European appellate officials have rejected InterDigital's bid to patent a method of decoding videos, ruling that earlier technology had already disclosed the idea of "upsampling" video layers to allow streams to play a higher-quality display.
European appellate officials have rejected InterDigital's bid to patent a method of decoding videos, ruling that earlier technology had already disclosed the idea of "upsampling" video layers to allow streams to play a higher-quality display.
The governing body of the Olympics has stopped a former professional snowboarder from getting an "Olympic Angels" trademark in the European Union, proving that the mark unfairly free-rides on the competition's reputation.
Biopharma business Nxera has accused a rival of infringing its patents covering an engineered version of a protein used extensively in drug discovery research, arguing that the specific variants the biotech used were far too similar to the patented technology.
A London-based property investor has accused U.S. investment giant Ares of infringing its trademark by reproducing identical logos in an effort to capitalize on the investor's success and mislead consumers.
An electronic cigarette brand has pushed back against claims it copied a rival's "Crystal Vapours" trademark, arguing that the rival wasn't the "original user" of the sign as it didn't even own the shops it was citing as evidence.
