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IP weekly highlights—10 November 2022

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Published on: 10 November 2022
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Table of contents

  • Trade marks
  • Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision to strike out bad faith claims (Lidl v Tesco)
  • WIPO publishes Changes to Regulations under the Madrid Protocol
  • Patents
  • Apple’s interpretation of ETSI IPR policy rejected as court of first instance’s interpretation upheld (Optis v Apple—Oct 2022)
  • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in cannabinoid patent licence dispute jurisdiction challenge (GW Pharma v Otsuka)
  • Patents Court refuses application to expedite hearing on basis of parallel German proceedings (Lisa Dräxlmaier v BOS)
  • Designs
  • General Court reverses Board of Appeal finding that design is solely dictated by technical function (Praesidiad Holding v EUIPO)
  • IPO publishes DPN 02/2022

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Article summary

Welcome to this week’s edition of the IP weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These highlights focus on the key rights of copyright and associated rights, database rights, trade marks and passing off, designs, and patents as well as covering issues relating to confidential information, know-how R&D and IP disputes all mainly from a UK and European perspective.

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