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LAVOIX at VivaTech

LAVOIX at VivaTech

16 - 19 June 2021

The annual event dedicated to technological innovation and start-ups will be held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from Wednesday 16 June to Saturday 19 June. You can find the LAVOIX teams on stand C 31.

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Assimilation of repeated trademark filing practices to bad faith

Assimilation of repeated trademark filing practices to bad faith

TEU, 21 April 2021, decision T-663/19
Hasbro, a company active in the field of games and toys and well known for its board games, is the owner of the emblematic trademark "MONOPOLY".

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European Patent Office alleviates formalities for China based patent applications

European Patent Office alleviates formalities for China based patent applications

According to Rule 141 (1) EPC an applicant when filing a priority based patent application at the European Patent Office has to file a copy of the results of any search carried out by the Patent Office with which the previous application was filed. This requirement applies to all European and Euro-PCT applications filed on or after January 1st, 2011.

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Propriété intellectuelle : quelle action pour sanctionner le manquement à un contrat de licence ?

Propriété intellectuelle : quelle action pour sanctionner le manquement à un contrat de licence ?

Un débat anime la jurisprudence quant à la nature, délictuelle ou contractuelle, d’une action visant à sanctionner un manquement à un contrat de licence, notamment delogiciels. Malgré une tentative récente de la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) afin de régler la situation, la cour d’appel de Paris vient de rendre une décision réaffirmant le principe de non-cumul des responsabilités, posant quelques difficultés pratiques pour le justiciable.

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La PI alliée indispensable de la lutte contre la contrefaçon

La PI alliée indispensable de la lutte contre la contrefaçon

La contrefaçon, phénomène qui touche particulièrement la France, a atteint des records en 2020. Menace pour la performance des entreprises et de l'économie, elle fait l'objet d'une lutte organisée et particulièrement sensible en période de crise pour la protection des consommateurs et la relance économique. A l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle, le lundi 26 avril, Lavoix acteur référent du conseil en PI, fait donc le point sur cet enjeu crucial pour les entreprises et rappelle le rôle clé d'une stratégie de PI pour limiter ce risque.

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Brazilian patent law : change in patent term

Brazilian patent law : change in patent term

The Brazilian Supreme Court finalized on May 12, 2021 the judgment of the Constitutional Challenge regarding the patent minimum duration of 10 years from the grant, as provided for under the sole paragraph of article 40 of the Brazilian IP law.

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Artificial intelligence and the medical sector

Artificial intelligence and the medical sector

Artificial intelligence is everywhere today, but can it be patented in all technological sectors?
The latest statistics published by the European Patent Office (EPO) in March 2021 show the one-year evolution of patent applications at the EPO sector by sector.

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Resumption of proceedings following the decision G 1/19

Resumption of proceedings following the decision G 1/19

On 10 April 2019, the President of the European Patent Office (EPO) decided to stay all proceedings before EPO examining and opposition divisions in which the decision depended entirely on the outcome of the Enlarged Board of Appeal's decision on referral G1/19. Many European patent applications were concerned by this stay.

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Arrêt Manfrini : quand les données personnelles du salarié rencontrent les besoins de preuve de l’employeur

Arrêt Manfrini : quand les données personnelles du salarié rencontrent les besoins de preuve de l’employeur

Dans une récente décision de la chambre sociale, dite « arrêt Manfrini (1) », la Cour de cassation est venue préciser le régime de preuve dans le contentieux du licenciement et, particulièrement, la possibilité de recourir à un traitement de données à caractère personnel non déclaré à la Commission nationale informatique et libertés (Cnil).

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New Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO on Oral Proceedings via Video Conference

New Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO on Oral Proceedings via Video Conference

Based on the interlocutory decision T 1807/15, the question whether conducting oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference is compatible with the right to oral proceedings if not all parties have given their consent, has been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal, which will be handled as G 1/21.

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Author’s rights infringement and software licenses

Author’s rights infringement and software licenses

Entr’Ouvert v. Orange and Orange Business Services
Paris Court of appeals, Pole 5 – 2nd Chamber, 19 March 2021, Docket number 19/17493

The Paris Court of appeals handed down a new decision, on 19 March 2021, in the field of author’s right infringement on softwares.

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Patentability of computer implemented simulations

Patentability of computer implemented simulations

The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued, on March 10, 2021, a decision in case G1/19, which relates to the patentability of computer-implemented simulations.

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Oliver TISCHNER

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Anne-Sophie AURIOL

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Damien COLOMBIE

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