Intellectual Property UK

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Latest News in Intellectual Property UK

  • January 29, 2025

    UK Has Dodged EU's FRAND Complaint — For Now

    While the European Union focused its ire over courts setting global licensing rates for European patents on China in its recent World Trade Organization complaint, experts warn that the U.K. could end up in the same line of fire depending on how a key upcoming case pans out.

  • January 29, 2025

    Universities Score Patent Victory For Auto-Immune Drug

    Two universities have secured a patent over a drug targeting complex diseases from multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer's disease after European officials ruled that the unique structure of one of its compounds generated previously unknown benefits.

  • January 29, 2025

    Nike Strap Design Too Similar To 1990s Model, EUIPO Finds

    Nike has lost design rights for a type of shoe strap after European intellectual property officials sided with an Italian national, concluding that the design was essentially the same as another shoe detail from the 1990s.

  • January 29, 2025

    Dr. Martens Accuses Alibaba Of TM Infringement

    Dr. Martens has sued an Alibaba unit in a London court for trademark infringement, claiming that its signs have appeared in ads on e-commerce site Aliexpress without permission.

  • January 29, 2025

    UPC Says It Can Rule Over UK Parts Of European Patents

    The Unified Patent Court has ruled that it had jurisdiction to consider whether three German subsidiaries of Kodak had infringed the U.K. part of Fujifilm's European patent, pointing out that the units are based in the European Union.

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