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By Inbar Preiss ( May 13, 2025, 10:17 GMT | Insight) -- The European Patent Office president has urged lawmakers in the European Parliament to help push for broader participation in the Unified Patent Court, which currently includes only 18 of 27 EU member states. António Campinos argued that full participation would reduce costs and increase the benefits of a unified patent system.

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By Inbar Preiss ( May 12, 2025, 13:06 GMT | Insight) -- A Dutch court has ordered blockchain project Ice Labs to immediately stop using the “ICE” trademark within the EU, siding with Intercontinental Exchange in an interim decision as the court continues to prepare for the main proceedings.

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By Inbar Preiss ( May 9, 2025, 13:53 GMT | Comment) -- Debate over how far copyright should extend into design has been reignited with a legal opinion this week that the EU's top court should apply a unified originality standard to all creative works, including functional designs. Ahead of the court's judgment on cases related to furniture design, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar's non-binding opinion looks at whether a design reflects a creator's personality.

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By Inbar Preiss ( May 8, 2025, 13:14 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's highest court has fined Bulgaria, Denmark and Portugal more than 6 million euros for missing the deadline to implement the 2019 EU Copyright Directive. These countries adopted national rules implementing the directive only after legal proceedings had begun, the EU Court of Justice said today.

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By Inbar Preiss ( May 5, 2025, 14:06 GMT | Insight) -- Insulet Corporation secured a preliminary injunction that reverses a prior lower court denial in a dispute over its insulin patch pump patent. The injunction bans EOFlow from manufacturing, marketing, or distributing the infringing insulin pump devices using this patent across 17 UPC member states pending a final ruling expected around December.