Servier pulls generics companies into Dutch damages litigation
August 18, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier has started litigation against makers of generic drugs in the Netherlands in a bid to ensure they are on the hook for any damages claims from lawsuits bro... (more story)
UPC appeal court clarifies handling of infringements that began before UPC opened
August 18, 2026
| Inbar Preiss
The Unified Patent Court confirmed it can hear disputes involving conduct from before it opened in 2023 while applying different substantive law to different periods and forms of relief. The guidance comes in ... (more story)
Australia set to require data centers to power local AI development
August 18, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia plans to use its data-center investment boom to build greater AI sovereignty by requiring hyperscalers to provide compute access to local start-ups, researchers and other organizations on favorable t... (more story)
Bound by precedent, USPTO defends patent rule questioned by director
August 17, 2026
| Melissa Ritti
Eight days after US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires suggested that the risk of multiple-owner harassment should not remain an independent basis for obviousness-type double patenting, his offi... (more story)
US Federal Circuit narrows prior art from provisional applications
August 17, 2026
| Nick Robertson
A decision last week from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarifies the standard for identifying priority dates for prior art taken from provisional patent applications, returning law to pre-Am... (more story)
Microsoft joins OpenAI in opposing US sanctions motion against ChatGPT maker
August 14, 2026
| Emma Whitford
A sanctions motion against OpenAI in copyright lawsuits by the New York Times and other news outlets is drawing pushback from co-defendant Microsoft, as well as OpenAI, with Microsoft saying it could suffer “s... (more story)
IP licensing and business: July 30-Aug. 13
August 13, 2026
| Steve Scherer
Licensing and patent deals spanned AI, life sciences, acquisitions of video codec technology patents and an IP litigation and licensing risk group, plus a major memory patent settlement.
Shein fails in UK copyright claim against Temu
August 13, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Shein’s copyright infringement case against Temu has failed after the UK High Court found that Temu removed the allegedly infringing product listings as quickly as reasonably possible and that the way in which... (more story)