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Nvidia Can't Get UK Patent Over Neural Gaming Tech

By Jamie Lennox

U.K. officials have rejected Nvidia's attempt to secure a patent over its neural network gaming system, ruling that the technology cannot be patented because it is solely for a computer program.

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Dolby-Owned Video Coding Patent Not Inventive, EPO Says

By Jamie Lennox

A European appeals board has upheld a decision to revoke a video-streaming patent owned by Dolby, ruling that the technology is not inventive beyond a report from a meeting in Italy in 2011.

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Abbott Can't Nix Edwards Lifesciences Heart Valve Patent

By Hanna Vioque

European officials have granted Edwards Lifesciences' a patent over a heart stent valve on its fifth try, ruling that the choice of having all components mounted within rather than above the structural base was new.  

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LITIGATION

Candy Biz Fails To Void Rival's 'Sour King' EU Trademark

By Jamie Lennox

The business behind Brain Blasterz candy has lost its latest attempt to quash a Polish company's Sour King trademark, failing to convince a European Union appeals panel that shoppers would mix up the two brands.

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Drone Operator Sues BAE Unit Over Patented UAV Design

By Hanna Vioque

A drone designer has accused a subsidiary of BAE Systems of infringing one of its patents by selling heavy-lift unmanned aerial vehicles used by the British military that are easily disassembled for transportation. 

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.

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