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Cloudflare held liable in Japan for aiding manga piracy in groundbreaking ruling
The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network.
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Major SEP holders commit to mediation pledge
Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm, Huawei and Sisvel have signed a pledge committing to offer mediation as a first resort for disputes with small businesses over crucial pa... (more story)
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European Parliament to vote on whether to sue Commission over patent bill
The European Parliament is set to vote on whether to pursue legal action against the European Commission for withdrawing a law governing patents for technical stand... (more story)
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The US Patent and Trademark Office’s acting commissioner of patents wrote in a court declaration this week that the Trump administration designation of patent examiners as performing “national security” work i... (more story)
Computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who tried to name an AI program as the inventor of two patents, has been refused permission to appeal over the refusal of an attempt to instead list himself as the inventor. ... (more story)
Expanding beyond trademarks, the EU Intellectual Property Office promises that its new Copyright Knowledge Center can coordinate EU and global copyright initiatives and support transparency, licensing and AI t... (more story)
PlayTech, a developer of online gambling games, has lost permission to have its trade secrets claim against Realtime SIA, a Latvian games developer, heard in the UK after a judge on Friday agreed with an appea... (more story)
The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network.
Settlements of patent litigation have led to a spate of new licensing agreements in the wireless connectivity space, including major deals between HP and the Wilus Institute of Technology, among others.
The European Commission said its 2023 anti-piracy guidelines failed to curb livestream piracy and it will consider new EU-wide measures and stronger cross-border cooperation to improve enforcement consistency.
Only one ruling was issued this week, as the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered a German surface-finishing equipment maker access to an expert report in its patent dispute with a Spanish technology company.
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How to hold patent owners liable for “malicious” infringement lawsuits has become one of China’s most contentious judicial questions, as a solar-materials maker strikes back at its accuser over alleged abusive litigation.
From the research awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics to a patentee-friendly shift at the US Patent and Trademark Office, innovation is having a moment. Kristen Osenga tells MLex the attention is long ov... (more story)
A recent ruling in a case by Getty Images against Stability AI has provided some clarification on how the UK copyright regime handles AI training, the models and their output. But it also highlighted problems ... (more story)
Recent changes aimed at shortening the time it takes to receive a first office action from the US Patent and Trademark Office could be especially beneficial for solo inventors and other small and medium-sized ... (more story)
An order to show cause this week by US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has rankled some in the intellectual property space, domestically and abroad.
Japan’s courts have drawn a clearer line between use rights and ownership in the long-running dispute between US skateboarder Mark Gonzales and Tokyo-based Sakura International, curbing a former licensee’s abi... (more story)
Tahir Amin, CEO of the IP advocacy group Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge, is urging lawmakers to examine how patent practices such as evergreening and thickets drive up drug costs. While critic... (more story)
A new report by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows global patent prosecution continuing to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. The gains are largely attributable to intellectual property o... (more story)