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Uncertainty over courts, policy threaten role of US as IP leader

By Melissa Ritti ( February 26, 2026, 22:50 GMT | Insight) -- US courts still handle some of the world’s highest-stakes intellectual property disputes but their status as the forum of choice may be fading. If that shift accelerates, stakeholders say it could further erode US influence in shaping global IP norms.The Unified Patent Court and national courts of Germany, China and Brazil are edging out US courts as a preferred destination for patent enforcement in a wound largely self-inflicted by the US Supreme Court....

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