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Implant company drops UK patent claims despite UPC Kodak ruling June 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Establishment Labs withdrew the UK portion of its case against GC Aesthetics at the Unified Patent Court, opting instead to litigate UK-specific issues in parallel national proceedings. A recent Court of Appea... (more story)

Japan patent panel to revisit AI, cross-border invention rules June 05, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s patent policy panel will discuss cross-border network inventions, artificial intelligence and infringement deterrence, putting digital patent enforcement and AI-related patent rules back before the Jap... (more story)

Zee's FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights upheld by Indian court June 05, 2026 | Freny Patel

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has won a dynamic anti-piracy injunction allowing the real-time blocking of rogue websites that illegally stream the FIFA World Cup 2026 in India. Zee holds the tournament's exclu... (more story)

US Supreme Court narrows inducement liability for 'skinny label' generic drugs June 04, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that generic drug manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals' FDA-approved skinny label and marketing materials describing its product as equivalent to Amarin Pharma's bran... (more story)

IP licensing and business: May 22-June 4 June 04, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Companies across the music, technology and life sciences sectors announced over the past two weeks licensing transactions involving AI, standard essential patents, drug candidates and rare earth technologies. ... (more story)

This week at the UPC: May 29-June 4 June 04, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss

The UPC this week inaugurated its Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre in Ljubljana, and confirmed in the Kodak-Fujifilm dispute that it can hear infringement claims involving UK patents. Judges also dismis... (more story)

Japan IP Court to review JPO cancellations of Keyence factory-dashboard patents June 04, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

One of Japan’s leading factory-automation companies is challenging two Japan Patent Office decisions that cancelled related patents for PLC dashboard technology after opposition from a small Japanese company.

China's top court upholds specialty food trademark, rejects challenge June 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s highest court has rejected a request to reopen a trademark dispute involving a geographical indication, preserving protection for a regional food brand and bringing to a close a legal challenge that la... (more story)

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Supreme Court ruling sets stage for renewed US fight over drug patents June 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A timely US House Judiciary IP subcommittee hearing this week underscored the divide over the ability — and some say obligation — of Congress to speed cheaper generic and biosimilar drugs to the market.

World Cup piracy concerns spotlight limits of US copyright enforcement June 05, 2026 | Nick Robertson

As one of three countries hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, sporting leagues have warned that the absence in the US of dynamic site-blocking injunctions, which are available in Canada and Mexico, will hamper ef... (more story)

Practitioners see big upsides to USPTO ‘Pre-Docketing Notice’ pilot program June 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new initiative from the US Patent and Trademark Office nudges patent applicants to take a fresh look at applications that may have been sitting idle for years. That should lead to improved claims, cleaner pr... (more story)

SEP holders turn their attention to medtech June 04, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Owners of standard essential patents, or SEPs, are increasingly looking to medtech companies for possible licensing arrangements. The sector brings extra challenges for entities looking to enforce their patent... (more story)

TikTok faces Japan's first AI voice clone test as actor seeks deletion June 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

A Japanese actor’s deletion suit against TikTok over an allegedly AI-generated imitation of his voice could test how existing law protects commercially recognizable voices — and when platforms must remove disp... (more story)

Pappas nomination could add rare patent expertise to USITC June 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The nomination Monday of Peter-Anthony Pappas, who leads IP policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee, to the US International Trade Commission could bring much needed expertise to a quasi-judicial body that's... (more story)

Three years in, lawmaker says more EU countries should join Unified Patent Court June 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

For the Unified Patent Court to live up to its potential as a tool for supporting the EU's single market, more member states should be convinced to sign up, a veteran German European Parliament lawmaker that h... (more story)

Trade secret experts divided after US Federal Circuit erases Insulet win June 01, 2026 | Steve Scherer and Nick Robertson

A precedential decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that Insulet's trade-secret claims were time-barred has sparked debate among practitioners about when the Defend Trade Secre... (more story)