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New CJEU rules allow for video hearings and pilot cases

‘Significant’ amendments came into force this month | Court adopted a legal and technical framework for video hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic | New guarantees offered in ‘pilot case’ scenarios.   4 April 2023

Patents

Siemens and GE settle patent wars ‘in their entirety’

Wind turbine operators reach ‘amicable’ agreement | Confidential truce ends patent stand-offs in US and Europe from 2020.   3 April 2023

Patents

Apple overturns $502 million verdict in patent dispute

Two VirnetX network security patents found to be invalid | Decision is latest instalment in a 13-year court saga between the firms.   3 April 2023

Patents

Ocado wins robot patent battle in UK’s High Court

Grocery delivery company’s fierce dispute with Norwegian company sees major win in London | Litigation was a ‘complete waste of time’ | Ocado | AutoStore | Powell Gilbert.   31 March 2023

Patents

EIP reshuffle sees litigation head move to new role

Winning litigator in Unwired Planet case takes up chairman position | New co-heads of UK litigation practice named | Move is a ‘natural evolution’ for the firm, says CEO Magnus Hallin.   31 March 2023

Patents

European Commission proposes radical new FRAND royalty process for essential tech patents (UPDATED)

Commission aims to make licensing of standard-essential patents more transparent and ‘fair’ | EUIPO to oversee new process, which will be mandatory for patent holders | Nokia | Pinsent Masons.   30 March 2023

Trademarks

Adidas makes ‘highly unusual’ U-turn on opposition to Black Lives Matter TM

Sportswear brand retracts opposition to mark within 48 hours | Adidas had said Black Lives Matter’s mark was “confusingly similar” to its own | Gerben Intellectual Property.   30 March 2023

Copyright

Internet Archive loses case over eBooks lending in scrap with major publishers

Judge says online library’s lending of eBooks not covered by ‘fair use’ | Four publishers alleged infringement of 127 books | Full details on judge’s reasoning | Morrison Foerster | Association of American Publishers.   29 March 2023

Copyright

Twitter’s source code leak could represent ‘major crisis’

Platform issues subpoena demanding identity of user who leaked code | Security breach coincides with drop in value by more than 50% | Lawyers speculate on employee revenge as motivation following mass layoffs.   29 March 2023

Patents

Digital and clean-energy tech drives record growth in patent filings at EPO

Report shows that 2022 saw “astonishing” boom in clean energy and batteries | “Relentless” growth in patent applications in digital tech and semiconductors reflect a trend towards a “smarter future” | Overall record growth in patent filings of 2.5% includes growing share by countries outside Europe.   28 March 2023

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