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UK judges query division between UK, EU software patentability July 22, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The UK Intellectual Property Office defended the UK’s current system of examining prospective patents before the Supreme Court today. Judges queried whether the UK can move closer to the European Patent Office... (more story)

WTO arbitrators hand EU partial win over China’s SEP injunction policy July 22, 2025 | Inbar Preiss and Melissa Ritti

WTO arbitrators have partially overturned an earlier ruling, siding with the EU in its challenge to China’s use of anti-suit injunctions. They found the policy breaches global IP rules by undermining patent en... (more story)

Nokia sues Geely in Germany, UPC over alleged 4G, 5G standard tech infringement July 22, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Nokia has sued Chinese carmaker Geely in the Unified Patent Court and the Munich Regional Court, accusing it of using 4G and 5G technologies covered by Standard Essential Patents without a license. The lawsuit... (more story)

Japan IP court backs Toray's anti-itching drug patent extension over Sawai challenge July 22, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld Toray Industries' patent extension for its anti-itch drug Remitch, rejecting Sawai Pharmaceutical’s claim that the extension exceeded legal limits. The court fou... (more story)

Indobufen-crystal patent faces new challenge in China despite past failures July 22, 2025 | MLex Staff

A pharmaceutical patent held by Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical — upheld multiple times over the past year by China’s intellectual property authority despite repeated invalidation attempts — is now fa... (more story)

Roku FRAND complaint against Dolby, Sun Patent Trust dismissed in US July 21, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Jurisdictional discovery didn't move the needle with a US judge who earlier today said patent pool administrator Access Advance’s conduct during license negotiations with Roku can't be imparted to its High Eff... (more story)

USPTO seeks to add more than 1,000 examiners in FY26 budget proposal July 21, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The US Patent and Trademark Office asked Congress to approve its plan to add more than 1,000 patent and trademark examiners for fiscal year 2026, after it received an exemption from the federal hiring freeze. ... (more story)

Emotional Perception urges UK's top court to rule AI algorithm as patentable July 21, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Emotional Perception AI argued its case against the UK Intellectual Property Office at the country's highest court today over the patentability of its music recommendation algorithm. The Supreme Court’s ruling... (more story)

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DMCA anticircumvention exemption upheld in win for right to repair movement July 22, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A US judge has swatted down for the second time an effort to undo exemptions to a statutory bar on circumventing technological protection measures on defibrillators, ultrasound systems and other medical equipm... (more story)

In opposing SAP petition, USPTO leans heavily on AIA discretion July 21, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

An SAP America bid for mandamus could require a US appellate court to reconcile the presumption against retroactivity articulated by the US Supreme Court in 1996 with a holding more than two decades later that... (more story)

Unsettled IP landscape as global victories hit enforcement walls July 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

Winning an intellectual property ruling is no guarantee of true victory when the enforcement battle extends across borders. A critical lack of international agreements for recognizing IP judgments has created ... (more story)

UK's SEP consultation holds out prospect of a stronger hand for licensees July 18, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

UK government proposals to streamline the rate-setting process for standard essential patents could hand smaller licensee businesses a valuable weapon against larger licensors: having the traditionally veiled ... (more story)

Gap in US IP protection against AI voice cloning exposed by Lovo ruling July 17, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Reliance on artificial intelligence to carry out increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks is on the rise. Findings by a US judge that voice cloning is nonactionable under current federal trademark and copyright... (more story)

China's patent puzzle: Reconciling judicial and administrative paths July 15, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s “dual-track” patent regulatory framework — where patent validity is assessed by the administrative authority while infringement disputes are handled by the courts — has come under increasing scrutiny. ... (more story)

Pace of Schedule A litigation picks up despite pause by Illinois federal judge July 11, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Intellectual property owners hoping to put a quick end to online counterfeits continue to seek relief in the Northern District of Illinois in overwhelming numbers. It’s a practice one judge there has halted — ... (more story)

As deepfakes climb the policy agenda, jurisdictions tackle likeness rights July 10, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

With the proliferation of deepfakes online, governments are racing to address the misuse of personal likeness through a mix of AI laws, court rulings and regulatory reforms. Denmark has proposed new copyright ... (more story)