While major SEP holders are heartened to see glowing statements by government leaders, IAM understands that the rule change may not have much practical impact Source link
The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriends by Khalil Jurayev and Javohir Kurbonov (My lawyer Law Firm) on a recent case concerning a request, lodged by Iceland (the country), to invalidate ‘ICE LAND’ as a trade mark registered in Uzbekistan. Here’s what they write: Does ‘ICE LAND’
Morality and public policy considerations are oft-forgotten as absolute grounds of refusal. However, in the recent “COVIDIOT” case, the EUIPO’s Grand Board of Appeal upheld an earlier decision to refuse an EUTM application pursuant to Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR on the grounds that the applied-for trade mark violated accepted principles of morality. The application was for
Shutterstock/Miha Creative Video has become the dominant form of content on the Internet, fuelled by the rise of streaming services, social media platforms and remote work or learning due to the covid-19 pandemic. This demand for higher-quality video across devices and platforms has spurred the development of a new video compression standard: versatile video coding
Clarity needed for complex video-codec patent landscape to thrive Read More »
Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis In the recent judgment of Oppo v Interdigital, a Delhi High Court division bench delved into the issue of pro-tem measures in SEP infringement cases where parties are engaged in the same dispute in other jurisdictions (2024:DHC:4547-DB). Case background After protracted licensing negotiations, Interdigital filed an SEP infringement suit against Oppo before the Delhi High
Introduction In the case of Saurav Chaudhary v Union of India, decided on July 4 2024, where petitioner is Saurav Chaudhary and respondent is Union of India and others. The Judgement of the court is delivered by Justice Prathiba M. Singh addressing the critical issue of professional negligence by patent agents and the urgent need
Critical analysis on Saurav Chaudhary vs Union of India & Anr | IIPRD Blog Read More »
By decision of 20 June 2024 (R 1900/2023, original German version here and English machine translation here), the Board of Appeal (BoA) of EUIPO confirmed the initial refusal (see The IPKat here) to register a sound mark consisting of an accelerating engine noise. The BOA confirmed the lack of distinctive character because the requested
Revving halt: EUIPO upholds refusal to register Porsche’s accelerating engine sound mark Read More »
A summary of responses to the IP and Business Growth Survey (November 2023 to February 2024). Source link
Notice: IP and Business Growth Survey: Summary of Responses Read More »
It might be argued that the most frequently discussed topics in the field of intellectual property are copyright, design law, patents and trade marks. However, other branches of IP are deserving of close attention, one such area being trade secrets. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has just launched a comprehensive guide, accessible online, with
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According to the USPTO guidance for AI-assisted inventions, AI has the potential to solve some of society’s most difficult challenges. However, in the patent realm, the USPTO also believes that “inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity”. How then are AI-generated inventions to be protected? As previously