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Supreme Court ruling sets stage for renewed US fight over drug patents

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SEP holders turn their attention to medtech

Three years in, lawmaker says more EU countries should join Unified Patent Court

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Japan IP Court rejects autonomous-driving patent revisions over Subaru manual June 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

The Japan IP High Court rejected three lawsuits challenging the Japan Patent Office’s refusal to allow revisions to granted autonomous-driving patents, holding that Subaru’s driver-assistance manual and known ... (more story)

OpenAI wins in Indian ruling over forced search indexing June 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Setting a precedent in the legal landscape for generative artificial intelligence, an Indian court has dismissed e-commerce platform IndiaMart's claims against OpenAI. The Calcutta High Court ruled that busine... (more story)

China, Brazil advance AI use in patent examination, retain human oversight June 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

China is studying whether artificial intelligence can assist in generating patent-examination opinions, signaling a potential expansion of AI's role into core patent-examination functions. The initiative, toge... (more story)

VLSI accuses Intel, PQA, USPTO of blocking 'whistleblower report' from public June 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

VLSI Technology on Friday decried efforts by Intel Corp., Patent Quality Assurance LLC and the US Patent and Trademark Office to keep allegations of an Intel-PQA connection under wraps. Their shared resistance... (more story)

Optis footnote elevated to rule as US appeals court undoes $11.5m patent award June 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

What was arguably advisory in a 2025 decision was made explicit last week by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: juries must be informed of an underlying abstract idea and instructed it cannot sup... (more story)

WIPO report highlights limits of competing FRAND valuation models June 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Methodologies for valuing fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory standard-essential patent licenses are improving but remain hampered by evidentiary limitations, disputed assumptions and divergent judicial app... (more story)

Implant company drops UK patent claims despite UPC Kodak ruling June 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Establishment Labs withdrew the UK portion of its case against GC Aesthetics at the Unified Patent Court, opting instead to litigate UK-specific issues in parallel national proceedings. A recent Court of Appea... (more story)

Japan patent panel to revisit AI, cross-border invention rules June 05, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s patent policy panel will discuss cross-border network inventions, artificial intelligence and infringement deterrence, putting digital patent enforcement and AI-related patent rules back before the Jap... (more story)

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Google trademark defeat may reshape platform liability in India June 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Google lost its safe harbor immunity after an Indian court concluded in May that its keyword advertising system monetized and exploited proprietary trademarks, creating what the Delhi High Court described as a... (more story)

Supreme Court ruling sets stage for renewed US fight over drug patents June 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A timely US House Judiciary IP subcommittee hearing this week underscored the divide over the ability — and some say obligation — of Congress to speed cheaper generic and biosimilar drugs to the market.

World Cup piracy concerns spotlight limits of US copyright enforcement June 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

As one of three countries hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, sporting leagues have warned that the absence in the US of dynamic site-blocking injunctions, which are available in Canada and Mexico, will hamper ef... (more story)

Practitioners see big upsides to USPTO ‘Pre-Docketing Notice’ pilot program June 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new initiative from the US Patent and Trademark Office nudges patent applicants to take a fresh look at applications that may have been sitting idle for years. That should lead to improved claims, cleaner pr... (more story)

SEP holders turn their attention to medtech June 04, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Owners of standard essential patents, or SEPs, are increasingly looking to medtech companies for possible licensing arrangements. The sector brings extra challenges for entities looking to enforce their patent... (more story)

TikTok faces Japan's first AI voice clone test as actor seeks deletion June 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A Japanese actor’s deletion suit against TikTok over an allegedly AI-generated imitation of his voice could test how existing law protects commercially recognizable voices — and when platforms must remove disp... (more story)

Pappas nomination could add rare patent expertise to USITC June 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The nomination Monday of Peter-Anthony Pappas, who leads IP policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee, to the US International Trade Commission could bring much needed expertise to a quasi-judicial body that's... (more story)

Three years in, lawmaker says more EU countries should join Unified Patent Court June 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

For the Unified Patent Court to live up to its potential as a tool for supporting the EU's single market, more member states should be convinced to sign up, a veteran German European Parliament lawmaker that h... (more story)