Lenovo, Motorola face sales ban on mobile devices in Germany over patent dispute with US firm

A German court has ordered a sales ban on certain products from Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo and its smartphone subsidiary Motorola over a patent licensing dispute with US firm InterDigital, in the latest case to highlight intellectual property legal risks facing Chinese businesses in the overseas market. The Munich Regional Court recently handed down … Read more

Apple Watch drops blood oxygen tool to avoid import ban

Digital Trends Apple has moved to avoid a U.S. import ban impacting the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 caused by a patent dispute with California firm Masimo. A letter from Masimo to an appeals court judge dated January 15 said that the tech giant is able to avoid a recently instated import ban … Read more

Patents and Designs Recruitment exams 2023: Tentative schedule for Mains Exam

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the tentative date of the mains examination for the Post of Examiner of Patents and Designs against 553 vacancies in an official notification. According to a NTA notification, the examination is expected to be conducted on January 25, 2024. Patents and Designs Recruitment exams 2023: Tentative schedule of … Read more

The Apple Watch ban is over … kind of

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The sales ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, which caused Apple to stop selling the two smartwatches late last week, has already been lifted — for now. On December 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily lifted the sales and import ban on the … Read more