UKIPO Weighs Protection For AI-Generated Designs

By Jamie Lennox

The U.K. Intellectual Property Office said Thursday that it is reviewing whether artificial intelligence-generated designs should be eligible for protection in Britain.

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Poland Must Pay Commission €8M For Copyright Failings

By Hanna Vioque

The European Union's highest court ordered Poland on Thursday to pay the European Commission €8.3 million ($11.1 million) alongside daily fines for adopting the bloc's copyright law reforms three years after the deadline had passed.

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ECJ Says Experts Not Needed To Weigh Design Rights In Lego

By Hanna Vioque

Europe's highest court ruled Thursday that the question over whether a product infringes on design rights doesn't need to be answered by a technical expert, saying an informed user should be able to make the call in a dispute over protections for Lego pieces.  

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ECJ Says Partners Can Represent Their Firms In EU Courts

By Jamie Lennox

The European Union's top court said Thursday that partners can represent their law firms before the bloc's courts as long as there is no "manifestly detrimental effect" on their capacity as a representative.

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Energy Giant OMV Gets Hygiene Biz's TM Nixed On Appeal

By Hanna Vioque

Austrian energy major OMV has persuaded a European Union court to nix an identical mark of its name, overturning an earlier ruling that the reputation of its brand in the oil sector did not overlap with the other company's feminine hygiene products.

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3M Loses Appeal For Hand-Held Spray Gun EU Patent

By Laura Stewart Liberty

3M Innovative Properties Co., a unit of U.S. tech conglomerate 3M, has lost its appeal against a decision that blocks its European patent for a hand-held spray gun.

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How WTO's Anti-Suit Injunction Ruling Affects IP Stakeholders

The World Trade Organization's recent ruling in favor of the European Union's challenge to Chinese courts' anti-suit injunction practices should hearten holders of standard-essential patents, while implementers can take solace that they retain mechanisms to distinguish the WTO decision when seeking anti-suit injunctions in U.S. courts, says Michael Franzinger at Dentons.

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