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IP Update: Rubiks 3D marks gone, Pixel 7 infringes SEP, Trump patent value tax and UPC jurisdiction
European Patents – do applicants have to amend the description to match the allowed claims? Finally there is a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G1/25) to sort out this conflict between the EPO guidance and the Board of Appeal. The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal decided in XSYS v Esko (UPC_CoA_156/2025)…
IP Update: IPR is tough for older patents, EU Colour marks, Tesla final appeal in UK on FRAND, EPO prior art clarified
EPO enlarged board of appeal rules that non-reproducible commercial products are prior art when assessing novelty and inventive step. A product put on the market before the filing date of a European patent application cannot be excluded from the state of the art solely because its composition or internal structure could not be analysed and reproduced…
IP Update: Meta wins AI copyright case, European claim construction, US patent injunctions and face protection in Denmark
EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal clarifies claim construction – yes you do need to consult the specification to interpret the claims: IPKat; Cooley; Pinsent Masons Meta wins summary judgment win in AI training copyright lawsuit – but still plenty of room for copyright owners to prevail in the coming AI battles. (This and the recent…
‘Lean in’ to IP disputes, don’t trip on your own fancy footwork
Trink Tank tried to pre-empt a claim for trade mark infringement and ended up being out-maneuvered and it cost them a lot more money. Take some time to think through your strategy and ‘lean in’ to the dispute to resolve it. (Do we have a good case or not, and if not, how can we…
AI training and copyright fair use
The long-awaited Anthropic “Claude” AI training, copyright fair use judgment has just been issued in the Northern District of California, USA. Here are some important takeaways for business owners: It goes without saying that you should respect copyright and lawfully acquire any copyrighted material for all uses, especially for building data libraries. Piracy is a…
