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Patents

Bitter blow for Coca-Cola as sweetener patent revoked in Europe

Danone and Norwegian firm opposition leads EPO to revoke drink formulation patent | Board rules patent for “rare” sugar D-psicose paired with sweetener Rebaudioside M lacks inventive step on appeal.   29 November 2024

Patents

On our radar…

News from around the world that you may have missed, including Tesla, a UPC opt-outs ruling, and Netflix’s Tiger King saga.   29 November 2024

Patents

Making sense of US subject matter eligibility for AI businesses

Despite the fast-moving situation, there is plenty of scope within USPTO guidance to obtain AI patents, explains Zack Higbee of Alston & Bird.   29 November 2024

Trademarks

Gibson targets ‘Trump’ guitars after separate $18m fakes bust

Iconic US guitar brand tries to block instruments sold at $11,500 with Trump’s signature | Unsigned ‘Presidential Series’ versions have ‘Donald J. Trump’ inlaid on the neck | Customs earlier made ‘largest ever’ seizure of 3,000 counterfeit Gibsons.   28 November 2024

Trade secrets

Judge grants Citi restraining order against former banker in secrets suit

California court bans former law firm banker from accessing Citi’s confidential information at new employer | Bank alleged ex-employee emailed ‘high cash client’ with purported better offer.   28 November 2024

Diversity

‘There’s real money here’: Meta, Lenovo reveal gender-based inventor stats

Quadrupling inventorship numbers and doubling women inventors could boost US GDP by 4.5% says USPTO and Diversity Pledge leader | 50 companies sign up to transparency initiative | Untapped women inventors could generate half a trillion dollars.   28 November 2024

Future of IP

Arusha Protocol takes root: Fresh growth for plant variety protection in Africa

The November protocol provides an important framework for Africa’s breeders and innovators to better protect their IP, explain Pieter Visagie and Nicky Garnett of Adams & Adams.   28 November 2024

Patents

WATCH: Senior IBM patent analyst shares ‘X-mas wish list’

Webinar uncovers why there will be jobs for analysts and AI developers ‘for a long time to come’ | Confidentiality issues limit IBM IP team’s use of AI tools | Data is no longer the ‘new oil’ says Clarivate expert | C-suite expectation for decisions to ‘to function more like scientific theory’ | Braking tech innovator says engineers regularly use genAI.   27 November 2024

Trade secrets

Filing a trade secret case? Try to avoid New York

The Big Apple’s reliance on trade secrets ‘common law’—and some surprising rulings in its courts—have left it an unfavourable choice for claimants, says James Pooley   27 November 2024

Trademarks

Armani soars to victory in eagle logo dispute at EU court

Quarrel centres on 43-year-old stylised eagle-themed design with horizontal lines | Luxury brand’s success follows earlier losses relating to iconic trademark | General Court says the EUIPO Board of Appeal previously erred on two counts.   27 November 2024

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