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Patents owners warn EU against strengthened requirements for technology pools
The European Commission has been told by patent owners that extensive requirements for technology pools will prove costly and cumbersome, according to a document se... (more story)
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UPC blocks cross-border patent claims while broader questions remain pending
The Unified Patent Court ruled that it cannot hear infringement claims relating to non-UPC patent rights when jurisdiction is based on the “place of harm” rule, app... (more story)
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Japan Supreme Court takes baby chair case to clarify applied art copyright protection
Japan’s Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the design of the widely recognized Tripp Trapp infant chair can qualify for copyright protection. The case could... (more story)
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The US Patent and Trademark Office has found itself in the middle of a political conflict after Director John Squires made the unprecedented decision to file trademark applications for the “Board of Peace” in ... (more story)
Critical works, consisting of a version of a work in the public domain accompanied by original commentary, fall under copyright protection, the EU’s highest court has said. But the decision could undermine exi... (more story)
Chinese electronic-components maker Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics has gained ground in its long-running patent dispute with Japan’s Murata Manufacturing, securing a fresh round of favorable decisions invalidati... (more story)
US Patent and Trademark Office commissioners said at an IP conference Thursday that the office will begin deploying prior art search and pre-examination AI tools to patent and trademark examiners in the coming... (more story)
This week, the Unified Patent Court saw key rulings on infringement, fair licensing defenses in standard essential patent disputes, and jurisdiction clarifications. Judges also issued rulings on procedural rul... (more story)
The European Commission has been told by patent owners that extensive requirements for technology pools will prove costly and cumbersome, according to a document seen by MLex. The push, comprising stakeholders... (more story)
The head of the EU Intellectual Property Office has suggested that EU businesses could be given the option of cheaper filing for trademark protection for five rather than ten years, saying that the current sys... (more story)
A Tokyo court rejected a real estate firm’s claim that former employees misappropriated customer data to fuel a rival business, holding that overlapping deals and employee departures weren’t enough to prove tr... (more story)
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AI developers and the creative industry alike face continued uncertainty following a keenly awaited UK government report this week on how copyright protections are handled in AI model training. The government ... (more story)
A broad policy shift came into sharper focus this week as the US Patent and Trademark Office moved to limit foreign participation at both ends of the patent system — limiting access to administrative challenge... (more story)
A US appeals panel did not appear poised Wednesday to decide if allegedly stripping copyright management information from online content can confer standing on its own — a question that has divided lower court... (more story)
Plaintiffs hoping to leverage litigation against original equipment manufacturers in licensing talks with upstream suppliers may have a new play in the enforcement playbook courtesy of Onesta IP. But a win for... (more story)
The Unified Patent Court ruled that it cannot hear infringement claims relating to non-UPC patent rights when jurisdiction is based on the “place of harm” rule, appeal judges ruled in favor of OpenAI, Adobe an... (more story)
Last week’s changes to design patent eligibility in the US, such as the eligibility of projected and virtual designs, follow in the footsteps of broader reforms in the EU, but critics of the US changes say the... (more story)
On the heels of recent decisions upholding his near-total discretion over America Invents Act patent challenges, US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Wednesday singled out the domestic footp... (more story)
Japan’s copyright policymakers are moving to introduce a new payment right that would require businesses to pay performers and record producers when recorded music is played or relayed as background music in p... (more story)