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Retail and Consumer
Supermarket clash underscores need for clarity from UK Supreme Court on trade mark bad faith
Bad faith claim succeeded in ongoing dispute but trade mark and copyright infringement and passing off still found
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Use of trade mark for food supplements does not amount to genuine use for pharma products
Food supplements are not considered as a sub-set of pharmaceutical products in class 5 for proving genuine trade mark use
Intellectual property
European Commission takes a step forward in the fight against online piracy of sports and other live events
Commission recommends a non-legislative initiative to combat online piracy
Artificial intelligence
Generative AI: is its output protectable by intellectual property rights?
Creative AI engines can create new text, images, video and audio. Is there IP in this content and, if so
Unified Patent Court
New judicial code of conduct addresses partiality concerns over UPC part-time technical judges
A new code supplements rules on judicial independence and impartiality in the Unified Patent Court Agreement and Statute
Unified Patent Court
French, German and Italian UPC local divisions to now offer English as alternative language of proceedings
A late-stage U-turn may not provide claimants with as much control over language of proceedings as it initially appears
Unified Patent Court
UPC publishes list of the acceptable languages before the local and regional divisions
The language of proceedings has caused controversy but the system adopted provides some flexibility for claimants
Intellectual property
UPC: former London Central Division competences provisionally split between Paris and Munich
With the UK no longer participating, cases due to have been heard in London will be heard for now in
Intellectual property
Case management system problems for UPC underscore need to file opt-outs immediately
Application surge has highlighted that immediate action is required to avoid missing the 'sunrise' deadline
Intellectual property
Remanufacturing: How do intellectual property rights hinder the reprocessing of products?
The reprocessing of products – known as remanufacturing – is becoming increasingly economically relevant. This raises several questions regarding intellectual
Retail and Consumer
Retail tech patent protection invalid due to prior disclosure in negotiations, UK court rules
UK patent monopoly over automated warehouse system invalidated in battle between Ocado and former tech supplier AutoStore
Intellectual property
Unified Patent Court offers new opportunities for effective enforcement of European patents
The UPC becomes operational on 1 June and introduces major changes to patent litigation across Europe
