Nike successfully challenged a German regional court's ruling preventing it from using a stripe pattern on five of its trouser designs, in the latest round of its stripe-centric trademark dispute with Adidas.
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Nike Scores Partial Win In Adidas '3 Stripes' Appeal

By Tabitha Burbidge

Nike successfully challenged a German regional court's ruling preventing it from using a stripe pattern on five of its trouser designs, in the latest round of its stripe-centric trademark dispute with Adidas.

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Xiaomi Hit With FRAND Litigation In Paris

By Hanna Vioque

A patent holding company has accused Xiaomi in a French court of unlawfully using its tech patents for "nearly all" of 4G-enabled devices, just a week after suing the phone giant in India.

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3M Nixes Teva Inhaler Patent On Appeal At EPO

By Hanna Vioque

3M Innovative Properties Co. has convinced European officials to ax a patent owned by Israeli generic-drug maker Teva for an inhaler that relieves pulmonary disease symptoms, arguing that other scientists would have eventually figured out its special formula.

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LITIGATION

EU Court Buries Bid To Nix Plant Nursery's Succulent Variety

By Tabitha Burbidge

A European court ruled Wednesday that a Belgian plant nursery can register a new type of succulent, upholding an earlier decision by the bloc's plant intellectual property rights body to refuse a Dutch company's challenge to the plant.

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Nokia Can't Block Music Streamer's 'Nonoki' TM

By Hanna Vioque

Nokia cannot stop the registration of a trademark for "Nonoki," after European officials ruled that people wouldn't confuse the Finnish phone brand with a free music and video streaming platform.

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PEOPLE

UPC Names Pinsent Masons Atty As New Appeals Judge

By Jamie Lennox

The Unified Patent Court said Thursday it has appointed a new judge to its Court of Appeal in Luxembourg after one of its legally qualified members stepped down.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Adidas AG

Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd.

Nike Inc.

Nokia Corp.

Panasonic Corp.

Xiaomi Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Unified Patent Court