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Rishi Sunak, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced £13 million in funding for a rollout of more business and IP centres across the UK, as part an effort to better protect IP rights across the UK’s regions. 12 March 2020
Patents
Heineken has prevailed in its patent dispute with global brewer AB InBev, after US trade officials yesterday, March 12, barred the Belgian company from importing beer dispensers found to infringe Heineken’s patents. 12 March 2020
Patents
The European Patent Office received a record 181,000 patent applications last year, with digital technologies taking the lead in filings for the first time in more than a decade. 12 March 2020
Patents
Latest news on the impact of the novel coronavirus crisis on the IP industry, including lawyer reactions, events disruption, and patent disputes in the race to launch treatments. 12 March 2020
Patents
A UK parliamentary committee has asked the government to clarify its position on the Unified Patent Court, after reports that the UK will no longer seek to participate in the project. 11 March 2020
Patents
Plans unveiled by the European Commission to protect the EU’s technological “sovereignty” have been welcomed by research and development organisations. 11 March 2020
Trademarks
Japanese video game developer Square Enix has invalidated two trademark registrations filed by Michael Gleissner-owned fashion channel Fashion One, after it was found that the channel had acted in bad faith with the registration of two ‘parasite’-related marks. 11 March 2020
Patents
A subsidiary of Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has sued Chinese smartphone maker Oppo for allegedly infringing 4G telecommunications patents. 11 March 2020
Patents
Companies including Ericsson and General Electric have joined a major video-coding licensing platform, which seeks to collect royalties from smartphone and tablet manufacturers using the technology. 11 March 2020
Copyright
British rock legends Led Zeppelin did not steal the opening riff in ‘Stairway To Heaven’, the band’s most famous song, following the rejection of a long-standing copyright lawsuit by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 10 March 2020
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