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VOLVO and LOVOL – not similar
13 January 2015Read more >A decision has been issued in the cases of Volvo Trademark Holding AB v OHIM (Case T-524/11 and Case T-525/11). The car manufacturer Volvo has failed in its most recent attempt to prevent the registration of two figurative trade marks containing the sign LOVOL. The European General Court has agreed with the OHIM Opposition […]
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Cartier v BSky B – Website blocking orders extended to Trade Mark Infringement
8 January 2015Read more >Mr Justice Arnold sitting in the Chancery Division of the High Court of England & Wales has recently handed down his decision in Cartier, Montblanc and Richemont v BSkyB, BT, TalkTalk, EE and Virgin (Open Rights Group intervening) in which he granted orders requiring Internet Service Providers to block access to websites which infringe trade […]
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Austria sets ball rolling for Unitary Patent implementation
7 January 2015Read more >Austria became the first country to take the steps necessary to bring the European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC) into force, by ratifying the legislation on 7 August 2013. This milestone in the Unitary Patent project is welcomed, and paves the way for other countries to start the ratification process. In order for […]
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A step closer to the unified patent court as prototype eFiling software is released
7 January 2015Read more >Last month saw the prototype of the eFiling and Case Management System for the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) go live for testing. This represents an important step closer to the implementation of the UPC. The development team, coordinated by a UK-based taskforce, have chosen an off-the-shelf product on which to base the system. The […]
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Are the public interested in patent infringement? Not according to the supreme court
6 January 2015Read more >In Les Laboratoires Servier & another (Servier) v Apotex Inc & others (Apotex) (see here) the Supreme Court ruled that patent infringement does not engage the public interest. It appears that the “illegality defence”, which relies on harmful effects on public well-being, cannot be used to avoid paying injunctive damages relating to potential patent infringement. […]
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“Simplification” can lead to design right abuse.
10 December 2014Read more >The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (the 2014 Act) received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014 and will be implemented via a series of commencement orders over the coming months. In this article, originally published in the CIPA Journal in September 2014, Withers & Rogers Patent Attorneys Michael Jaeger and Nick Wallin discuss how one order […]
