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IP Europe, an alliance of small and medium-sized companies originally co-founded by Ericsson, has announced its opposition to the European Commission’s current draft of the communication on standard-essential patents. 7 November 2017
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Fish & Richardson has appointed former McDermott Will & Emery partner Brian Gaff as principal of the firm’s litigation practice in its Boston office. 7 November 2017
Patents
Last week we reported on some important court rulings from the US and the UK, including cases featuring the London black cab and an Eli Lilly blockbuster drug. Below we explain why four of them matter. 6 November 2017
Trademarks
A US court has dismissed a complaint by trade group the North American Olive Oil Association that had accused olive oil producer Veronica Foods Company of false advertising. 6 November 2017
Trademarks
A US judge gave Google an injunction against an order from Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday, November 2. 6 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
The high rates of obesity among children in Chile is a problem that the health authorities have tried to tackle through different measures during the last few years. One of the most relevant actions was the modification of the food labelling regulation. Andrés Grunewaldt and Luis Felipe Opazo of Silva report. 3 November 2017
Patents
Fish & Richardson has hired a former partner of Patterson + Sheridan as principal in its litigation group in the firm’s Houston office. 2 November 2017
Trademarks
Less than a week after settling its trade dress and design patent infringement case with rival Lululemon, clothing company Under Armour has asked a US court to declare it has not infringed two trademarks. 2 November 2017
Jurisdiction reports
One of the requirements for a trademark to be registered in Malaysia is that the mark or device has to be used ‘in the course of trade’. A clarification of this definition was raised in the case of Mesuma Sports v Majlis Sukan Negara (2015). Kelvin Ganesan of Henry Goh reports. 1 November 2017
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The English Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from The London Taxi Company against a finding that designs of the city’s famous black cabs lack distinctive character. 1 November 2017
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