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Fish & Richardson adopts cross-functional SEP approach with new practice group
This week Fish & Richardson announced Benjamin Elacqua and Christina McDonough will co-lead the firm’s new standard-essential patents practice. The two principals t... (more story)
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Simplification of UK design protections could weaken rights holders’ defenses
Proposals to simplify the UK's legal framework for unregistered designs are raising concern over the potential for rights holders to be left with a narrower path to... (more story)
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Chinese court rules virtual humans qualify as copyrightable artwork
A Chinese court has ruled that virtual human images can be protected as artworks under copyright law if they show originality, siding with two companies that accuse... (more story)
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China’s top intellectual property regulator has improved the efficiency and quality of its handling of patent appeals and invalidation requests, new figures released at a conference in Beijing show.
Switzerland, Sweden, the US, the UK and Singapore rank at the top of global innovation, while China breaks into the top 10, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. Research and development g... (more story)
South Korea has pledged to ease regulatory hurdles for artificial intelligence developers by adopting fair-use guidelines for copyrighted content and revising related laws as early as November. The government ... (more story)
Artificial intelligence is reshaping intellectual property law in patenting and trade secrets, exposing gaps across jurisdictions and adding pressure on innovation policy, according to discussions at an intern... (more story)
A UK surgeon has lost a claim that he is entitled to the patent for a blood-flow monitoring device. The Intellectual Property Office found that Ali Kordzadeh’s initial proposal and subsequent contributions to ... (more story)
Japanese cabinet ministers, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, held the first meeting of the Artificial Intelligence Strategy Headquarters on Friday to discuss a draft basic plan under the recently implemen... (more story)
Katy Perry’s reputation as a singer didn’t spill over into a reputation as a purveyor of clothing, and her decision to use her name to brand her clothing couldn’t have been predicted, Australia’s top court has... (more story)
China is expected to complete an overhaul of its patent-examination guidelines by early 2026, introducing clearer standards for artificial intelligence-related patents and tougher measures against “bad faith” ... (more story)
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A potential $1.5 billion deal in California federal court between book authors and Anthropic shows that the manner in which a company procures copyrighted content has the potential to make or break its defense... (more story)
India's top court upheld the quashing of investigations against Ericsson and Monsanto, ending a 12-year legal battle. The Supreme Court of India's silence on the conflict between the patents and competition ac... (more story)
Advocates for the US pharmaceutical industry argue that the lack of regulatory data protections and long patent pendency in the Brazilian intellectual property system are holding them, and Brazil, back. Meanwh... (more story)
Proposals to simplify the UK's legal framework for unregistered designs are raising concern over the potential for rights holders to be left with a narrower path to protect their designs. While the existing sy... (more story)
Just four months after taking office, the Lee Jae Myung administration has unveiled a sweeping plan to remake South Korea’s bureaucracy, setting the stage for one of the most consequential reorganizations in d... (more story)
Competing in the world’s largest market for robotic vacuum cleaners, China’s leading suppliers are locked in patent wars at home — and the fight is now spilling into global courtrooms.
The US Patent and Trademark Office, European Union Patent Office and others have made no bones about their reliance on artificial intelligence to streamline patent examination. Those efforts are being matched ... (more story)
Japan is leaning on police-led criminal enforcement of trade secrets, even as a recent government survey shows weak corporate safeguards — leaving companies vulnerable to leaks, liability and prosecution.