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On March 24, 2017, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court ruled on a case in which Apple Computer Trading (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Apple, and Beijing Zoomflight Telecommunications Equipment had sued the Beijing Intellectual Property Office and Shenzhen Baili Marketing Services as a third party. The court’s decision revoked an administrative ruling by the office and affirmed that Apple Shanghai and Zoomflight did not infringe Baili’s design patent at issue. 12 May 2017
Patents
Weight Watchers, which sells various products to help with weight loss, has sued a British couple for trademark and patent infringement over their weight loss help app. 12 May 2017
Patents
Statements made by a patent owner during an inter partes review can be used to narrow the scope of the patent in court proceedings, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 12 May 2017
Patents
Patent litigation in the US declined in 2016, continuing a downward trend from the high point reached in 2013, according to professional services firm PwC. 12 May 2017
Patents
The US judge overhearing a trade secrets and patent infringement clash between Waymo, formerly Google’s self-driving car division, and Uber has referred the suit to federal prosecutors. 12 May 2017
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The Milan local division of the Unified Patent Court is nearly ready to start work and, if after Brexit a central division seat of the court is taken away from London, the city could easily replace it, says Elena Martini of Martini Manna Avvocati. 11 May 2017
Trademarks
Liverpool Football Club has launched an official shirt for Chinese fans to purchase, in a move that may have implications for fighting counterfeits. 11 May 2017
Patents
Sports footwear company New Balance has settled its patent infringement row with US-based Acme IP Holdings. 11 May 2017
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Former US President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) into law one year ago today, implementing trade secrets federal protection. 11 May 2017
Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the invalidation of a number of claims in a patent owned by telecommunications conglomerate AT&T. 11 May 2017
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