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  • April 23, 2025

    Philips Loses Bid To Block Dutch Rival's Toothbrush Design

    A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected Philips' claim that a rival infringed its copyright and design protections over an electric toothbrush, ruling that the competing devices are sufficiently different.

  • April 23, 2025

    Rockwell Wins Patent Over Computer-Linked Devices

    Rockwell Automation won its bid to patent techniques for improving input-output devices, after European officials rejected a rival's claims that a feature to display statuses on a terminal was previously known.

  • April 23, 2025

    UKIPO Not Corrupt For Rejecting Patent, Judge Rules

    A judge has dismissed a case against the head of the U.K. ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Office, finding that an inventor had waited years after his patent was rejected to bring baseless claims of malice and corruption.

  • April 23, 2025

    Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal

    Swiss life sciences investor Xlife Sciences said Wednesday that its portfolio company, Veraxa Biotech, will merge with blank-check business Voyager Acquisition Corp. in a $1.64 billion deal to list on Nasdaq.

  • April 22, 2025

    Academic Says Journal Infringed Nanotube Paper Copyright

    An American bioengineering researcher argued at the start of a London trial Tuesday that a scientific journal had wrongly published a paper related to carbon nanotubes without her consent, urging the judge to rule that it had infringed her copyright.

  • April 22, 2025

    Pornhub Owner Can't Use US Docs In UPC Feud With Dish

    Europe's patent court has refused to let Pornhub's owner submit fresh arguments against DISH Technologies based on a U.S. case, ruling that the fact a related patent might be interpreted differently didn't matter here. 

  • April 22, 2025

    Moderna Can't Buy Time To Defend COVID Vax UPC Claim

    The Unified Patent Court has refused to hand Moderna an extra month to file its defense against a claim that its COVID-19 vaccine infringed a drugmaker's patents in Europe.

  • April 22, 2025

    Kodak Fails To Pause Sales Ban In UPC Dispute With Fujifilm

    Kodak has lost its attempt to pause an order halting sales of its lithographic printing products, failing to convince an appeals panel at the Unified Patent Court that an earlier ruling that it infringed a Fujifilm patent had obvious flaws.

  • April 22, 2025

    Nyetimber Sues Distillery In 'Product Of England' TM Row

    English sparkling winemaker Nyetimber has hit a Devon distillery with a claim for trademark infringement, accusing the gin maker of benefiting from its established reputation by copying the wine producer's "Product of England" branding on its bottles and labels.

  • April 17, 2025

    Coty Wins Bid To Block Gray Market Hugo Boss Perfume Sale

    Multinational beauty brand Coty has convinced a Hague court to block a Benelux cosmetics company from selling bottles of Hugo Boss perfume that were not permitted for sale in the European Union.

  • April 17, 2025

    Music Royalties Co. Hipgnosis Revives UK Fight With Manilow

    British music royalties firm Hipgnosis can forge ahead with its unpaid royalties case against singer Barry Manilow in the U.K., after an appellate panel on Thursday overturned a pause imposed because of parallel proceedings in Los Angeles.

  • April 17, 2025

    Goya Foods Not Reputable Enough To Nix Rival's 'Goya' TM

    A Spanish olive oil maker has failed to stop a German consultancy from registering the trademark "Goya" over telecommunication services, after European officials found that shoppers wouldn't get confused because the companies' products were worlds apart.

  • April 17, 2025

    Abbott Can't Nix Edwards Lifesciences Heart Valve Tech

    Edwards Lifesciences has won its bid to patent a prosthetic heart valve, after European officials overturned a previous decision that the company was requesting protection beyond its original filing.

  • April 17, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the producers of West End show "Elf the Musical" face a contract dispute, Korean biotech company ToolGen Inc. bring a fresh patents claim against pharma giant Vertex, and ousted car tycoon Peter Waddell bring a claim against the private equity firm that backed his business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 17, 2025

    UPC Clarifies Rules On Saving Evidence In Sawing Wire Feud

    The Unified Patent Court has declined to review an order that allowed a Chinese company to inspect and preserve evidence at its rivals' premises amid an infringement feud over a sawing wire patent, ruling that it was a necessary step.

