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4 October 2024   Decision sets ‘important legal precedent’, says EUIPO I Trio scammed IP system users out of €200,000 with letters resembling official fee invoices.

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For the first time in its 127-year history, the AIPPI World Congress will be hosted in China. WIPR talks to the association’s Chinese Group leadership to find out more.
BMW Group’s victory shows how integrated strategies, foresight, and persistence can defeat a patent assertion entity, explain Lionel Lavenue, Michael McLaughlin, and Matthew Berntsen of Finnegan.
As the competition for rights intensifies among innovators in the wearables sector, Antje Brambrink and Jonathan Wurth of Finnegan explore how their in-house legal departments can stay ahead.
A recent ruling involving Novartis has major implications for determining jurisdiction, claim interpretation and imminent infringement, as Jan Phillip Rektorschek and Matthew Royle of Taylor Wessing explain.
The court rejected the medical device company’s auxiliary requests and nixed patent in 17 territories although it seems receptive to these amendments in general, say Laura Orlando and Rachel Montagnon of Herbert Smith Freehills
As the toymaker swaps oil-based plastic for recycled materials, Eleanor Maciver of Mewburn Ellis explores what this signals for patent filings and litigation.
From movies and jewellery to the cartoon Willis from Tunis, Tunisia’s women are using modern IP tools to protect ancient skills and challenge old inequalities, says Vera Albino of Inventa
The highly effective discovery tools have been used prior to tradeshows—but this may change. Potential defendants must prepare, explain Pauline Debré, Gaëlle Bourout and Manon Surel of Linklaters
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