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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)

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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)

SEP policy gets only brief mention in USTR’s IP trade report May 07, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Despite lengthy comments from numerous IP stakeholders, standard essential patent (SEP) policy issues got little attention in the Office of US Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 report on IP trade. But ... (more story)

US trade secrets law turns 10: DTSA fills IP gap in digital era May 07, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A decade after its enactment, the Defend Trade Secrets Act has become the dominant vehicle for trade secret enforcement in the US. Practitioners say the statute has brought consistency to a once-fragmented are... (more story)

UK trademark association's new head calls for action on backlog (correct*) May 07, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The new president of the body representing UK trademark lawyers has said that action is desperately needed to address the persistent backlog at the Intellectual Property Office's trademark tribunal*, calling f... (more story)