Top German Judge Praises UPC Integration Into Patent System

By Alex Baldwin

The presiding judge at the German Federal Court of Justice said Thursday that after three years the Unified Patent Court has successfully integrated into Europe's fractured patent system, quelling concerns that yet another player might lead to wildly different approaches to major patent issues.

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Lidl Appeals Loss To Bosch Over Cordless Drills At UPC 

By Max Austin

Lidl has appealed a Unified Patent Court ban on selling two of its private label cordless drills that infringed a patent held by German appliance giant Bosch.

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Saxon Separatist Party Can't Block Royal Family Crest TM 

By Max Austin

A German secessionist party has failed to persuade a European court to overturn a ruling allowing a descendant of Saxony's former royal family to register its royal coat of arms as a trademark.

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Investment Manager Loses EU Bid For 'MarketVector' TM

By Hanna Vioque

A European court has dismissed investment manager Van Eck's bid to register a trademark for "MarketVector Indexes," ruling that clients could mistakenly believe it was linked to a rival's earlier "Vector Fund" branded range of services.

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Novartis Can't Dodge Hedge Fund Trade Secrets Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge has denied Novartis' bid to toss an investment management firm's lawsuit accusing the pharmaceutical company and others of helping the firm's former chief investment officer steal confidential investment strategies to launch a rival hedge fund, saying the firm's trade secret claims had enough detail to withstand dismissal.

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Pinterest Settles UPC Streaming Video Infringement Claim

By Jamie Lennox

Pinterest has settled a claim that it infringed a patent for a way of quickly switching between streamed video content, scraping its request for the Unified Patent Court to revoke the patent entirely.

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Sanofi To Pay Regeneron Up To $8B In Immunology Alliance

By Irene Madongo

French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company Sanofi said Thursday it will pay Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as much as $8 billion under a deal to expand their partnership as they look to fast-track the delivery of the next generation of immunology medicine.

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