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Chinese court clarifies distinctiveness test for phrase trademarks in Penhaligon's case April 29, 2026 | MLex Staff

China’s top court has clarified how to assess whether trademarks consisting of short phrases are distinctive and eligible for registration, in a retrial involving British perfume house Penhaligon’s.

India announces a 3-year fee waiver for IP registrations related to sports April 29, 2026 | Freny Patel

India has announced a three-year fee waiver for intellectual property registrations related to sports to boost innovation, encourage filings and support manufacturing. The idea is to shift the sector toward IP... (more story)

Aligos’ licensing deal in China broadens trial scope, secures immediate $25m April 28, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Aligos Therapeutics’ recent China licensing deal for chronic hepatitis B therapies enables it to broaden clinical development, generate more data, and tap into the world’s largest market for these treatments.

ValueLicensing’s UK competition claim rests on copyright, Microsoft says April 28, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Microsoft told UK appeal judges on Tuesday that ValueLicensing would have no competition-law claim against the tech giant if its reselling of software licenses broke copyright rules. At the UK Court of Appeal,... (more story)

Grand Kangxi clears Skyworks patent dispute as ITC case, lawsuits withdrawn April 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

A Section 337 probe and related US patent-infringement lawsuits initiated by Skyworks Solutions against China’s chipmaker Grand Kangxi Communication Technologies (Shanghai) have been withdrawn, ending a nearly... (more story)

Data moats, copyright gaps cloud India's AI plans for machine learning April 28, 2026 | Freny Patel

Legal experts warn of a "legislative paradox" in India’s artificial intelligence regulation push, saying the proposed framework could favor large technology companies while leaving key issues such as labor dis... (more story)

Chinese court upholds Innoscience GaN patents in dispute with Infineon April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Innoscience has secured another legal victory in its ongoing patent dispute with Infineon Technologies, after a Chinese court upheld the validity of two of its core gallium nitride, or GaN, patents.

Japan IP Court overturns JPO resin patent ruling, finds invention obvious April 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s IP High Court has canceled a JPO, decision that upheld a thermoplastic resin patent used in display materials, finding that the invention was obvious and that its claimed performance benefits weren’t c... (more story)

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Tesla, InterDigital divided on patent pool rights in face-off at UK’s top court April 29, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Landmark litigation between Tesla and InterDigital saw arguments aired in a UK Supreme Court hearing this week that centered on a dispute between the parties over whether or not the English courts’ jurisdictio... (more story)

UpCodes co-founder reflects on Third Circuit fair use win April 29, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Garrett Reynolds, co-founder of code access startup UpCodes, says a recent ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirming the company’s fair use defense marks a significant moment not just... (more story)

Test of USPTO power, Federal Circuit deference, teed up in Google cert petition April 28, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s position that after six years without a substantive challenge to validity a patent owner rightfully forms a “settled expectation” that their asset is inter partes review-pr... (more story)

Albright exit spotlights shortage of IP expertise on US bench April 23, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A rule change in 2022 may have blunted Judge Alan Albright’s outsized impact on the domestic patent landscape, but the former Bracewell LLP partner has continued to preside over some of the most consequential ... (more story)

Patent insurers cite NPE litigation, USPTO shift as growth drivers April 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

What was once a niche product is moving into the mainstream as companies that depend heavily on their patent portfolios drive demand for defensive patent insurance, a trend that insurers attribute in part to r... (more story)

Tech groups warn against EU SEP customs enforcement, patent holders seek stronger rules April 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Tech companies asked the EU to exclude standard-essential patents from customs enforcement, warning that border measures are ill-suited to complex licensing disputes and could bypass EU rules on good-faith neg... (more story)

US Supreme Court could rethink induced infringement with ‘skinny label’ case April 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

The US Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma next week over what constitutes induced patent infringement for generic medications sold with a so-called “skinny la... (more story)

Japan's draft AI code pits transparency demands against innovation concerns April 23, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s draft code on generative AI transparency and intellectual property has exposed a clear divide between rights holders seeking enforceable safeguards and AI developers warning of impractical disclosure o... (more story)