  • April 16, 2025

    Nippon Paint Loses Anti-Rust Car Paint Patent On Appeal 

    European officials have revoked a car paint-maker's patent for a rust-preventing mix, ruling that skilled inventors at the time would have found it obvious to make the Japanese company's composition. 

  • April 16, 2025

    3M Loses Patent Over Reflective Material For Road Markings

    An appeals board revoked 3M's European patent over a reflective material that can be used in road markings, ruling in a decision issued Wednesday that it isn't inventive.

  • April 16, 2025

    Swatch Nixes Birth Control Entrepreneur's 'Andro-Swatch' TM

    Swiss watchmaker Swatch has convinced European trademark officials to extend the earlier rejection of a contraception device entrepreneur's bid for the trademark "Andro-Swatch" to prevent the mark's use for advertising and other business management-related services.

  • April 16, 2025

    EUIPO Shuts Down Fraudsters With Copycat Domain Name

    The European Union ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Office has convinced a Czech arbitration court to cancel the domain name euipp.com, which the agency said is being used to trick people into thinking they are sending money to the bloc's genuine IP authority.

  • April 16, 2025

    Solar Vehicle Biz Beats Challenge To 'Go Free' TM In UK

    A Dutch company that charges vehicles with solar power has fought off a rival's challenge to its "Go Free" trademark, convincing U.K. officials that there is no risk of confusion with an existing "Go" sign.

  • April 15, 2025

    Truck Aerodynamics Co. Slams Strikeout Bid In Patent Row

    A truck aerodynamics company has hit back at a strikeout request brought by the competitor it is accusing of infringing a patent it owned by wrongly modifying its spoilers, arguing the case involves disputed facts and requires a trial.

  • April 15, 2025

    Ideagen Says K10 Vision Misled Clients With False Product Ties

    Audit software company Ideagen Ltd. has accused the former owners of a business it acquired for over £19 million ($25.1 million) of tricking clients into defecting to a rival startup through false claims of involvement in developing a key Ideagen product.

  • April 15, 2025

    Google Blocks Chinese Tech Co.'s European 'Googtab' TM

    Google has successfully blocked a Chinese company from registering the European trademark "Googtab," after trademark officials agreed that the public were likely to confuse the mark with the Silicon Valley giant's existing rights for "Google."

  • April 15, 2025

    Ducati Can't Nix 'Monster' Energy TM For Virtual Bikes

    British officials have granted Monster Energy a trademark for its name over goods that can be downloaded virtually, ruling that shoppers wouldn't think that they were somehow connected to Ducati's Monster-branded motorcycles. 

  • April 15, 2025

    MediaTek Gets Court To Speed Up Huawei FRAND Spat

    Semiconductor giant MediaTek has convinced a London court to hurry along proceedings to determine fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory cross-licensing terms for a suit of 4G and 5G patents with Huawei.

Expert Analysis

  • Trade Agreements With EU Will Still Be Elusive Post-Brexit

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    Although a post-Brexit transitional arrangement largely preserves the status quo between the U.K. and the EU through the end of the year, intense trade negotiations for key industries are still to come, with the possibility of a no-deal exit in 2021, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

  • Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice

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    Attorneys who take the time and the risk to showcase their talents through speaking, writing and teaching will find that opportunities will begin building upon themselves, says Daniel Karon of Karon LLC.

  • Some Clarity On Inventor-Employee Compensation In The UK

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    The recent U.K. Supreme Court decision in Shanks v. Unilver swept away a perception that some employers are simply too big to pay inventor compensation under the U.K.’s statutory compensation provisions, and may offer some hope to prospective employees, say attorneys at Haseltine Lake.

