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Lufthansa Technik v Thales Avionics et al
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Paris Court of First Instance - 19 June 2020
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Solvable challenge?
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Annie Tsoi asks whether Covid-19 is a game changer, catalyst or threat to law firm management?
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Legal game changer
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Jeffrey S Bergman explores how Covid-19 will impact the future practice of law
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Teva and Cephalon fined €60m for ‘pay-for-delay’ deal
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Catherine White
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Germany approves UPC ratification bill; 2022 start date
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Catherine White
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Tracy Chapman v Onika Tanya Maraj et al
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US District Court of California - 16 September 2020
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German start-up granted global CRISPR licence agreement
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Catherine White
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RIAA wins liability case against hip-hop site Spinrilla
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Catherine White
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EU Commission seeks to ‘speed up’ justice digitalisation
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Catherine White
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Europol-led operation shuts down over 21,000 domains
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Catherine White
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WIPO appoints ‘most gender diverse leadership in history’
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Catherine White
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Bridgestone secures tyre tread patent victory in China
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Chinese tyre manufacturer found to have appropriated Bridgestone patents relating to truck tyre tread patterns
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TMs see 2019 increase as patent numbers decline
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Annual WIPO report outlines ‘high levels of innovation and creativity’ prior to pandemic; Chinese patent numbers decline for the first time in 24 years
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Europol calls for increased vigilance over fake vaccines
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As the UK races forward with its distribution of the prospective Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the enforcement agency warns criminals will look to increase fake vaccine numbers
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Neil Young drops Trump copyright suit over rally music
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Claims the Trump campaign team used Rockin'in the Free World and Devil's Sidewalk without a genuine licence atrallies dropped, as singer voluntarily dismisses his suit with prejudice
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Thailand launches online IP dispute platform
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Ben Wodecki
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Apple sued over watch cardio tech
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Watch series 4 and 5 alleged to contain infringing technologies relating to detection of irregular heartbeats; alleged appropriation has ‘derived substantial revenues’
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Nokia sued over non-disclosure of video compression patents
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Nokia’s H.264 standard patents for video compression capabilities are unenforceable, Lenovo claims
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Connected device patents increasing, EPO study reveals
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Asian superpowers’ filing of 4IR-relatedpatents between 2010 and 2018 ‘has caused Europe to lose ground to other global4IR innovation centres’
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BlackBerry patents found to be ‘abstract’, CAFC affirms
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Patents related to targeted advertising andlocating ‘action spots’ brought against Snapchat makers found to be invalid asFed Circuit affirms District Court finding of invalidity
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Fake Covid-19 tests among European enforcement seizures
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Continent-wide efforts over the last sevenmonths saw agencies note a worrying increase in counterfeiters targetingpandemic-related products; Asia the main source of fakes
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Netflix a cool cat after winning Tiger King suit
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Streaming giant wins trademark case; HollywoodWeekly Magazine can still file a second amended complaint
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Paediatric pleads guilty to trade secret theft
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Ben Wodecki
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Significant changes to the UK SPC system in new year
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Maura O'Malley, Editor
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Bentley Motors lose ‘David v Goliath’ trademark appeal
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Catherine White
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Challenges for in-house teams ‘intensifying’, INTA says
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Catherine White
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UPC bill given green light by Bundesrat
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Ben Wodecki
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WHO secures 2bn doses of Covid vaccines
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Prospective vaccines from AstraZeneca/Oxford, Johnson & Johnson, Serum Institute of India and Sanofi/GSK among those secured under access project
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Happy Christmas 2020 from the IPM team
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Catherine White