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Value Drug plausibly alleges Alkermes duped USPTO, judge says in antitrust suit September 24, 2026 | Chris May

Value Drug has plausibly alleged global biopharmaceutical company Alkermes violated federal antitrust law by protecting its monopoly on the drug naltrexone through material misrepresentations to the US Patent ... (more story)

Collision appeal raises stakes for future of patent injunctions September 24, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Opponents of restoring a presumption in favor of patent injunctions warned Wednesday that Collision Communications’ appeal against Samsung could reopen debate over the standard set by the US Supreme Court in e... (more story)

IP litigants can’t recover EUIPO legal costs through national courts, adviser says September 24, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

IP litigants cannot use national court proceedings to recover legal costs beyond those available under EU Intellectual Property Office rules, an adviser to the EU’s top court said, while leaving broader questi... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Sept. 18-24 September 24, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili and Inbar Preiss

The Unified Patent Court this week granted industrial tech giant Honeywell an injunction, while Samsung defeated Maxell after the patent at issue was revoked. Appeal judges also clarified costs during revocati... (more story)

IP licensing and business: Sept. 11-Sept. 24 September 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Licensing activity ranged across pharmaceuticals, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, connected vehicles, medical AI and data-center power, as companies struck drug-development and commercialization deals, tr... (more story)

China court factors token costs into damages for copied AI short drama September 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

A Chinese court has factored token-related computing costs into damages for the unauthorized copying of an artificial intelligence-assisted short drama, while finding that the series qualified for copyright pr... (more story)

Congressman floats US action against foreign court orders in global SEP disputes September 23, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

In public remarks Wednesday, US Representative Darrell Issa suggested the Trump administration should consider taking executive action to deny domestic effect to foreign court orders which impose global injunc... (more story)

Google's Gemini faces new EU copyright questions over AI training, summaries September 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Google faces a fresh EU copyright test over Gemini as the bloc's top court is asked whether AI training, prompts, retrieval of current web content and generated summaries can infringe press publishers' rights.... (more story)

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Rare USITC fast-track proceeding tests GG Technologies’ US investment September 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

GG Technologies’ NameDrop patent case against Apple is well suited to the US International Trade Commission’s rarely used 100-day procedure, four lawyers told MLex, because it presents a narrow question about ... (more story)

New Thomas Pink womenswear lines strain ‘PINK’ pact with Victoria’s Secret September 21, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A 2015 agreement allowed Victoria’s Secret and Thomas Pink Ltd. to end their global fight over “PINK” and coexist in different commercial terrain. Now, after the London shirtmaker’s assets have changed hands t... (more story)

How far can a software trademark reach? Autonomous cars put EU rules to the test September 21, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

A dispute over Deutsche Bahn's Kira trademark for autonomous-driving software and vehicles has prompted the European Union Intellectual Property Office to ask its top appeal board whether “computer software” i... (more story)

Via LA targets one-stop shop for AI data center patent licenses, president says September 18, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Via LA has launched its DRAM data center patent pool with three of the field’s top 15 largest patent holders and is negotiating with most of the rest, President Kevin Mack told MLex. A second group of new memb... (more story)

OpenAI’s failed UK trademark challenge deepens doubts over ‘GPT’ protectability September 18, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated UK trademark rights in “GPT” and “ChatGPT” while rejecting OpenAI’s bid to block ChainGPT LLC from registering its name there. The decision gives UK app... (more story)

India's life-sciences patent guidelines promise clarity, but consistency will be the test September 18, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's draft life-sciences patent guidelines could improve predictability without easing patentability standards, but their impact will depend on consistent examination and applying existing jurisprudence to ... (more story)

New Microsoft, OpenAI docs show knowledge of AI copying costs to US news firms September 18, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Mike Swift

Newly unsealed filings quote OpenAI and Microsoft employees and executives acknowledging that the unlicensed use of millions of news articles published by the New York Times and other news organizations to tra... (more story)

Pepsi's US trademark dispute could reshape brand choices, lawsuit strategy, lawyers say September 17, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Rise Brewing’s Supreme Court challenge to Pepsi could reshape trademark disputes by deciding whether juries or judges assess a mark’s conceptual strength, potentially affecting brand-selection strategies, mark... (more story)