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The German Bundestag has approved a ratification bill on the Unified Patent Court Agreement, yesterday, November 26. 27 November 2020
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Twitter has secured a victory at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, after it upheld a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to invalidate a patent owned by video streaming service VidStream. 27 November 2020
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UK beer company Brewdog can’t register the logo for its “Doghouse” hotel brand as a trademark, the UK Intellectual Property Office has ruled. 27 November 2020
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The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization has registered its first geographical indication, in the same week that the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched a new search database. 27 November 2020
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Düsseldorf Regional Court has referred a standard-essential patent licensing dispute between Nokia and Daimler to the Court of Justice of the European Union. 26 November 2020
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The European Commission has promised to “reduce frictions” and bring down the level of litigation surrounding standard-essential patent licensing in the auto industry. 26 November 2020
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The UK Intellectual Property Office has refused to register French cookware manufacturer Tefal’s figurative mark, after finding the applied-for trademark as devoid of distinctive character. 26 November 2020
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A subsidiary of Xerox has accused Facebook, Twitter and Snap of infringing patents through their core functionalities, including the tools the social media companies use to help stop the spread of fake news. 26 November 2020
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Netflix has settled a suit after it was accused of infringing the trademarks of the “Choose your own Adventure” book series when it created and streamed its interactive film “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”. 25 November 2020
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Young people aged between 15 and 24 across the EU report a lower understanding of IP compared to other age groups and are more likely to infringe and buy counterfeits, according to a study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office. 25 November 2020
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