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Nokia wins UPC order blocking Geely’s Chinese court bid for global license
The Unified Patent Court has ordered carmaker Geely to withdraw a Chinese request for a global interim license, finding it could undermine Nokia’s Standard Essentia... (more story)
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ISO standards that underpin EU law must be free to access, ECJ rules
The International Organization for Standardization, the world’s biggest provider of technical standards, might have to make many standards free for public access. T... (more story)
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‘Historic’ claim rate for US Anthropic settlement a credit to reach, size, stakes
A rare and resounding claim rate of more than 90 percent in the first major US copyright settlement over large language model development appears creditable to effe... (more story)
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Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Judiciary IP subcommittee, told MLex that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been receptive to criticism Issa raised last month of a “perception” of conflicts of inte... (more story)
Footwear manufacturer Crocs lost an appeal against a finding of invalidity for the design for its rubber shoe. The General Court of the EU ruled that the addition of an ankle strap was not enough to make Crocs... (more story)
The Unified Patent Court has ordered carmaker Geely to withdraw a Chinese request for a global interim license, finding it could undermine Nokia’s Standard Essential Patent enforcement. Judges said the move wa... (more story)
The prospective head of the UK government body responsible for investing state funds in new and innovative technologies has said he will move away from using patent filings and citations as a metric for succes... (more story)
Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has warned that fragmented financial, energy and digital systems are undermining the EU’s ability to innovate and compete globally. He urged deeper market integration... (more story)
A House bill that would guarantee the copyrights of building, fire safety and other standard codes was at the center of a contentious hearing Tuesday, with advocates for and against the measure debating the in... (more story)
US Patent and Trademark Director John Squires faced additional scrutiny from members of the House Judiciary Committee in supplemental questions for the record over his use of discretion and staffing changes at the office.
A new UK tender for AI edtech tools includes the unusual provision of allowing suppliers to keep full ownership of IP developed as part of the contract, an indicator of the importance the government places on ... (more story)
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Overlapping name changes by two prominent animal welfare advocacy groups have sparked litigation over the exclusive right to use “humane society.” For nonprofits operating in a crowded field, the case undersco... (more story)
Japan’s push to align emissions reduction with economic growth rests heavily on scaling up innovation — but emerging evidence suggests the policy may be measuring the wrong thing.
A rare and resounding claim rate of more than 90 percent in the first major US copyright settlement over large language model development appears creditable to effective outreach, the prospect of large payouts... (more story)
Onesta IP must defend the validity of two US patents — and allegations both were misused when they were asserted against BMW in Germany. That potentially high-risk outcome “does not kill” future tests of last ... (more story)
Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, Genentech (Roche Group) and IBM have established a shared commons for foundational artificial intelligence patents with the goal of reducing legal disputes and speeding development.... (more story)
An extra filing opportunity for patent owners before a determination of a substantial new question of patentability during an ex parte reexamination is supposed to tamp down the spike of new reexam requests. B... (more story)
Music sampling may fall under the “pastiche” copyright exception, but that is not a “catch-all” justification, the EU's top court has said. Lawyers for German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk welcomed limit... (more story)
A warning from a Japanese software copyright group to game bars exposes the country’s uneven copyright treatment of paid, on-premises access to works, highlighting why manga cafes developed under softer arrang... (more story)