Via LA has said that Microsoft has entered into a licensing agreement to use the technology in its video coding patent pool, bringing down the curtain on an infringement claim in Germany from multiple licensors within the scheme.
Via LA has said that Microsoft has entered into a licensing agreement to use the technology in its video coding patent pool, bringing down the curtain on an infringement claim in Germany from multiple licensors within the scheme.
An Indian generic-drug maker has asked a London court to nix Incyte's patents for a blockbuster drug treating autoimmune conditions, as the rival plans to launch a hair loss treatment that would compete with its own alopecia treatments.
EasyGroup argued that a car and van rental firm's trading under the "Easihire" name might lead consumers to confuse it with the low-cost giant's easyHire brand, on the first day of a trademark infringement trial on Thursday.
The lenses arm of glasses giant EssilorLuxottica can register a trademark for "H3D+" despite opposition from a company called H3D Inc. which supplies nuclear power stations, after British officials found that the products they manufactured were completely different.
European officials have rejected a bid by a unit of global insurance broker The Ardonagh Group to nix a trademark application by an American music teaching platform after ruling the average consumer would not mix up the two signs.
Swiss hearing care provider Sonova has lost patent protection for a hearing aid after it chose not to submit further evidence to defend its claim against Danish rival Oticon.
One of the largest representative bodies for the U.K. intellectual property industry has urged the government to take a "balanced" and "proportionate" approach to its sweeping plans to reform the country's standard-essential patent framework.
