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European TM rulings: SOS TM is refused, General Court rebukes EUIPO

WIPR looks at trademark rulings released this week by the European General Court, and the key takeaways from each ruling.   11 September 2020

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Ex-Philips VP faces trade secrets suit following GE move

A former vice president of Philips North America must face allegations that he purloined confidential information in order to gain customers after he began to work for GE Healthcare, according to a Maryland federal court.   11 September 2020

Patents

Tech standards group’s policy chills innovation, warns DoJ antitrust chief

A business review letter, which gave a group that sets technical standards the go ahead to change its policy, is being frequently misapplied and may be chilling innovation, according to the US Department of Justice.   11 September 2020

Patents

Daimler vows to challenge German sales ban

Daimler has confirmed it will appeal against a Munich court’s patent injunction that threatens to ban sales of its cars in Germany.   10 September 2020

Copyright

Some links on websites require rights owner’s approval, says AG

Embedding works on websites by means of automatic links requires the authorisation of rights owners of those works, an advocate general has told the Court of Justice of the European Union.   10 September 2020

Patents

China dominates blockchain patent applications as regulations are streamlined

Government support combined with updated patent examination guidelines has helped cement China’s world leadership status in blockchain, as Xiaofan Chen of AWA explains.   10 September 2020

Patents

USPTO says CBM patent designations can’t be appealed

The designation of a patent as a covered business method patent is unappealable, the US Patent and Trademark Office and Emerson Electric have argued.   10 September 2020

Trademarks

Belgian brewer beats gambling brand at General Court

International gambling brand Novomatic has failed to register ‘Primus’ as an EU trademark, after an opposition from a Belgian brewery.   10 September 2020

Influential Women in IP

INTA: Leading on and off the court

Earlier this year, the International Trademark Association focused on championing and advancing women’s leadership in IP. WIPR spoke to its president, Ayala Deutsch, to find out more.   9 September 2020

Trademarks

General Court rejects GSK purple trademark attempt

GlaxoSmithKline can’t register a shade of purple as a trademark covering asthma inhalers, the EU General Court has ruled.   9 September 2020

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