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The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys has mapped out seven possible options to prevent the loss of registered rights in the UK when the country leaves the EU

Oracle asking for Google’s copyright win to be thrown out, the USPTO being sued for declaring federal holidays, details of lawyers’ fees in the Happy Birthday case, Microsoft and Lenovo agreeing a patent cross-licensing deal, Rovi renewing a licence with Dish, and the FTC’s crackdown on social media influencers were in the intellectual property headlines

It has now been nearly two months since Britain voted to leave the European Union. Confidence has steadily returned to the business community since the result was announced as many now look to grow during what could be a lengthy Brexit negotiation. By Paul Mitchell, Novum Global Strategies

As Suntory and Asahi settle their patent dispute over non-alcoholic beer, John A Tessensohn surveys the state of litigation in Japan, and compares it with the United States

Bonita Trimmer and Giles Parsons provide a cross-EU survey of the geographical factors in the assessment of genuine use of an EUTM

Three years on from the launch of Russia’s specialist IP Court, Natalia Gulyaeva reviews some landmark cases and looks at lessons learned

Our columnist Utynam has been inspired by the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to seek out sport-related IP news

In May 2016, the government authority the Beijing Intellectual Property Office (Beijing IPO) published a decision affirming that Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus infringe a Chinese design patent number ZL201430009113.9, owned by a Shenzhen Baili Marketing Service Co Ltd. The Beijing IP Office's decision orders Apple to stop selling the iPhone. Apple has reportedly brought a lawsuit to seek judicial review of this administrative decision. The case is pending.

Since it was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, the incandescent filament lamp had played the leading part in the illumination field for more than a century. However, in the 1990s, Nichia Corporation made a breakthrough by succeeding in the practical use and mass-production of blue LED for the first time in the world and achieved a paradigm shift in the illumination field by the practical use and mass-production of white LED. This case is about the essential patent for the blue LED.

In accordance with Article 69 EPC and the corresponding Article XI.28 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, the scope of a granted patent is determined by the claims, and the description and drawings are to be used to interpret the claims. Similar to the Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC, the Belgian Article XI.28 specifies that, for the purpose of determining the extent of protection conferred by a patent, due account shall be taken of any element which is equivalent to an element specified in the claims. This is the so-called doctrine of equivalence. This doctrine can be used by the patentee to claim a broader scope of protection in infringement proceedings.