  • The Rise Of Patent Wars In Europe's Gene Therapy Space

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    Drug companies can prepare for increasing competition and a rise in contentious patent proceedings in Europe’s gene therapy industry by aligning patents, orphan designations and data exclusivity where possible, say Jane Hollywood and Frances Denney of CMS Legal.

  • Self-Driving Vehicles' Neural Networks Present IP Conundrum

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    While autonomous vehicles' use of artificial intelligence through neural networks is highly innovative, the position of these networks within intellectual property has yet to be cemented, and a debate is ongoing as to whether they are best protected by patent, database rights or copyright, say Rajvinder Jagdev and Lin Liu of Powell Gilbert.

  • Failure To Launch: The Patent Thicket Delay Of US Biosimilars

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    Almost 10 years after enactment of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, AbbVie’s assertion of 18 patents against three Humira biosimilars shows that patent thickets remain an obstacle to launching follow-on biologics and help explain why U.S. launches lag behind those in Europe, say attorneys at Axinn.

  • Huawei Case Might Mean UK Forum Sets Global FRAND Rates

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    The U.K. Supreme Court’s eventual opinion in Unwired Planet v. Huawei will decide whether English courts are a proper forum for determining global fair license terms for standard-essential patents, and there are several reasons to question the English courts' creation of this approach, says Thomas Cotter of the University of Minnesota Law School.

  • Must Inventors Be Humans? An Active Debate Over AI Patents

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    With the first international patents naming artificially intelligent algorithms as inventors filed this summer, and with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s query into whether inventorship laws and regulations need revising, the debate over AI is testing the boundaries of patent laws in the U.S. and elsewhere, says Christian Mammen of Womble Bond.

  • Henry Schein Case Illuminates Maze Of Arbitrability Questions

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    While the U.S. Supreme Court’s Henry Schein decision strengthens the enforceability of arbitration provisions, the Fifth Circuit’s ruling on remand concerning arbitrability authority, exemplifies a need for careful drafting of arbitration clauses, say Andrew Behrman and Brandt Thomas Roessler at Baker Botts.

  • Using Global Dossier To Simplify USPTO Disclosure Duty

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    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can make compliance with its duty of disclosure less burdensome by allowing applicants to submit a list of patent families that are believed to have material information and defining electronically available records broadly to include the Global Dossier, whose use the USPTO recently encouraged, says Brian Dorini of InterDigital CE Holdings.

  • The Unique Challenges Of Owning International Cannabis IP

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    Due to the cost of prosecuting patents and the uncertainty in obtaining and enforcing cannabis patents in foreign jurisdictions, building a global cannabis patent portfolio presents complex strategic questions, says Jayashree Mitra of Zuber Lawler.

  • IP Protection Still Elusive For Data Compilations In US And EU

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    As businesses continue to increase investment into artificial intelligence systems, questions arise as to whether they can own or legally protect data compiled by those systems. Currently, in the U.S. and EU, obtaining copyright protection for databases is difficult and trade secret protection requires policies and procedures to establish rights, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Perspectives

    Artisanal Miners' Roadblocks To Justice: Is A Path Clearing?

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    Efforts to give small-scale gold miners, who face displacement, pollution and violence at sites around the world, access to fair and functioning justice systems have met with apathy from politicians and fierce resistance from powerful business lobbies, but there are signs that this may be changing, says Mark Pieth, president of the Basel Institute on Governance.

  • How PTAB Is Applying New Patent Eligibility Guidance

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    Since the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released its revised patent eligibility guidance in January, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has been reversing Section 101 rejections at a higher rate, say Nick Anderson and Braden Katterheinrich of Faegre Baker Daniels.

  • Keys To Successful AI Patents In The US And Europe

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    Unsurprisingly, the World ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Organization recently reported that patent filings for artificial intelligence inventions are increasing rapidly. Stakeholders should be mindful of maintaining quality during this filing surge, says Drew Schulte of Haley Guiliano LLP.

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