Patent policy and trade groups overwhelmingly oppose a proposed US Patent and Trademark Office rule that would mandate the disclosure of real-parties-in-interest in ex parte reexamination requests, calling the... (more story)

InterDigital has expanded its fight with Disney at the Unified Patent Court, saying the company’s shift to a different video-encoding technology for some Disney+ content does not avoid an earlier patent injunc... (more story)

Yangtze Memory Technologies’ proposed 33 billion yuan ($4.9 billion) listing has put its patent strategy under fresh scrutiny, highlighting how the intellectual-property portfolio underpinning its global rise ... (more story)

Novartis retained an interim injunction against Noviets Pharma after a division bench of the Delhi High Court found a prima facie risk of confusion between their marks, stressing stricter scrutiny for pharmace... (more story)

UK lawmaker Chris McDonald has won a welcome from industry after being handed responsibility for intellectual property. The former chemical engineer will oversee the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Cop... (more story)

Former Google engineer Linwei Ding has been acquitted on seven counts of economic-espionage after US District Judge Vince Chhabria said prosecutors failed prove that he intended to benefit the Chinese governme... (more story)

Germany’s busiest standard-essential patent court has set out a test for patent user willingness and a rebuttable 15 percent discount for portfolios held by Chinese companies in new detailed guidelines for ass... (more story)

UPC appeal judges clarified how national and UPC law interact for pre-2023 infringement, while also setting rules for conditional revocation appeals and strict evidence-production deadlines. Elsewhere, Abbott,... (more story)