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Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court decision that found seven patents belonging to patent licensing company Secured Mail Solutions invalid under the Alice Corp v CLS Bank ruling. 17 October 2017
Trademarks
Google may have breathed a sigh of relief as the US Supreme Court refused to hear claims that the company’s trademark has become generic. 17 October 2017
Trademarks
The General Court has backed the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in dismissing an opposition filed by Moravia Consulting against a calculator trademark, despite claims Moravia had used the same mark in the Czech Republic. 17 October 2017
Patents
Courts in China should take a cautious approach in applying the ‘legitimate source’ defence to patent infringement, says Yuanyuan Tian of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office. 17 October 2017
Trademarks
UK authorities have seized counterfeit clothing worth more than £2 million ($2.7 million) in a raid on Manchester’s so-called ‘counterfeit street’. 16 October 2017
Patents
Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has lost one of its patent licensing directors who was tasked with monetising the company’s IP. 16 October 2017
Patents
Telecoms company UnitedCorp has claimed that features on Facebook and Instagram that allow users to reveal their location infringe technology it owns covering a newly released smartphone app. 16 October 2017
Copyright
When illegal downloaders first appeared, the music industry’s initial response of suing infringers was unsuccessful, according to a Warner Bros executive. 16 October 2017
Patents
Qualcomm has expanded its legal dispute with Apple by filing patent infringement lawsuits in China that seek to ban iPhone sales in the country. 16 October 2017
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There has not been an uptick in the number of trade secrets cases filed in Australia, despite growing awareness of the form of protection, according to Justice David Yates of the Federal Court of Australia. 16 October 2017
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