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IP licensing and business: March 27-April 9 April 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer

SEP licensing pools continued to gain traction, with agreements spanning WiFi, telecom, home security and automotive technologies. AI companies – including Anthropic, IBM, Meta and Microsoft – formed a licensi... (more story)

With ROSS, Westlaw hearing on the horizon, fair use ruling draws attention April 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

ROSS Intelligence is feeling buoyed by a new precedential holding that online publication of standards incorporated in the International Building Code is sufficiently transformative to excuse admitted copying.... (more story)

Advocates push for SEP policy in White House manufacturing plan April 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Standard-essential patent implementors and their industry group advocates are pushing the White House to address SEP policy in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Strategic Plan for Advanced... (more story)

This week at the UPC: April 3-9 April 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys

The Unified Patent Court this week granted Dyson’s preliminary injunction in a hair styler patent dispute against Dreame that stopped short of the UK, and ordered Suinno to provide security for costs after Mic... (more story)

Chinese court clarifies role of product classification in trademark similarity test April 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Product classification alone is not determinative in assessing trademark similarity, a Chinese court has ruled, saying judges must also consider how closely goods align in function, target consumers and usage ... (more story)

AI pioneer Stephen Thaler sues Indian government over copyright deadlock April 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Stephen Thaler has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court over delays on AI-generated artwork copyright, challenging India’s stance on non-human authorship and seeking recognition of art created by the DABUS... (more story)

UPC sharpens inventive-step approach in ventilation patent dispute April 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The Unified Patent Court has clarified that prior art must address the same problem as an invention to challenge inventive step, upholding Vilpe’s patent for a roof ventilation pipe, and offering further guida... (more story)

Dyson wins UPC injunction against Dreame as judges exclude UK from its reach April 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Dyson has won an injunction against Dreame’s hair styler at the Unified Patent Court, with judges finding infringement and extending relief to Spain via an EU-based importer. The court refused UK coverage, cla... (more story)

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Fewer petitions to US PTAB push Big Law to adapt, not retreat April 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer

For over a decade, large law firms developed specialized practices focused on handling intellectual property disputes before the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Now, with fewer petitions making it through to... (more story)

Sisvel expands in China alongside tech patent-licensing market shifts April 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Patent-pool operator Sisvel is expanding in China and preparing a new business unit for tailored licensing deals. In an interview with MLex, its CEO Mattia Fogliacco said Chinese firms are “the best in class” ... (more story)

Japan's 3D trademark law still stops short of the house itself April 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has offered a sharp reminder that, even after Japan opened trademark law to three-dimensional signs, the path from distinctive design to protectable branding remains narrow.

Unclear legal landscape for AI spawns licensing as US sees 100 copyright cases April 08, 2026 | Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford

A group of YouTube creators sued Apple, OpenAI and Amazon late last week, bringing the number of copyright lawsuits over artificial intelligence in the US to 100. With the central question of fair use for AI t... (more story)

USPTO applies Tianma precedent to unwind TikTok IPRs already underway April 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In the first major application of a recent declaration that foreign governments and entities they control aren’t eligible to challenge patents under the America Invents Act, the US Patent and Trademark Office ... (more story)

SEP licensing headaches prompt fresh look at aggregate royalty depositories April 07, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

With patent litigation ever expanding — and determinations of FRAND licensing rates for SEPs becoming fractured across different courts — thoughts are turning to the real-world use of aggregated royalty deposi... (more story)

Antitrust Division staff depart US DOJ as morale sinks April 06, 2026 | Khushita Vasant, Alex Wilts and Chris May

Low morale and concerns about the direction of enforcement have led to a series of departures from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, and more exits are expected this month, MLex has learned.

Realtek sham litigation claim against MediaTek won’t get boost in Texas April 03, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A Texas federal judge's refusal this week to award attorney fees to Realtek for two patent infringement lawsuits it faced in 2021 may undercut claims that MediaTek bankrolled sham litigation, but it is unlikel... (more story)