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Patents
Swiss wireless semiconductor company u-blox is suing American telecommunications firm InterDigital for demanding unreasonable licensing fees on its standard-essential patents. 4 January 2019
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American fashion company MZ Wallace has lost a trade dress case against Oliver Thomas, a year-old handbag brand. 3 January 2019
Patents
A company called Data Scape has sued Apple for infringing six patents directed to data and communication systems. 3 January 2019
Patents
Dutch company Marco Guldenaar Holding has failed in its attempt to patent the rules of a dice game after a US court rejected the company’s appeal of a decision by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 3 January 2019
Copyright
Lawyers have told WIPR that a lawsuit which argues that Marc Jacobs International infringed IP owned by former rock band Nirvana may not be strong enough to secure victory. 3 January 2019
Trademarks
French jewellery company Cartier has lost its bid to have a trademark application incorporating the word ‘Love’ dismissed in Singapore. 2 January 2019
Copyright
Video games brand Atari has sued US department store Target for infringing IP protecting the famous arcade game “Pong”. 2 January 2019
Patents
A new IP appeal court in China that was set up to handle highly technical cases has begun operating. 2 January 2019
Trademarks
Uncertainty around the post-Brexit future is causing businesses to spend more money on securing trademarks, the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) has told WIPR. 21 December 2018
Copyright
Netflix is one of the first companies to have filed a copyright complaint with Thailand’s new anti-piracy agency. 20 December 2018
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