Intellectual Property

This week at the Unified Patent Court, Align Technology won an injunction covering 17 UPC countries, while Gucci and Alpina Coffee Systems defeated infringement claims and largely secured patent revocations. O... (more story)

The Department of Justice's shift on competition policy in relation to standard essential patents during the second Trump administration is disappointing as it has "gone too far" in favor of patent holders, a ... (more story)

Drugmakers struck licensing deals for cancer and metabolic treatments, while technology companies broadened agreements covering mobile communications, wireless charging and AI infrastructure, and Nokia saw pat... (more story)

Whether Anthropic's Claude spits out song lyrics verbatim, creates derivative works or generates new songs, Anthropic’s use of those lyrics isn't transformative, lawyers for music publishers argued Wednesday a... (more story)

The Judicial Conference of the United States's civil rules committee has not decided whether to pursue nationwide litigation funding disclosure requirements, as limited research and disagreements over the scop... (more story)

The US Patent and Trademark Office cut down on the patent application backlog and application pendency with targeted reforms to the way examiners spend their time, meeting FY26 goals, office leadership said We... (more story)

Standard implementers that question the quality of comparable licenses and offer binding arbitration could put pressure on patent owners to produce more agreements in support of injunction requests, Munich Jud... (more story)

Swedish drugmaker Novavax has failed to overturn a refusal of four “Matrix” trademark applications after the EU General Court on Wednesday found likely confusion with Brill International’s existing "Matrix ocu... (more story)