The week in IP – GSK, Teva, Brexit, Blackberry, Snap, Lindsay Lohan, WestenGeco v Ion, false advertising, digital assistant patents

April 04 2018

Recent intellectual property news includes the overturn of GSK’s $235m award, European organisations’ Brexit statement, a Blackberry patent suit against Snap, Lindsay Lohan’s appeal against a video game maker, the briefs in the WesternGeco case at the US Supreme Court and a jury verdict favoring the plaintiff in a false advertising case

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