Intellectual Property

English law determines whether a prior foreign judgment prevents parties from reopening issues in a multinational copyright dispute, the UK Court of Appeal ruled Friday. Aviator LLC and two affiliates won thei... (more story)

Detailed AI patent disclosure guidance does not always translate into tougher examination, practitioners said this week, citing inconsistent application in India and a Brazilian review that found no disclosure... (more story)

China remains the clear leader by the size of its drone-related patent portfolio, but when it comes to patent strength, the United States has a slight edge as a growing number of companies challenge the indust... (more story)

Retired federal judge Alan Albright said at a conference Thursday that he’s concerned about the lack of district court judges that show interest in taking on substantial patent dockets. He also urged clearer a... (more story)

UK patent applicants will be treated as having filed a divisional on time if the first substantive examination report on the parent application has not been issued. Thursday’s guidance by the UK Intellectual P... (more story)

Apple asked a US federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by YouTube content creators whose videos have allegedly been used for training generative AI video models, arguing that Apple didn't circumvent any tec... (more story)

This week, the UPC Court of Appeal restored Nvidia’s and Keysight Technologies’ rights to appeal decisions, leaving their conditional patent-revocation counterclaims undecided after findings of noninfringement... (more story)

Europe needs trusted methods for valuing intellectual property to encourage banks to lend against companies’ IP assets, EUIPO chief João Negrão said. The agency is preparing an IP-backed finance framework as B... (more story)