
Careers
12 February 2025 Five partners from Knobbe Martens join the firm | New arrivals bolster Morgan Lewis’s capabilities in patent and trademark litigation.
Trademarks
11 February 2025 Sportswear company successfully opposed registration of mark intended for T-shirts and hats, with the board finding ‘Under Armour’ to be entitled to a broad scope of protection.
Careers
10 February 2025 The firm created a role for Naoise Gaffney, whose unusual background and high profile in Ireland brings a ‘different perspective’, finds Sarah Speight.
Future of IP
7 February 2025 The patent monetiser has high hopes for a 500-plus portfolio of hand tracking and haptics tech coveted by extended reality innovators, finds Tom Phillips.
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