1/20/2025 2:38:32 PM UPC grants first anti-anti-suit injunction By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert The Munich Local Division with presiding judge Zigann as the single judge has granted the UPC’s first ever anti-anti-suit injunction to...
1/20/2025 2:10:34 PM Cloudy with a chance of copycats: Thatchers wins Court of Appeal round against Aldi By Matthew Parr Big news in the legal tussle between cider heavyweight Thatchers and supermarket chain Aldi! The Court of Appeal has overturned the High...
1/20/2025 1:59:20 PM Lidl "romaines" calm with certified plant-based range By Claire Keating Lidl has become the UK's first major retailer to use The Vegetarian Society UK (TVSUK)'s “Plant-Based” Logo on its product packaging....
1/17/2025 1:59:56 PM UPC: First decision on equivalent infringement By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Plant-e Knowledge v Arkyne Technologies UPC_CFI_239/2023 In a first for the UPC, the Hague Local Division of the Court of First Instance...
1/16/2025 2:58:27 PM Is the Gillette Defence available as a defence in UPC infringement proceedings? By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert The Düsseldorf Local Division of the UPC ruled in favour of SodaStream Industries Ltd. in a patent infringement case against Swedish...
1/15/2025 12:27:09 PM UPC Preliminary Injunctions: PI limited in scope based on Principle of Proportionality By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert On 31 October, the Dusseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
1/15/2025 10:52:47 AM Firms receive UK government funding for ISAM ‘regulatory sandbox’ project By Louisa Spillman Whether to increase the longevity of spacecraft, improve sustainability, or battle the quickly rising threat of space debris, the space...
1/14/2025 3:37:25 PM Trade mark fight gets "UGG"ly By Megan Rannard Did you know there are multiple “UGG” shoe brands? No, neither did I, until I saw a video posted yesterday by the Australian company, Ugg...
1/14/2025 1:45:58 PM Is People Friendly the way to un(Ray)Ban the Metaverse? By Graham McGlashan I was interested to read this article on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. After years of complex and bulky AR headsets, these have...
1/14/2025 1:08:26 PM Swarovski to re-enter beauty space with Coty partnership By Julie Canet An exciting announcement as Coty, one of the world's largest companies in the cosmetics industry, and Swarovski, one of the leaders in...
1/13/2025 10:11:01 AM What happens when a well-known brand is unintentionally embedded in a coined word? By Josie Guo Apple Inc. v Penta Security Systems Inc [2024] SGIPOS 10. What happens when a common English word, which also serves as a well-known...
1/13/2025 9:56:02 AM 2024 launch statistics show an active space industry By Yun-Hang Cho For the fourth year in a row, new world records in spaceflight were set for orbital launches. The global rocket launch statistics for...