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Lego’s compensation increased tenfold by appeal court

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on May 12, 2021

On 1 April 2020 the Guangdong Higher People’s Court announced that it had awarded Danish toymaker Lego Rmb30 million (approximately $4.58 million) in damages for trademark infringement and unfair competition against Guangdong Meizhi Zhijiao Technology Co Ltd and three other defendants. The amount was increased tenfold compared to an earlier decision by the Guangzhou Intellectual...

Tags: china, compensation, Infringement, lego, trademarks

China introduces compensation for patent terms

By AWA | Posted on December 15, 2020

On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress passed amendments to the PRC Patent Law, which come into force June 1, 2021. The amendments cover three key areas: 1) Strengthening the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of patentees; 2) Promoting the implementation and application of patents; and 3)...

Tags: china, compensation, innovative drugs, patent terms, patents

High Court Decision Confirms Low Compensations to Inventors Employed to Invent

By Kim Garsdal Nielsen | Posted on May 16, 2012

Decisions are few when it comes to considering the inventor’s right to compensation in accordance with Section 8 of the Danish Act on Employee’s Inventions (Lov om arbejdstageres Opfindelser). Recently the High Court (Østre Landsret) has passed a decision in U.2012.420Ø, confirming that compensations to inventors employed to invent are low. In the case in...

Tags: compensation, inventions, inventor, inventor's right

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