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This week at the UPC: May 22-28 May 28, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Douglas Clarke-Williams

This week, the UPC saw multiple infringement actions, among them a successful bid by tire manufacturer Pirelli against Chinese rival Tianjin Kingtyre Group. The Court of Appeal upheld two decisions, but revoke... (more story)

EasyGroup loses freestanding 'easy' trademark in UK decision May 28, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

EasyGroup, the parent company for a range of brands including the popular easyJet airline, has seen its trademark for standalone word “easy” invalidated by the UK Intellectual Property Office. The decision lea... (more story)

Amazon’s UK license bid against InterDigital tested by UPC judges May 28, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Amazon and InterDigital have been told by Unified Patent Court judges to expect an order as soon as possible after a hearing over whether the US online retail and streaming giant could seek licensing relief in... (more story)

Chinese battery makers ATL, CosMX agree to settle global patent battle May 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

Chinese battery manufacturers Ningde Amperex Technology, or ATL, and Zhuhai CosMX Battery have agreed to withdraw all ongoing lawsuits, bringing their four-year-long global patent feud closer to an end.

Bayer CropScience, Monsanto accused of monopolizing US seeds market May 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Bayer CropScience unlawfully monopolized the US seeds market through acquisitions and a web of restrictive license agreements that led to less competition and higher prices for farmers, according to a lawsuit ... (more story)

Lovo files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in US amid AI voice-cloning lawsuit May 27, 2026 | Emma Whitford

Artificial intelligence-powered voice generation company Lovo Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the company said, less than three weeks before scheduled motion-to-dismiss arguments in a lawsuit by voice... (more story)

Pirelli wins UPC patent infringement claim against Chinese manufacturer May 27, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Italian tire maker Pirelli has succeeded in its patent infringement claim against a Chinese rival, after products and brochures from Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber Co., or SYR, were seized at a trade show in Milan. W... (more story)

Japan IP Court says Mitsui High-tec cured motor patent flaws after earlier reversal May 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a Mitsui High-tec patent covering a method for securing magnets inside electric-motor components, rejecting Toyota Boshoku’s latest attempt to invalidate the pat... (more story)

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‘Hidden’ USPTO patent assignment data clouds IP business deals May 28, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The discovery of over 1.4 million patent assignment records that were previously not published in US Patent and Trademark Office data highlights the importance of data transparency and reliability for business... (more story)

Expert scrutiny reshapes standard-essential patent landscape in Brazil May 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Brazil’s business courts are becoming more technically rigorous in standard-essential patent disputes even as the country cements its reputation as a fast-moving injunction jurisdiction, Isabel Milman, a partn... (more story)

New DTSA jury instructions aim to bring order to growing trade secret docket May 27, 2026 | Steve Scherer

The Sedona Conference’s new DTSA model jury instructions grew out of the frustration trade secret litigators faced when they had to negotiate complex jury instructions from the ground up in federal cases.

US ex parte reexamination denial may signal end to post-IPR patent challenges May 27, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The shift from inter partes review (IPR) to ex parte reexamination (EPR) at the US Patent and Trademark Office may become more difficult for patent challengers who have already pursued IPR unsuccessfully. A pa... (more story)

India's patent boom faces reality check over delays, weak commercialization May 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s patent filings are surging, but experts warn that weak commercialization, regulatory delays and poor monetization frameworks could prevent the country from realizing one of its most prized ambitions — ... (more story)

US judges stay true to ‘substantial similarity’ test in weighing AI output claims May 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford

US judges are continuing to find that copyright owners must plausibly allege substantial similarity in order to sustain claims of derivative artificial intelligence outputs. This is a welcome trend for defenda... (more story)

SpaceX US securities filing reveals xAI details, insight into AI regulatory risks May 21, 2026 | Mike Swift

From space-based AI data centers to unvarnished disclosures about a wide spectrum of legal and regulatory risk around xAI's Grok chatbot, the S-1 securities filing by SpaceX in advance of its initial public st... (more story)

Study says structural barriers persist after USPTO’s First Amendment defeats May 21, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Patent and Trademark Office suffered dual defeats in 2017 and 2019 when the US Supreme Court said a refusal to register disparaging or scandalous trademarks runs afoul of the First Amendment. While expl... (more story)