The trademark fight over George Orwell’s "Animal Farm" has reached the EU General Court, where judges are asked whether a famous book title can become too culturally familiar to function as a brand. The appeal... (more story)

Refusal by the full US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its approach to design patent infringement preserves the ability of district courts to assess visual similarity and functionality b... (more story)

India's Patent Office is embracing artificial intelligence to speed patent examination while reserving decisions for human officers, but rigorous verification could erode the efficiency gains that the technolo... (more story)

Precedent requires the US Patent and Trademark Office to apply obviousness-type double patenting based on a risk of multiple-owner harassment even in the absence of unjustified patent-term extension — but Dire... (more story)

An Indian high court ruling draws a distinction between accessing licensed content and commercially exploiting it. The Calcutta High Court order, while limited to a single hotel, could potentially require hote... (more story)

Former US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart told MLex that she left the agency last week after concluding that Director John Squires wanted to focus the office's policy agenda on ... (more story)

German music rights group GEMA’s win against Suno tests whether European right holders can use local courts to challenge AI training carried out abroad, and whether collecting societies can become copyright en... (more story)

Japan is betting that court-developed personality rights can govern AI voice and likeness cloning, avoiding a dedicated synthetic identity law while leaving difficult questions of commercial control and liability unresolved.