Two decades of patent reform have not diminished their value nor lessened the need for litigation, according to a new report from Cornerstone Research. Instead, Kirti Gupta and Shane Oka say how innovators saf... (more story)

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a refusal by the Japan Patent Office to register the shape of a baby fork as a 3D trademark, finding that consumers would see the design as functional rather tha... (more story)

A Chinese court has ruled that software interface design can be protected under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law even when it falls outside the scope of copyright and trade-dress protection.

Japan's competition watchdog and the Cabinet Office issued new guidelines on Monday for transactions in the film and anime industries, seeking to address concerns about unfair treatment of creators and clarify... (more story)

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, a closely watched artificial intelligence bill that would target unauthorized AI-generated replicas of people's v... (more story)

LinkConnect launched with a large telecom network patent portfolio, Everest Medicines struck a major drug licensing deal with Dimerix and Applied Atomics secured rights to commercialize BWXT's small modular re... (more story)

In a rare jurisdictional case involving trade secrets, a UK citizen accused of taking confidential business information to a rival company has failed in his bid to have the charges heard in Dubai rather than t... (more story)

This week, the Unified Patent Court granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney's streaming services, and rejected a preliminary injunction application from Ericsson in its dispute with Asus. The court a... (more story)