A London appeals court has blocked a tech company's "kitchen sink" appeal against a ruling that it unlawfully reverse engineered IBM's software to help develop a competing product.
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IBM Rival Can't Appeal Reverse-Engineering Defeat

By Jamie Lennox

A London appeals court has blocked a tech company's "kitchen sink" appeal against a ruling that it unlawfully reverse engineered IBM's software to help develop a competing product.

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Huawei Loses 2nd Bid To Move Patent Dispute To China

By Hanna Vioque

Huawei couldn't convince a London judge to let a Chinese court handle its patent license dispute with MediaTek for a second time, as nothing had changed since its last request in December.

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Boehringer Can't Get SPC For Horse Inhaler 

By Hanna Vioque

British officials rejected Boehringer Ingelheim's bid to get a supplementary protection certificate for a treatment for horse asthma because the company had already protected the active ingredient when it introduced inhalers for human use. 

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LITIGATION

Amazon, Netflix Win Video Tech Patent Fight At EPO

By Jamie Lennox

A European appeals panel has upheld Amazon and Netflix's successful challenge against a tech company's video playback patent, ruling in a decision published Monday that the patent is invalid.

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Brief

IP Software Manager Wins £77K After Botched Transfer

By Tabitha Burbidge

A tribunal has ruled that a software company specializing in intellectual property portfolios must compensate a London-based employee more than £77,000 ($105,000), ruling that the business had failed to offer an explanation for why she was sacked.

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