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IP weekly highlights—6 June 2024

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Published on: 06 June 2024

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Trade marks/passing off
McDonald’s loses EU Big Mac trade mark in respect of poultry products
Patents
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in voice process patent validity claim (Sycurio Ltd v PCI-PAL)
EPO registers more than 27,000 patents in the Unitary Patent system
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This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes: 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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