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Acer, Asus refused permission to appeal Nokia FRAND defeat to UK's top court

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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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Acer, Asus refused permission to appeal Nokia FRAND defeat to UK's top court May 18, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Acer and Asus have been refused permission to appeal their recent appeal court loss to Nokia over FRAND terms for licensing video coding standards. The decision had set important precedent when it comes to rol... (more story)

Qualcomm-Which UK proposed settlement cleared by UK competition court (update*) May 18, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

A proposed settlement between Qualcomm and consumer-advocacy body Which following a collective antitrust lawsuit against the chipmaker has been cleared by the UK competition court. Which withdrew the claim ear... (more story)

China's 2026 IP plan targets emerging-tech rules, high-quality innovation May 18, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has laid out a yearlong plan to tighten intellectual property enforcement and update rules for emerging technologies, as Beijing shifts toward a legal framework aimed at supporting high-quality innovatio... (more story)

India eyes global IP leadership in AI, 6G and electronics May 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s patent and telecom leaders urged a shift toward design-led innovation, stronger intellectual property creation and commercialization, positioning artificial intelligence, 6G and indigenous technology o... (more story)

Japan court rules old yakitori 'noren-wake' ties don't override trademark rights May 18, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Osaka District Court ordered a Fukuoka yakitori restaurant operator to stop using the “Maruman” name and pay more than 60 million yen ($380,000) in damages to Miyazaki-based Maruman Honpo, rejecting de... (more story)

Magnolia decision a ‘rubric’ for PTAB petition success, USPTO's Squires says May 15, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A new precedential Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision Thursday, Magnolia Medical Technologies v. Kurin, breaks little new ground but serves as a “rubric framework” for practitioners, laying out how the US ... (more story)

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)

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Vietnam's IP reforms no longer enough as US demands enforcement results May 18, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Vietnam’s elevation to “Priority Foreign Country” status in the US Special 301 Report suggests that legislative reforms and short-term crackdowns may no longer satisfy Washington, as the US increasingly pushes... (more story)

Former USPTO heads part ways on eBay, PAEs in inputs to European Commission May 15, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Former US Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal on Tuesday broke with the pro-injunction stance taken by fellow former agency heads Andrei Iancu and David Kappos in lobbying directed at the European... (more story)

'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)