Oral hearings on the EPO’s competency to assess an issue suggest that the board is unlikely to upset the apple cart, explain Jamie Atkins and Abi Heath of Kilburn & Strode.
Car maker loses trademark dispute against Polish tech supplier at EU General Court | Judgment held no likelihood of confusion between the two word marks.
Men’s clothing brand wins defence of coronet logo | General Court dismisses luxury watchmaker’s argument that clothing and watches are in “proximate” markets | Claim “is not capable of calling into question the Board of Appeal’s assessment”.
A new referral to the European Patent Office’s enlarged board of appeal will determine whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive steps in patentability, as Sarah Gibbs of Appleyard Lees reports.