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IP weekly highlights—30 March 2023

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Published on: 30 March 2023

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Table of contents

Copyright & associated rights
Injunction against unlawful use of online platform’s copyright policies (Moviebox Megastores v Rahi)
High Court rules on summary judgment application (Molavi v Gilbert)
Patents
G 2/21—Making sense of the Enlarged Board’s abstract criteria for relying on post-published evidence at the EPO
The perils and promise of ChatGPT as a patent drafting aid
EPO releases Patent Index for 2022
Spain touts highest female inventors rate, USA trails behind
Trade marks
High Court dismisses trade mark infringement claim (Iconix v Dream Pairs)

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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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