/intellectual-property-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ UK Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:55:09 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361999?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361999 DreamWorks has lost a significant portion of its "Trolls" U.K. trademarks after an online casino company convinced trademark officials that the marks had not been used in five years. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:23:35 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2362076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2362076 German drugmaker Merck KGaA asked a London court Tuesday to force U.S.-based Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC to pay £46 million ($62 million) for breaching an order by using the "Merck" name in the U.K. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:13:58 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361989 A Spanish law firm has convinced European officials to nix a trademark registered by a company using artificial intelligence to review and draft documents, ruling that lawyers would mix up the similar-looking signs. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:30:56 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361420 LG has won its bid to patent a rollable screen that prevents "ghost images" from permanently forming on users' devices, after convincing European officials that its technology incorporated new features. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:25:10 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361298 A Dutch court has restricted a German company's ability to market its adjustable high chair in the European Union, ruling that it infringes a Norwegian rival's rights over a "Tripp Trapp" chair design that has existed for 50 years. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:46:02 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361419 A European appeals panel has upheld Amazon and Netflix's successful challenge against a tech company's video playback patent, ruling in a decision published Monday that the patent is invalid. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:26:26 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361461?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361461 Huawei couldn't convince a London judge to let a Chinese court handle its patent license dispute with MediaTek for a second time, as nothing had changed since its last request in December. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:51:12 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361464?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361464 A London appeals court has blocked a tech company's "kitchen sink" appeal against a ruling that it unlawfully reverse engineered IBM's software to help develop a competing product. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:09:56 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361450?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361450 A tribunal has ruled that a software company specializing in intellectual property portfolios must compensate a London-based employee more than £77,000 ($105,000), ruling that the business had failed to offer an explanation for why she was sacked. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:54:56 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361302?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361302 British officials rejected Boehringer Ingelheim's bid to get a supplementary protection certificate for a treatment for horse asthma because the company had already protected the active ingredient when it introduced inhalers for human use.  Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:41:56 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361253?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361253 The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:05:55 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361301?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361301 U.K. officials have rejected Nvidia's attempt to secure a patent over its neural network gaming system, ruling that the technology cannot be patented because it is solely for a computer program. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:58:27 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2358972?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2358972 A drone designer has accused a subsidiary of BAE Systems of infringing one of its patents by selling heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicles used by the British military that are easily disassembled for transportation.  Fri, 04 Jul 2025 12:30:57 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361252 European officials have granted Edwards Lifesciences' a patent over a heart stent valve on its fifth try, ruling that the choice of having all components mounted within rather than above the structural base was new.   Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:55:27 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361250?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2361250 The business behind Brain Blasterz candy has lost its latest attempt to quash a Polish company's Sour King trademark, failing to convince a European Union appeals panel that shoppers would mix up the two brands. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:26:59 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360824 A European appeals board has upheld a decision to revoke a video-streaming patent owned by Dolby, ruling that the technology is not inventive beyond a report from a meeting in Italy in 2011. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:37:40 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360932?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360932 The European Patent Office's top authority ruled Wednesday that products placed on the market before a patent is filed cannot be excluded from being considered "prior art" purely because an expert could not reproduce the product at the time. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:01:00 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360823?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360823 European appellate officials have rejected a bid from 3M bid to patent a strong adhesive for metal parts, ruling that examiners had not considered new evidence without informing the U.S. conglomerate beforehand.  Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:54:01 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360892?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360892 The Unified Patent Court upheld on Thursday a lower tribunal's decision to limit how many U.S. attorneys representing Network Systems Technologies LLC can access confidential Qualcomm materials in a trio of European patent infringement disputes. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:23:12 +0000 /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360866?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /intellectual-property-uk/articles/2360866 Nvidia has lost its bid to patent a medical assistant that uses artificial intelligence because British officials ruled that its key feature was just a computer program, the latest company to see its AI-trained systems blocked at the registry.