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Intellectual property rights and technology: the “smartphone” wars

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 25 2012

Across the globe, disputes have broken out between manufacturers of smartphones and tablet computers (such as Apple and Samsung) about “standards-essential patents”, and whether competition law limits their enforcement

CETA trade negotiations 2011 drug market exclusivity in the EU and Canada

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Canada, European Union
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  • October 21 2011

A consideration of why Canada should answer the European Union’s call for heightened IP protection for pharmaceuticals

European Union - Canada debate IP rights for pharmaceuticals

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, European Union
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  • July 12 2011

This briefing written at the invitation of Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) provides a further contribution to the current debate around IP rights for pharmaceuticals in Canada

The Australian-European Community Wine Agreement: what it means for Aussie wine producers

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia, European Union
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  • May 7 2010

Wine producers will be aware that on 1 December 2008, Australia and the European Community (EC) signed the Australia-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine

ECJ finds for Google on AdWords but advertisers beware

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • May 4 2010

In what is likely to be seen as a set-back for brand owners, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that Google is not liable for trade mark infringement with its AdWords system

European Court of Justice delivers Google AdWords decision

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union
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  • March 24 2010

On 23 March 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its judgment in the three Google adwords cases (between Google and Louis Vuitton Malletier SA; Viaticum SA and Luteciel SARL; and Centre national de recherche en relations humaines (CNRRH) SARL and Tiger SARL

A standard year for the European Commission

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 17 2010

At the end of 2009, the European Commission closed two long-running investigations into misuse of market power afforded to companies whose patented technology had been incorporated into industry standards: the Rambus case and the Qualcomm case

Rambus commitments accepted by Commission in final settlement

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 2 2010

Having offered commitments to the Commission in an attempt to end the investigation into an alleged abuse of dominance in the form of a "patent ambush", Rambus announced in December that these commitments had been accepted by the Commission

European Court rules on parallel trade in the pharmaceutical sector

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 30 2009

On 6 October 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its decision on the long running dispute on parallel trade in the pharmaceutical sector (Joined cases C-50106 P, etc. GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited v Commission and Others

Google’s AdWords should not be held to infringe trade marks, says Advocate General

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Australia, European Union
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  • October 16 2009

In a blow for Australian brand owners who have or plan to have a stake in the European market, the Advocate General who is the legal advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has stated that the Google AdWords system does not infringe third party trade mark rights