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Second report on pharma patents published by EC

29 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

In 2009, the European Commission (EC) published a report on the pharmaceuticals sector. It found that increasing numbers of patent settlement agreements were being concluded between originator and generic...

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L’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the cosmetics brand in battle against trade mark infringers – L’Oréal v eBay, European Court of Justice

27 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Some two years ago, the High Court ruled that eBay would not be jointly liable for trade mark infringements by its users who sold infringing products on its website. However, the ruling was referred to...

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Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

26 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Performing Rights Society for Music has called on search engines to offer a traffic light service under which Internet users could see whether a music site they were going to was supporting legitimately...

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Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

25 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Google has agreed to allow Belgian newspapers to be listed on search results generated by its search engine after the newspapers had claimed that Google had been unnecessarily aggressive in removing them....

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Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

22 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The High Court has for the first time ordered an Internet service provider to block its users from accessing a website that contained copyright-infringing material. In a previous legal action, several...

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ECJ allows national law to stop registration of famous people’s names even after they have sold their Community Trade Mark rights – Edwin v OHIM, European Court of Justice

22 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Elio Fiorucci, the fashion designer, sold the creative rights including his trade marks to Edwin. Edwin later registered "ELIO FIORUCCI" as a European Community Trade Mark. Fiorucci asked for the mark...

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Amazon ‘one-click’ not granted patent

21 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld a decision of the EPO’s Examining Division that Amazon’s ‘one-click’ system for purchasing a product on its website, whereby customers can pay for a...

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Apple in another patent dispute, this time with HTC

20 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Apple has filed a complaint with the US’s International Trade Commission against HTC, its fellow phone and tablet PC manufacturer, for the alleged infringement of patents by unspecified HTC devices....

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Bottles bank Shütz High Court trade mark victory – Shütz v Delta Containers, High Court

19 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Shütz trade marked caged bulk containers, which were used to transport and store liquids in bottles inside the containers. Both the container and the bottles carried the Shütz name and had been registered...

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Money Saving beats Money Claiming for trade mark in High Court – Martin Lewis v Client Connection, High Court

15 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The founder of the consumer support website ‘Money Saving Expert’, Martin Lewis, has succeeded with a trade mark infringement claim in the High Court against a telephone-based claims management business...

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Latest news and views tagged IP

Second report on pharma patents published by EC

L’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the cosmetics brand in battle against trade mark infringers – L’Oréal v eBay, European Court of Justice

Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

ECJ allows national law to stop registration of famous people’s names even after they have sold their Community Trade Mark rights – Edwin v OHIM, European Court of Justice

Amazon ‘one-click’ not granted patent

Apple in another patent dispute, this time with HTC

Bottles bank Shütz High Court trade mark victory – Shütz v Delta Containers, High Court

Money Saving beats Money Claiming for trade mark in High Court – Martin Lewis v Client Connection, High Court

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