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Senior Intellectual Property Correspondent at MLex Market Insight

Journalist covering intellectual property @mlexclusive | Previously crypto regulation reporter @DLNewsInfo & @TheBlock__

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Articles

Hugo Boss fends off EU trademark applications

1 week ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 27, 2025, 09:50 GMT | Insight) -- Hugo Boss successfully defended its trademarks in three recent EUIPO decisions, securing a full win against "Voss" and partial victories in cases involving “Big Baby Boss” and “Huge Sports.” In all three cases, the EUIPO evaluated the likelihood of consumer confusion, finding that visual and phonetic similarities with Hugo Boss’s trademarks justified blocking or invalidating the contested applications — at least in part.Luxury fashion...
Hungarian court asks EU judges if Google’s Gemini chatbot breaches copyright laws (update*)

1 week ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 26, 2025, 10:38 GMT | Insight) -- A Hungarian court has asked the EU’s top court to clarify how copyright law applies to Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini, in a dispute brought by local publisher Like Company. The case raises questions about whether AI-generated summaries of press articles amount to unlawful reproduction or public communication under EU copyright directives.
Hungarian court asks EU judges if Google’s Gemini chatbot breaches copyright laws

1 week ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 26, 2025, 10:38 GMT | Insight) -- A Hungarian court has asked the EU’s top court to clarify how copyright law applies to Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini, in a dispute brought by local publisher Like Company. The case raises questions about whether AI-generated summaries of press articles amount to unlawful reproduction or public communication under EU copyright directives.
EU puts China at top of IP threat list over counterfeiting, tech transfers

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 23, 2025, 11:38 GMT | Insight) -- China remains the European Union’s top intellectual property concern, according to the European Commission’s regular report identifying threats to IP rights globally. EU executives warn that widespread counterfeiting, piracy and forced technology transfers continue to harm European businesses.
Trade-secret guardrails toughened in EU’s agreement on crisis-licensing bill

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 22, 2025, 11:13 GMT | Insight) -- EU lawmakers and member states have reached a political agreement on new compulsory licensing rules for crisis situations, toughening protections for trade secrets after months of negotiations. The final text is a win for pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna, explicitly excluding obligations to disclose proprietary know-how, even during emergencies.
UPC second medical use ruling means off-label use alone won’t prove infringement

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

By Inbar Preiss ( May 15, 2025, 15:01 GMT | Comment) -- Sanofi and Regeneron have lost their infringement case against Amgen in the Unified Patent Court’s first ruling on a second medical use claim, though their patent was upheld as valid. The court found no evidence that Amgen’s cholesterol drug Repatha was being prescribed off-label for the patented use, nor that Amgen knew — or should have known — about such prescriptions.
EPO chief Campinos calls on EU to persuade more countries to join UPC system

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

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.
Intercontinental Exchange wins crypto trademark dispute in Dutch court

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

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.
Limits of copyright in design, definition of originality set to tax EU judges

4 weeks ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

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.
EU court fines Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal over late copyright law adoption

1 month ago | mlex.com | Inbar Preiss

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.