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Redskins, J&J, Allergan, USPTO, Argentina, Eagles, Google, LG, TPP, Australia SEP case – the week in IP

Ellie Mertens rounds up recent intellectual property news, including the Fourth Circuit's Redskins ruling, the PTAB invalidation of a cancer drug patent, antitrust suits against Allergan, an Eagles trade mark settlement, Google and Tencent’s cross-licence, a Federal Circuit ruling on royalties, LG’s dismissed appeal at the European General Court, a new TPP, an Australian SEP case, Marathon’s blockchain patents acquisition, and Argentina’s implementation of an IP decree

January 25 2018

Unitary Patent and UPC: the state of play

The first Unitary Patents may be granted one year from now. Following our series of articles on the Unitary Patent and UPC, James Nurton and Kingsley Egbuonu take stock of where we are now and what remains to be done before Europe’s new patent system can come into effect

Managing IP Correspondent, October 29 2015

Trade mark litigation, Apple, Samsung, monkey selfie, Richard Prince, Anne Frank, hoverboards – the week in IP

A drop in US trade mark litigation in 2015, a Federal Circuit hearing of an Apple and Samsung dispute, a judge ruling a monkey does not own copyright in a selfie, artist Richard Prince being sued, the copyright of Anne Frank’s diary, and the latest patent news from the hoverboard market were in the IP headlines this week

January 11 2016

China trade marks: Re-examining strategy on contentious registry matters

The 2013 amendments to the PRC Trade Mark Law implemented with effect from May 2014 brought increased hope for more consistent and positive results in actions against bad faith registry pirates. Unfortunately, the decisions issued over the past year by the Trade Mark Office (TMO) have so far generally failed to live up to the promises set out in the amended law.

Managing IP Correspondent, October 28 2015

GUI design patents in China after first infringement decision

Observers bemoan the lack of clear guidance after Beijing IP Court judge rules there was no infringement of a GUI design patent in a highly-anticipated case

Karry Lai, January 24 2018

Analysing the Eastern District of Texas's approach to Alice motions

After giving hope to defendants in March with a rare granting of a motion seeking patent invalidity on 101 grounds, the Eastern District of Texas has since doubled down on its aversion to them, including Judge Gilstrap issuing an order making it harder to even file a motion

August 03 2015

Korea: New procedure on the way

With the revisions to the Patent Act introduced this year, there will soon be more options to challenge patents in Korea. Leon Kim and Hyun-Sil Lee explain

Managing IP Correspondent, September 27 2016

Making a better patent

Patent prosecution is taking place against a backdrop of the press claiming many patents should not have been issued, allegations that patent examiners shirk their responsibilities and the technology industry being exasperated by the Alice aftermath

October 27 2016

Analysing Huawei’s SEP win against Samsung in Shenzhen court

Observers believe a case in which Samsung was found to infringe Huawei’s SEP patents is helpful in determining what is misconduct in FRAND negotiations and a sign the Chinese judicial system is resolving increasingly more complicated and new IP disputes

Karry Lai, January 19 2018

Turkey: What will the new IP Code bring?

On February 24 2016, the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology circulated the draft IP Code on the website of Turkish Patent Institute (TPI). Having passed through various informal and formal consultation stages, the draft IP Code is now in its final enactment stage before the Turkish Parliament and expected to enter into force before the end of 2016.

Managing IP Correspondent, August 24 2016

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