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The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli can trademark the gold foil wrapping of its chocolate bunnies. 30 July 2021
Influential Women in IP
The Black Lives Matter movement has led a rallying cry for greater equality for people of diverse backgrounds. IP lawyers of colour tell Muireann Bolger why the legal sector has reached a turning point. 30 July 2021
Patents
InterDigital has won the first round of a telecommunications standard-essential patent (SEP) dispute with Lenovo, after the English High Court ruled today, July 29, that InterDigital’s patent was valid and infringed. 29 July 2021
Copyright
Cox Communications has resolved its copyright case with music company BMG Rights Management and Rightscorp that centred on a dispute over thousands of allegedly invalid copyright notices. 29 July 2021
Copyright
The EU Commission has threatened to launch infringement suits against 23 of its 27 member states for failing to implement new copyright rules in time. 29 July 2021
Patents
Nokia’s licensing arm reported a 20% growth in revenue on last year’s quarter this morning, July 29, on the back of new patent licensing deals, including the landmark agreement with Daimler. 29 July 2021
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South Africa has become the first country to grant a patent to an artificial intelligence, recognising AI solution DABUS as an inventor. 28 July 2021
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision to invalidate a Qualcomm patent for not giving the company the chance to respond to key claims in an oral hearing. 28 July 2021
Trademarks
General Motors (GM) has sued Ford, alleging that Ford’s “BlueCruise” hands-free driver technology infringes its own system, Super Cruise. 28 July 2021
Patents
We’re now seeing the first batch of decisions implementing the EPO’s 2020 rules on the admittance of new evidence during appeal proceedings. Diego Alonso-Martinez and Wannes Weymiens of NLO report on what patent owners and opponents need to know. 27 July 2021
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