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Trademark friction evinces growing commercial stakes in US higher education

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US Congress considers 'Netflix for antibiotics' funding model

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As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets

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Yangtze Memory IPO puts patent strategy under spotlight amid Micron fight August 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

Yangtze Memory Technologies’ proposed 33 billion yuan ($4.9 billion) listing has put its patent strategy under fresh scrutiny, highlighting how the intellectual-property portfolio underpinning its global rise ... (more story)

Novartis preserves India injunction against 'NOVIETS' mark August 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

Novartis retained an interim injunction against Noviets Pharma after a division bench of the Delhi High Court found a prima facie risk of confusion between their marks, stressing stricter scrutiny for pharmace... (more story)

New UK minister for IP, Chris McDonald, wins industry welcome for experience August 21, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

UK lawmaker Chris McDonald has won a welcome from industry after being handed responsibility for intellectual property. The former chemical engineer will oversee the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Cop... (more story)

Ex-Google engineer acquitted of economic espionage after US jury conviction August 20, 2026 | Amy Miller

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)

Munich court sets SEP licensing guide with discount for Chinese portfolios August 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Germany’s busiest standard-essential patent court has set out a test for patent user willingness and a rebuttable 15 percent discount for portfolios held by Chinese companies in new detailed guidelines for ass... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Aug. 14-20 August 20, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

UPC appeal judges clarified how national and UPC law interact for pre-2023 infringement, while also setting rules for conditional revocation appeals and strict evidence-production deadlines. Elsewhere, Abbott,... (more story)

Chinese vape maker ordered to pay security ahead of case against UK rivals August 20, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Shenzhen SKE Technology, a Chinese vape maker, has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in security ahead of a UK hearing for its claim of design infringement against UK-based competitor Vapepen... (more story)

Another Indian hotel's challenge to music royalty demands fails August 20, 2026 | Freny Patel

The Indian Performing Right Society has secured another court victory in its effort to collect music royalties from hotels, with a Varanasi court dismissing a hotel's challenge to its licensing demands. The ru... (more story)

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Early test of USPTO's ex parte preorder filing leads to re-exam denial August 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Patent and Trademark Office determined last week that a request for ex parte re-examination of a Xiamen PVTECH Corp. patent does not raise a substantial new question of patentability, an early example o... (more story)

India lets AI into patent examination — but who's really deciding? August 21, 2026 | Freny Patel

India's Patent Office is putting formal rules around the use of artificial intelligence across patent examination while drawing a line against allowing AI to replace examiner judgment. The safeguards look robu... (more story)

Trademark friction evinces growing commercial stakes in US higher education August 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

US colleges and universities have long protected their intellectual property, but a series of recent trademark disputes show how aggressively some are enforcing their rights — including against each other.

US Congress considers 'Netflix for antibiotics' funding model August 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A bill to de-link antimicrobial innovation funding from volume and instead rely on fixed-rate funding for new drugs is gaining momentum in Washington, building off similar successful programs in the UK and Swe... (more story)

Collapse of German carmakers' LNG doesn’t mean collective bargaining is dead August 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Inbar Preiss

The collapse of Germany’s proposed automotive licensing negotiation group lays bare deep uncertainty over LNGs. Divergent EU, UK and US antitrust approaches, established patent pools and limited practical expe... (more story)

Colorado tests a new way for artists to own, finance their work August 20, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Colorado has created a new business structure aimed at helping artists raise outside capital without surrendering control of their work. The Artist Company, or A-Corp, is a specialized LLC requiring artists to... (more story)

As Big Pharma patents age, smaller biotechs hold the most clinical-stage assets August 19, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Big Pharma is under growing pressure to restock its drug pipelines as an unusually large wave of patent expirations threatens hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. That urgency is intensifying competitio... (more story)

China aligns administrative SEP enforcement on FRAND, testing speed, consistency August 18, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has closed a key gap in its standard essential patent regime by requiring administrative authorities to consider fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing conduct before ordering an implementer to... (more story)