Tesla urged the U.K.'s top court on Monday to revive the carmaker's bid to hold patent pool operator Avanci liable to set fair licensing rates, as the court reconsiders the jurisdictional limits of British courts to set licensing rates for essential patents.
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Tesla Tells Top Court Patent Pools Must Abide By FRAND

By Alex Baldwin

Tesla urged the U.K.'s top court on Monday to revive the carmaker's bid to hold patent pool operator Avanci liable to set fair licensing rates, as the court reconsiders the jurisdictional limits of British courts to set licensing rates for essential patents.

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UPC Allows Challenges To Validity Of Expired Patents

By Jamie Lennox

The Unified Patent Court has confirmed that it will hear challenges to patents that have already expired, adding that parties may want to target expired patents to dodge historical infringement claims.

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Dior Perfume Line Blocks Brewery's 'Lucky Bastard' TM In EU

By Hanna Vioque

Christian Dior's fragrance unit has persuaded European officials to nix a Czech beer maker's trademark application for "Lucky Bastard" over diet pills, after proving that shoppers might get confused and make a connection with its "Lucky"-branded luxury perfume. 

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LITIGATION

Font Designer Revives Royalties Claim Struck Out As Abuse

By Eddie Beaver

A font designer revived her claim on Monday for an estimated £300,000 ($406,000) in unpaid royalties against a type foundry, as a London appeals court concluded that the case should not have been struck out as an abuse of process.

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Nina Ricci Brushes Off Lab's 'Ninettacare' EU Cosmetics TM

By Max Austin

Cosmetics giant Puig France has persuaded European officials to block an Italian lab from using the trademark "Ninettacare," because the competing name risked confusing shoppers interested in purchasing its own Nina Ricci makeup and lotion range.

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Photographers' Copyright Case Against UberEats Is Trimmed

By Elliot Weld

A Florida federal judge has dismissed part of a suit brought by a group of photographers who accused Uber of infringing their copyrights by displaying their photos on UberEats without permission, saying as to one claim that the photographers were asking the court to make too many inferences.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

11 South Square

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Cohausz & Florack

EIP Europe

Gowling WLG

Hogarth Chambers

Osborne Clarke

Powell Gilbert

Reed Smith

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avanci

BASF SE

Christian Dior SA

Huntsman Corp.

InterDigital Inc.

Owens Corning Corp.

Tesla Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Uber Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Union Intellectual Property Office

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

UK Court of Appeal

UK Supreme Court

Unified Patent Court