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The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that partly invalidated a Uniloc Voice over Internet Protocol patent challenged by Apple. 14 May 2021
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A California tablet maker has failed to overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling that Nintendo’s Switch console and Joy-Con controllers didn’t infringe its patents. 14 May 2021
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IP specialist Andrew Terry has joined Harbottle & Lewis as a partner in the firm’s IP litigation team. 13 May 2021
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An EU court has quashed a ruling by an EU Intellectual Property Office’s board of appeal, finding that it had erred in its analysis of a trademark’s potential to cause consumer confusion. 13 May 2021
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The European Patent Office’s streamlining initiative has “significantly accelerated” the timeline for engineering, electronics and software oppositions, according to a new Mewburn Ellis report. 13 May 2021
Trademarks
Atari is suing print-on-demand apparel retailer Pixels.com for infringing a battery of IP rights including trademarks and copyright, claiming it sells “substantial quantities of counterfeit” merchandise. 13 May 2021
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A targeted TV ad patent owned by Samba TV is invalid according to the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Alice v CLS Bank International, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found. 12 May 2021
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US patent number 11 million to 4C Medical Technologies for its prosthetic heart valve invention. 12 May 2021
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Despite various hurdles, the Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent project march on. But issues in Germany and Brexit could affect its start date and success, say Sebastian Fuchs, Schi-Hwa Chae and Tatiana Dolenko 12 May 2021
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A new era has dawned in the war against counterfeiters, as luxury brands increasingly join forces with social media platforms and e-commerce companies to safeguard their IP. Lawyers tell WIPR why the IP world should expect to see more of these collaborations in the future. 11 May 2021
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