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Despite clear benefits, AI diagnostics face high licensing hurdles in US

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Samsung-ZTE patent dispute's Chinese strand may chip away UK courts' sway

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Has the EU reached a dead end on Standard Essential Patents?

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Developers asking to revive US copyright claim against AI companies face skeptical panel February 12, 2026 | Amy Miller and Nick Robertson

Software developers urged a US appeals court to find that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does not have an identicality requirement, so their proposed class action can proceed against Microsoft, GitHub an... (more story)

Voicemonk takes on Google in India after patent victory against Walmart's Flipkart February 12, 2026 | Freny Patel

Following a patent victory against Walmart-owned Flipkart, California-based startup Voicemonk is suing Google in India for infringing artificial intelligence and Android patents. The Delhi High Court has refer... (more story)

OpenAI faces possible expanded ChatGPT log production as US discovery closes February 11, 2026 | Emma Whitford

OpenAI must quickly clarify the scope and status of a newly alleged repository of ChatGPT conversation logs, a US judge ordered Wednesday. The logs may include fresh evidence of copyright infringement just ahe... (more story)

Bipartisan Senate bill would require mandatory AI training transparency February 11, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would require AI companies to disclose the use of copyrighted works in model training before a new model is deployed. The bill expands upon previou... (more story)

UPC says all EU must be covered for unitary patent; declines top court referral February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

The Unified Patent Court's appeal judge has ruled that a European patent must cover all participating EU states to qualify for unitary protection, rejecting an attempt to exclude Malta and declining to seek gu... (more story)

Oatly loses 'post milk generation' trademark appeal at UK Supreme Court February 11, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Oatly, a maker of dairy-free milk alternatives, has lost the right to trademark the phrase “post milk generation” after the UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the use of the word “milk” violated retained... (more story)

Landmark AI patent decision sees UK Supreme Court throw out 'Aerotel approach' February 11, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Software patent applications in the UK will no longer be subject to an assessment of their technical contribution after the UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that courts should instead follow the approach ta... (more story)

Nexperia management to be probed, Dutch court orders after chip supply crisis (update*) February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

A Dutch court ordered a formal investigation into the management of chipmaker Nexperia, siding with the company’s European leadership in a dispute with its Chinese owner Wingtech Technology that has disrupted ... (more story)

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ECJ clarification of EU trademark opposition rules ends Brexit hangover February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Douglas Clarke-Williams

The EU’s top court has reaffirmed that EU trademarks can only be blocked by rights still in force at the time of the final decision on their registration. Experts say that in preventing oppositions based on ri... (more story)

Samsung-ZTE patent dispute's Chinese strand may chip away UK courts' sway February 09, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

ZTE is planning to use a forthcoming Chinese judgment over standard-essential patents to bring an end to parallel proceedings in the UK, and the question of whether the English court will allow it will have a ... (more story)

Innovators, advocates fight to save ‘America’s seed fund’ February 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A lapse in congressional authorization for two Small Business Administration programs has cut off federal support for innovation, including defense technologies and drug development. Advocates warn that prolon... (more story)

Apple, Optis patent retrial on tap in US with LTE essentiality still in dispute February 05, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Apple and Optis will choose a jury Friday in the same Texas courtroom they have already twice tried a bitter clash over patents purportedly essential to the 4G LTE cellular standard. Their third trial, ordere... (more story)

Has the EU reached a dead end on Standard Essential Patents? February 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Now that Germany has shut the door on EU guidance for Standard Essential Patents — with the federal court siding with VoiceAge in its dispute with HMD — the European Commission's strategy for the heated techno... (more story)

USPTO tackles personal branding as NIL, AI ramp up February 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The confluence of complex state and federal legal frameworks governing name, image and likeness (NIL) has led to a misperception that such rights exist only for the famous. With AI-powered deepfakes of ordinar... (more story)

Who files now matters as China reshapes its patent invalidation playbook February 04, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top intellectual property authority has drawn a procedural line, warning that patent challenges filed under borrowed names — without genuine intent from the named requester — may be halted before reaching the merits.

Snap, Nvidia scraping suits show how AI has transformed US scraping litigation February 04, 2026 | Mike Swift

Generative AI is taking data scraping disputes to a new level as the ravenous hunger to obtain ever larger oceans of data to train large language models has fueled legal combat across the US. While data-scrapi... (more story)