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Squires considers expanded role as USPTO faces employee unrest

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Nokia judgment turns attention to arbitration in SEP licensing disputes

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India's top court to rule on survival of revocation pleas for expired patents

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Chinese court backs C&S Paper in Jierou trademark appeal over mass filings May 15, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese tissue maker C&S Paper won an appeal in a trademark dispute after a Beijing court ruled that acquiring one trademark doesn’t automatically justify large-scale filings for similar marks.

Japanese cabinet submits bill to expand music-payment rights May 15, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a bill for submission to parliament that would expand copyright-related payment rights for performers and record producers when recorded music is played publicly in venues su... (more story)

Anthropic's historic 1.5bn deal with authors faces questions from US judge May 15, 2026 | Amy Miller

Attorneys defended Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors, the largest in US history, at a final approval hearing, noting that more than 90 percent of class members have embraced the deal. ... (more story)

USPTO draws hard line on inconsistent PTAB, district court positions May 14, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Three new additions to the body of work that guides the decision making of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board show that the days of treating district court litigation and inter partes review proceedings as sepa... (more story)

US copyright chief backs Congress' site-blocking proposal to counter piracy May 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson

US Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was supportive Tuesday of congressional proposals to establish site-blocking and no-fault injunction frameworks to fight online piracy, saying the “time is right” to ... (more story)

Shein and Temu fight over photo copyrights in English court May 14, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Shein has accused Temu in a UK court of illegally lifting thousands of copyrighted photos from its website to advertise copycat products on its own site, marking the latest front in the legal battles between t... (more story)

This week at the UPC: 8 May - 14 May May 14, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

The UPC this week issued rulings on infringement evidence, preliminary injunctions, confidentiality protections and recoverable litigation costs, while appellate judges continued clarifying procedural and juri... (more story)

Japan's piracy concerns gain diplomatic weight as content exports grow May 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s growing focus on overseas piracy and newly released trade data suggest Tokyo is beginning to treat anime, manga and other copyrighted content less as cultural branding tools and more as strategic expor... (more story)

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'AI privilege' debate looms large as chatbots are entrusted with users' secrets May 15, 2026 | Matthew Newman

A Canadian school shooting and French weapons raid have galvanized a growing discussion over how AI companies should respond when chatbot users reveal plans for violence, sensitive medical information or menta... (more story)

Rival Samsung-ZTE SEP rulings cast shadow over UK courts’ FRAND prominence May 15, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Samsung's standard-essential patents dispute with ZTE has led to a patent litigation first: two national courts issuing their own conclusions on a FRAND rate on the same issue. With a Chinese court's figure al... (more story)

Proposed ITC transparency rule puts litigation funders under new scrutiny May 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The US International Trade Commission’s proposal to require disclosure of litigation funding is placing third-party funders under greater scrutiny in the powerful patent forum, prompting questions about how in... (more story)

Federal Circuit ruling highlights growing role of redesigns at USITC May 13, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Bissell Inc. this week failed to enlarge an import ban against a Chinese rival when an appeals court said firmware updates to accused wet-dry vacuums meant they no longer infringe battery charging claims of tw... (more story)

Nokia judgment turns attention to arbitration in SEP licensing disputes May 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The prospect of settling standard-essential patent disputes by arbitration rather than litigation has received a boost with a UK appeal court ruling that Nokia’s offer of SEP licensing negotiations through arb... (more story)

India's top court to rule on survival of revocation pleas for expired patents May 13, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s top court will decide whether patent revocation proceedings survive patent expiry, in Boehringer’s Linagliptin dispute with Macleods. The Supreme Court of India's ruling is expected to reshape pharmace... (more story)

China's ZTE-Samsung ruling exposes widening divide in global SEP rate-setting May 12, 2026 | MLex Staff

The ZTE-Samsung licensing row has drawn attention to the evolving role of Chinese courts in disputes over global standard essential patents, or SEPs, after courts in Chongqing and London reached sharply differ... (more story)

UK finance sector readies for clutch of reforms in new legislative agenda May 11, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

A new UK financial services bill is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday as part of government plans for the coming parliamentary session. It's likely to feature reforms the Labour party has already pledged bu... (more story)