Hitherto, if cancellation or invalidation proceedings were brought against the United Kingdom designation of an International design or trademark where no representative had been appointed in the United Kingdom, the owner...more
3/16/2023
/ Design Patent ,
EU ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Hague Agreement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Design Application (IDA) ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Invalidity ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
WIPO
In 1973, in response to concerns about the costs of securing patent protection in Europe, the European Patent Convention was signed to set up a common patent office to examine patent applications for any European country that...more
On August 26, 2020, the United Kingdom Supreme Court handed down its unanimous combined decision in the cases of Unwired Planet v. Huawei and Huawei v. Conversant. Both cases involved questions of:
1. Whether the...more
1/18/2021
/ China ,
EU ,
FRAND ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Small Employer Plans (SEPs) ,
UK
In its decision of July 12, 2017 in Actavis v. Eli Lilly, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom for the first time formally adopted the concept of a doctrine of equivalents when considering what constituted an infringement...more
3/19/2018
/ Actavis Inc. ,
Appeals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Eli Lilly ,
EU ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Indirect Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prescription Drugs ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
Prior to a recent change in the law, copyright protection in an artistic work expired after 25 years if articles embodying the work had been applied industrially (defined as making more than fifty articles). This kept the...more
12/15/2016
/ Artistic Works ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Designs and Patents Act ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Terms ,
Furniture Industry ,
Graphic Designs ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Manufacturers ,
Mass Produced Items ,
Originality ,
UK
The EU’s Unitary Patent Convention and the associated EU patent had originally been expected to come into effect in 2017. This was, however dependent on ratification of the agreement by thirteen EU countries of which three...more
In a June 23, 2016 referendum, the combined electorates of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar voted in favor of the United Kingdom, and consequently Gibraltar, leaving the European Union (EU).
According to Article 50 of...more
7/5/2016
/ Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
Community Designs ,
Copyright ,
Design Patent ,
EPO ,
EU ,
European Communities Act ,
European Patent Convention ,
European Patent Office ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Member State ,
Patents ,
Referendums ,
Trademark Act ,
Trademarks ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Unified Patent Court ,
Unitary Patent
This year the IP world will be brimming with changes, the largest of which will take place in the European Union. Sweeping reforms in EU trademark law will be implemented in March as well as the likelihood of the Unitary...more
2/24/2016
/ Apple v Samsung ,
Brazil ,
Canada ,
China ,
Copyright ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
Design Patent ,
Eli Lilly ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
FRAND ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Japan ,
Lanham Act ,
Lexmark ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation ,
UK ,
Unitary Patent ,
World Intellectual Property Organisation