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Lawyers at Simmons & Simmons look ahead to a UK Supreme Court hearing in which the court will consider whether English courts can determine FRAND terms when the licence is offered by an intermediary rather than an SEP owner
February 16, 2026
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New regulations on the import and export of technology in China have been in force for about a year. To get the most from your inventions in China it is essential you have a detailed knowledge of them, explains Alan Adcock -
Companies are increasingly acknowledging domain names as an essential element of their IP portfolio. Jonathan Robinson looks at the threats to digital IP from cybersquatting, and offers some strategies for protecting against and recovering from damaging infringements
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Enforcement continues to be a challenge for trade mark owners in Asia. While some have all the legislative help they can use, others are still labouring with old laws. Protection is just not the priority it needs to be. Ralph Cunningham reports
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Manchester United Football Club has an estimated 53 million fans throughout the world. Try getting all of them through the turnstiles. Instead, the club is using other ways of reaching them. Merchandising, as Tom Howgate, the club's head of licensing, tells Ralph Cunningham, is one way of doing it
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Recent developments in procedural rules for appeals from trade mark opposition hearings have highlighted the pitfalls of failing to be fully prepared at first instance, warns Jill Delaney
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The difficulty of managing patent litigation is magnified with increasing numbers of alleged infringers and actions filed across the United States. Errol Taylor and Joshua Rothman describe the benefits that consolidating these actions can confer on corporations engaged in such complex litigation
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Fame means not all literary figure marks are created equal, says Charlotte Colthurst of Bird & Bird in examining an EUIPO Grand Board of Appeal ruling
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Stephania Cardiel of Becerril, Coca & Becerril examines how recent reforms signal a regional move towards faster, more internationally aligned innovation systems
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Pravir Palayathan of Inlex explains Mauritius’ customs-led system for protecting trademarks, regulating authorised importers and exporters, and swiftly seizing counterfeit goods
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Gillian Tan of That.Legal explains how accidental font licensing gaps arise in practice, and how Singapore’s compensatory copyright framework affects enforcement outcomes
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Igor Charles of Inlex explains how the EUIPO Board of Appeal recognised the Givenchy 4G logo’s reputation in France, linking luxury goods to financial services under Article 8(5) of the EU Trademark Regulation
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Yue Guan of Wanhuida Intellectual Property explains how the CNIPA’s rulings on mirogabalin besylate tablets highlight the importance of formulation patent drafting and claim amendments in China’s drug patent landscape
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Thanh Phuong Vu of Tilleke & Gibbins explains how Vietnam’s 2025 Intellectual Property Law amendment introduces protection for partial and intangible designs under Locarno Class 32
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A reversal decision by the Turkish Court of Cassation clarifies when patent enforcement may trigger unfair competition liability, report Aysel Korkmaz Yatkın, Selin Sinem Erciyas, and Beste Turan Kurtoğlu of Gün and Partners
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Min Son of Hanol IP & Law explains how the decision clarifies that multiple-word trademarks can infringe if an element serves as an essential distinctive part
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Taiwan has stepped up trade secret enforcement through legislative reform and court practice, says Tony Tung-Yang Chang of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices