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Patents
Report finds that only small number of patent infringement cases reach trial | Costs of UK litigation cited by lawyers as key barrier | Mewburn Ellis | Finnegan | Haseltine Lake & Kempner | Bird & Bird. 1 December 2022
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EU-wide ‘repair clause’ of significance to car repair sector | Clause to have legal effect for future designs | Commission aiming for simplification of processes. 1 December 2022
Patents
Major offshore wind turbine design at centre of dispute | Turbine “does not fall within the scope of Siemens’ patent,” ruled Judge Meade | Decision is latest of several patent quarrels between the two firms. 1 December 2022
Trademarks
Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a senior trademark and design attorney to launch a new filing and prosecution practice in Europe. 30 November 2022
Copyright
The UKIPO is finally revamping its systems to streamline the IP rights application process, and is calling on customers to inform this transformation, deputy director of rights policy Mike Prior tells Sarah Speight. 30 November 2022
Patents
Court found that smartphone maker did not infringe tech company’s patent | But another later ruled in favour of Nokia | Global litigation in motion over firm’s patent portfolio | Oppo. 30 November 2022
Patents
With a history of invention and a skilled workforce, Ukraine is primed to rebound once the war is over, say Vítor Sérgio Moreira and Anna Shcherbyna of Inventa. 29 November 2022
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Team addition brings new contentious IP skills to London | Follows announcement that California-based law firm will join Morrison Foerster | Brown Rudnick | Durie Tangri. 29 November 2022
Trademarks
Production of counterfeit products increasingly taking place within the EU | Overlap of IP crimes with tax evasion and money laundering |
Interpol | Europol | Eurojust. 29 November 2022
Trademarks
Lower than estimated volume of applications filed at the office this year | Vacancy for the post to be published soon | Committee sets office’s 2023 budget. 28 November 2022
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