GlobalFoundries and IBM settle their legal battle over trade secrets and breach of contract
Last Thursday GlobalFoundries and IBM announced they have reached a settlement in their long-running legal battle.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued its long-awaited judgement on the interpretation of Articles 3(a) and (c) of the SPC Regulation in the joined cases C-119/22 and C-149/22.
The European AI Office is currently facilitating the drawing-up of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The European Commission published the first draft of the Code on 14 November 2024. Further drafts are to be prepared, with the final version of the Code forecast to be released by 2 May 2025, in accordance with Article 56 (Codes of Practice) of the EU AI Act.
The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to assist EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises in protecting their intellectual property rights.
Last Thursday GlobalFoundries and IBM announced they have reached a settlement in their long-running legal battle.
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now in full swing. We are representing clients in some of the first cases before the UPC, and so understand the opportunities presented by this forum and strategies that can be deployed.
The Mannheim local division of the UPC handed down a decision at the end of November 2024 on the issue of infringement of a SEP held by Panasonic. Panasonic alleged that the SEP was being infringed by Oppo’s sale of its devices.
British luxury fashion house Burberry has recently launched a legal action in the UK High Court against discount retail chain B&M for trade mark infringement and passing off. Burberry alleges that B&M is falsely representing goods sold under its “furberry” pet brand.
The UPC has published a landmark decision on the doctrine of equivalents, in which it not only formulated the UPC’s test for equivalents but also found infringement on this basis for the first time.
The Central Division (Munich) has handed down a significant revocation decision in the ongoing patent battle between NanoString v 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Global pop star Katy Perry has won a long-running trade mark dispute with the Sydney-based fashion designer Katie Perry.
The UPC Court of Appeal has confirmed that the withdrawal of an opt-out is permissible where national proceedings concerning the patent in question are started before 1 June 2023, overturning the first instance decision of the Helsinki Local Division.
The connection between IP and competition law may not be immediately obvious. However, it is important to bear in mind that competition law affects all commercial dealings, including intellectual property transactions.
Deputy Judge Forsyth has handed down the long-awaited (and hotly anticipated) judgment in WaterRower v Liking Limited.
In its first substantive judgment, the Lisbon Local Division of the Unified Patent Court has rejected an application for a preliminary injunction made by Ericsson in its decision of 15 October 2024.
Oral proceedings at the EPO may be conducted before the Examining Division, the Opposition Division or the Boards of Appeal. At any of those procedural stages, getting a good result is always important, but at times it is business critical. What can be done to get that winning edge when it is really needed?