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Record numbers of European patent filings in 2012
European patent filings reached record highs in 2012. Last year the European Patent Office (EPO) received around 258,600 applications – 5.7 % more than in the previous year. The number…
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Haribo won trademark suit against Lindt’s gold-covered chocolate bear
A trademark suit between two European confectionary bears was recently decided by a court in Cologne, Germany. The victorious party was the German company Haribo, which had sued the Swiss…