The government launched a consultation on Tuesday on reforms to the framework for standard essential patents, floating a new specialist track in the High Court to provide consistent licensing rates for key technologies at a lower cost.
The government launched a consultation on Tuesday on reforms to the framework for standard essential patents, floating a new specialist track in the High Court to provide consistent licensing rates for key technologies at a lower cost.
The U.K. Intellectual Property Office has tossed retail giant John Lewis' challenge to two "Lewis" trademarks filed by the editor-in-chief of fashion publication Lewis Magazine.
The Unified Patent Court on Tuesday sealed the settlement of Pirelli's motorcycle tire patent infringement claim against a German competitor, which includes damages and a ban on further sales of any infringing goods.
A slipper company has failed to obtain an injunction stopping a rival from selling similar-looking fuzzy household slippers, after a Netherlands court found there wasn't enough evidence to show there was copyright infringement and "slavish imitation."
British officials have rejected a liquor seller's bid to register "co-lab" as a trademark because shoppers would see it as a reference to brand collaborations rather than as an indication of the product's origin.
