United Kingdom: Intellectual Property

In a notable early move as Under Secretary of Commerce and USPTO Director, John Squires has vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision that had introduced a new § 101 rejection against a DeepMind patent application on machine-learning methods (Ex parte Desjardins, Appeal 2024-000567, App. 16/319,040).

Premier Inn has successfully defended a trademark infringement case brought by easyGroup concerning the use of the phrase ‘rest easy'.

The UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) has held that when considering the liability of managing directors for the infringement of a patent by their companies...