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Patents

LTE patent pool expanded to include 5G-supporting technologies

Patent pool provider Via Licensing has expanded its LTE licensing offering to include technologies that support the 5G standard.   25 June 2018

Patents

Reaction to WesternGeco SCOTUS decision: significant yet disappointing

Patent owners were handed a significant win by the US Supreme Court on Friday, according to one lawyer, but others have described the decision as disappointing and narrow.   25 June 2018

Trademarks

Hard Rock Café files motion to dismiss its own TM case

US-based Hard Rock Café has filed a motion to dismiss a trademark infringement claim it had launched against hotel reservation site RockStar Hotels.   25 June 2018

Patents

SCOTUS: Patent owners can recover lost profits for overseas infringement

The US Supreme Court today ruled that patent owners can recover profits lost outside the US as a result of infringement in WesternGeco v Ion Geophysical.   22 June 2018

Patents

TPN Europe 2018: ‘We practise what we invent’, says IBM

When faced with the allegation that IBM is the “world’s largest patent troll”, William LaFontaine, general manager of IP at the company, was keen to defend its record, claiming that “we practise what we invent”.   22 June 2018

Copyright

Director targets Disney’s ‘Inside Out’ in copyright suit

A film director has filed a copyright lawsuit against entertainment companies Disney and Pixar after he noticed “striking similarities” between a short film he created at college and their 2015 animation film “Inside Out”.   22 June 2018

Patents

TPN Europe 2018: The highs and lows of blockchain IP

The collaborative nature of blockchain presents challenges from an IP perspective, according to Kevin Fournier, IP counsel at IBM, who yesterday gave tips on drafting patents in this area.   22 June 2018

Patents

TPN Europe 2018: When social media upends patent applications

A patent attorney at chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has told an industry conference how “social media is one of my pet hates”.   22 June 2018

Trademarks

IMPI updates IP law to protect non-traditional TMs

The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property has updated its IP law to allow for the protection of some non-traditional marks.   22 June 2018

Patents

Apple pursues another avenue in Qualcomm clash

Apple has waged another battle in its patent war with semiconductor company Qualcomm by filing a series of inter partes reviews at the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board this week.   22 June 2018

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