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May 22, 2026
A subsidiary of Renault has dropped its bid to get Europe's patent court to revoke a Broadcom Corp. Ethernet patent, months after a judge in Germany ordered the carmaker to stop selling some models that were infringing the chipmaker's intellectual property rights.
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May 21, 2026
Nokia has settled its infringement case against electric carmaker Geely, marking an end to the Finnish firm's litigation over patents covering technology that can unlock smart-car features like navigation and real-time traffic updates.
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May 21, 2026
Next Retail has failed to stop a Singaporean textiles business from getting two "Nextevo" trademarks in the U.K., failing to show that the sign could cause confusion with its existing "Next" branding.
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May 21, 2026
Europe's patent court has ordered a medical device maker to pay €158,800 ($184,000) for ignoring a court order requiring it to stop selling non-surgical devices used to treat heart conditions, as they might be infringing a rival's patent.
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May 21, 2026
A manager at a building supplier has denied claims from her former employer that her move to a rival operation just a month after she quit breached several clauses in her contract which prevented her from working for competitors.
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May 21, 2026
The Unified Patent Court has refused a U.S. telecommunication company's request to reconsider requiring it to provide security for costs in an ongoing cellular patent dispute with Chinese electronics company Xiaomi.
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May 21, 2026
A wine business has denied infringing a Prosecco consortium's U.K. trademark that certifies the origin of the Italian sparkling wine, telling a London court that it has not sold any non-genuine Prosecco on the websites at the center of the dispute.
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May 20, 2026
An English appellate court's decision to move Nokia's licensing dispute over standard-essential patents to arbitration may quell conflicts about the jurisdiction of national courts over global patent licensing rates, lawyers say.
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May 20, 2026
Bose has failed to convince European officials to reconsider its patent for an earbud detection device, after an appellate board found that the invention relied on overly broad language that would make it difficult for a skilled person to reproduce.
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May 20, 2026
Glenmark has convinced European officials to nix a Boehringer trademark over the shape of an inhaler, after showing that its features were commonplace for the devices and lacked any special features that would catch people's attention on pharmacy shelves.
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May 20, 2026
Stada has asked a London court to annul Takeda's extended patent protections over ADHD drug Elvanse, echoing Aristo's claim that the U.K. supplementary protection certificate covering the drug is invalid.
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May 20, 2026
European officials have refused Giorgio Armani's trademark application for "Exotic Musk," ruling that the phrase is too descriptive because perfume brands commonly use it to describe warm and musky scents.
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May 20, 2026
British clothing retailer Next has persuaded European Union officials to block a "Nextweek" trademark application from a Chinese sunglasses company, proving that shoppers could easily mistake one logo for the other.
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May 19, 2026
An electronic cigarette brand has pushed back against claims it copied a rival's "Crystal Vapours" trademark, arguing that the rival wasn't the "original user" of the sign as it didn't even own the shops it was citing as evidence.
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May 19, 2026
The governing body of the Olympics has stopped a former professional snowboarder from getting an "Olympic Angels" trademark in the European Union, proving that the mark unfairly free-rides on the competition's reputation.
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May 19, 2026
Biopharma business Nxera has accused a rival of infringing its patents covering an engineered version of a protein used extensively in drug discovery research, arguing that the specific variants the biotech used were far too similar to the patented technology.
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May 19, 2026
European appellate officials have rejected InterDigital's bid to patent a method of decoding videos, ruling that earlier technology had already disclosed the idea of "upsampling" video layers to allow streams to play a higher-quality display.
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May 19, 2026
A London-based property investor has accused U.S. investment giant Ares of infringing its trademark by reproducing identical logos in an effort to capitalize on the investor's success and mislead consumers.
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May 18, 2026
The debate over the role of injunctions in patent cases remains active in the U.S., and European leaders shouldn't think that there is a "consensus" in the country, said former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal.
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May 18, 2026
An appeals court told Nokia on Monday that it cannot compel Acer and Asus to arbitrate over cross-licenses for their own patents in upcoming arbitration over suitable licenses for the Finnish company's essential video-coding technology.
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May 18, 2026
European officials have refused Shiseido's application for the trademark "Collection Créateurs de Merveilles" covering cosmetic products, finding that shoppers would be likely to see it as a promotional statement rather than a distinct brand.
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May 18, 2026
Bayer has persuaded European appellate officials to ditch a Slovenian drugmaker's patent over a compound that helps prevent blood clots, after showing that it lacked key information scientists needed to make the drug.
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May 18, 2026
French fashion house Alaïa has convinced European officials to partially nix a Chinese shoemaker's mark, as shoppers looking to buy high-end handbags and clothes from the luxury brand might be tricked into buying the rival's products.
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May 18, 2026
EBay has halted a Croatian company's "BotBay" trademark application, convincing European Union officials that consumers could see the logo as an extended brand of its popular online marketplace.
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May 18, 2026
The brewing branch of energy drinks giant Monster has failed to secure a European Union trademark for its "Pink Poison" hard seltzer after a French winery proved that there is a risk of confusion with its earlier "Poison Rose" brand.