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• August 22, 2025

  Sony Group Stumbles In 2nd Shot At Video Patent

  Sony Group could not sway appellate officials at the European Patent Office to upend a decision to deny its patent for information processing technology for digital video, despite additional amendments to the patent, according to a decision published Friday.

• August 22, 2025

  Philip Morris Gets Burned In Vaping Patent Fight But Keeps IP

  European officials have dismissed British American Tobacco's bid to nix a Philip Morris patent over a vaping device, but refused to allow a further amendment setting a minimum temperature for a heating component.

• August 22, 2025

  Juice Bar Claims Rival Misused 'Boost' TM For Years

  A juice bar company has alleged that a rival used its registered "Boost" trademark for almost four years to promote and sell drinks that were identical to its own.

• August 22, 2025

  Polo Club Brand Owner Tramples Rival's 2nd TM Challenge

  The owner of the Beverly Hills Polo Club brand has again rebuffed a lawyer's bid to revoke its trademark over its brand name, as appellate officials dismissed claims that an image of a mounted polo player was misleading shoppers into thinking the owner was actually a polo club. 

• August 22, 2025

  UK Launches Formal Probe Into Getty-Shutterstock Merger

  Britain's antitrust authority said Friday that it has launched a formal investigation into the proposed merger of Getty Images and Shutterstock, which would create a $3.7 billion visual content company, to decide whether it will harm competition in U.K. markets.

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