The week in IP – UPC, Qualcomm, We Shall Overcome, RPX, EPO and more

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The week in IP – UPC, Qualcomm, We Shall Overcome, RPX, EPO and more

February 01, 2018
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Recent intellectual property news included German organisations’ support for dismissing a UPC complaint, a $26.7m patent award to Illumina, a surprising trade mark ruling in Brussels, an EU court’s ruling on a vulgar mark, “We Shall Overcome” entering the public domain, the Supreme Court’s IP docket, the EU fining Qualcomm and RPX’s potential sale. Ellie Mertens reports

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