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Skeptical UK panel hints at potential Getty copyright overreach

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US midterm elections reshape congressional IP leadership, cloud patent reform prospects

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Ericsson denied Asus sales ban in mixed UPC video patent rulings

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Via LA’s HP US court defeat offers warning on ‘backdoor’ royalty demands November 13, 2026 | Steve Scherer

A California state court judge has rejected Via Licensing Alliance’s attempt to use a transferred audio patent license to demand payment for HP Inc.’s earlier product sales, finding that the agreement excluded those obliga...(read more)

Microsoft seeks UK Supreme Court review in software resale dispute November 13, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The legality of reselling pre-owned Windows and Office licenses could reach the UK’s highest court, following this week’s application by Microsoft for permission to appeal. The US software giant lost its copyright and juri...(read more)

Fresh patent-licensing proposal urged by nine EU governments November 13, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Germany and eight other EU governments are pressing the European Commission for a fresh patent-licensing proposal, warning that uncertainty threatens Europe’s competitiveness and economic security. Their joint call revives...(read more)

China convicts former Capchem executive of trade-secret theft November 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

A former executive at Chinese specialty chemicals maker Shenzhen Capchem Technology has been convicted of criminal trade-secret infringement after disclosing proprietary chemical formulations to a competing business.

Stronger copyright licensing can bolster South Korea AI ambitions, global group says November 13, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea can become an artificial intelligence leader while protecting its creative industries by strengthening copyright licensing, backed by transparency requirements, an official at the International Federation of Re...(read more)

Anthropic loses bid for OpenAI records in Reddit lawsuit in Calif. November 12, 2026 | Amy Miller

A California state judge tentatively denied Anthropic's bid to obtain internal OpenAI documents for its defense against Reddit's data-scraping lawsuit, raising concerns about service of the subpoena and why Anthropic hadn'...(read more)

Skeptical UK panel hints at potential Getty copyright overreach November 12, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Getty Images faced pointed questioning from the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday over its theory that an AI model can qualify as an "infringing copy" without reproducing the photographs it was trained on. If the stock image ...(read more)

This week at the UPC: Nov. 6-12 November 12, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and MLex Staff

Asus defeated Ericsson’s bid for an injunction over a video-coding patent, after Unified Patent Court judges found Ericsson had failed to give adequate notice before suing. GSK also secured a vaccine injunction against Pfi...(read more)

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Claims under US state likeness laws poised to increase in AI music suits November 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The company that manages Elvis Presley's likeness rights and rightsholders of hundreds of his songs invoked Tennessee’s ELVIS Act in a copyright infringement complaint against AI company Suno in California federal court la...(read more)

GSK-Moderna deal shows value of patent access in crowded vaccine market November 12, 2026 | Steve Scherer

GSK and Moderna’s cross-license offers vaccine rivals a possible route through overlapping pipelines and uncertain patent litigation, lawyers told MLex. A pending US appeal could limit recovery against Moderna for governme...(read more)

India's IP court push needs expertise, access, clearer rules, not just new courts November 12, 2026 | Freny Patel

India’s push for dedicated IP courts could widen access to expertise, but without trained benches, adequate resources and clearer jurisdiction rules, businesses risk facing familiar delays in newly designated forums.

Squires loosens grip on patent reviews, keeps control of initial screening November 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Administrative patent judges will soon regain their authority to decide which patent challenges are worthy of advancing to a determination of their merits, the US Patent and Trademark Office announced late Tuesday. Directo...(read more)

US midterm elections reshape congressional IP leadership, cloud patent reform prospects November 10, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Some of the lawmakers most influential on IP policy in Congress are set to leave Washington in January, but party shakeups in the House and Senate create both uncertainty and opportunity for progress on IP policy issues, a...(read more)

US Fifth Circuit’s discovery ruling unlikely to deter SEP litigants, lawyers say November 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Despite a US appeals court decision last week that may place guardrails on some Section 1782 discovery proceedings, litigation remains an important tool for standard-essential patent implementers litigating before the Unif...(read more)

ETSI leadership election challenged over tech giants’ influence November 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Inbar Preiss

Cyberprime, a Polish cybersecurity manufacturer, is challenging the appointment of ETSI’s sole chair nominee by consensus. The company cites concerns about outsized influence by major patent holders and US technology gian...(read more)

UK design overhaul puts protection ahead of simplification November 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The UK government will not abolish its unregistered design right, it said Wednesday, opting instead to preserve existing protections while pursuing targeted registration checks and cheaper civil enforcement. The next phase...(read more)