Squires considers expanded role as USPTO faces employee unrest
May 13, 2026
| Nick Robertson
US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires told supervisory patent examiners in a private meeting that he will consider directly taking over day-to-day operations of the office following concerns fro... (more story)
EU moves toward AI-copyright overhaul as creators, tech groups clash over licensing rules
May 13, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
Brussels has taken a new step toward “targeted” legislation on AI and copyright, seeking feedback on whether existing EU rules are sufficient to support licensing, transparency and enforcement in the generativ... (more story)
UK businesses to get sandboxes, growth duty expands under regulatory reform bill
May 13, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
UK businesses can expect regulators to be given stronger duties to support economic growth and new powers to temporarily relax rules for testing AI under legislation announced Wednesday. The proposed Regulatin... (more story)
China's top court reverses trademark-damages rulings in glass sealant retrial
May 13, 2026
| MLex Staff
When both parties lawfully hold registered trademarks, infringement shouldn’t be determined solely by registration priority or similarity between the marks, China’s top court ruled, saying the key question is ... (more story)
Former Google engineer's economic espionage conviction questioned by US judge
May 13, 2026
| Mike Swift
The economic espionage conviction of a former Google engineer convicted earlier this year of stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google to benefit China was questioned during a court hearing Tuesd... (more story)
In Inari case, Corteva ignored role of competition in patent law, US DOJ says
May 12, 2026
| Clayton Vickers
The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division told a federal judge Tuesday that Corteva’s suit against Inari Agriculture has ignored the competition-fostering purpose of a patent law requirement that it di... (more story)
No damages for trademark sublicensees, UK court rules in Frasers Group dispute
May 12, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Trademark owners cannot claim damages on behalf of their sublicensees in infringement cases, a UK court has ruled. The decision, following a successful appeal by Frasers Group against Lifestyle Equities, found... (more story)
USPTO seeks interpretation of eBay precedent more favorable to injunctions
May 12, 2026
| Nick Robertson
After the US Patent and Trademark Office weighed in on three cases favoring injunctive relief for US patent owners, legal advisor Austin Mayron said Monday the effort is targeted at encouraging better interpre... (more story)