Category: America

EU Reaffirms Commitment to ACTA

The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was signed by just eight countries over the weekend. The European Commission, which has been negotiating the treaty on

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Interval Licensing v Everyone

Interval Licensing a company owned by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, has issued patent infringement claims against AOL, Apple, eBay, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Netflix,

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Oracle sue Google

Search engine behemouth Google has been sued by Oracle over Google’s Android mobile phone operating system. Oracle claim that the Android system infringes their patents

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Oracle sue Google

Search engine behemouth Google has been sued by Oracle over Google’s Android mobile phone operating system. Oracle claim that the Android system infringes their patents in Java.

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Asics v Skechers

It has been reported this week that a claim for trade mark infringement has been brought by Asics America Corp against Skechers USA Inc.

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US and UK patents

Despite treaties, like the Patent Cooperation Treaty or TRIPS, patent systems across the world vary in operation and legal framework. The American patent system is

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