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US patent head defends examiner 'national security' designation November 21, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s acting commissioner of patents wrote in a court declaration this week that the Trump administration designation of patent examiners as performing “national security” work i... (more story)

Scientist refused permission to appeal in landmark UK AI inventorship case November 21, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Computer scientist Stephen Thaler, who tried to name an AI program as the inventor of two patents, has been refused permission to appeal over the refusal of an attempt to instead list himself as the inventor. ... (more story)

Copyright hub for creators, lawmakers sees EUIPO expand its remit November 21, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Expanding beyond trademarks, the EU Intellectual Property Office promises that its new Copyright Knowledge Center can coordinate EU and global copyright initiatives and support transparency, licensing and AI t... (more story)

Playtech loses permission to have trade secrets case heard in the UK November 21, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

PlayTech, a developer of online gambling games, has lost permission to have its trade secrets claim against Realtime SIA, a Latvian games developer, heard in the UK after a judge on Friday agreed with an appea... (more story)

Cloudflare held liable in Japan for aiding manga piracy in groundbreaking ruling November 21, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network.

IP licensing and business: Nov. 7-Nov. 21 November 20, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Settlements of patent litigation have led to a spate of new licensing agreements in the wireless connectivity space, including major deals between HP and the Wilus Institute of Technology, among others.

EU needs stronger measures to fight livestream piracy, commission says November 20, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission said its 2023 anti-piracy guidelines failed to curb livestream piracy and it will consider new EU-wide measures and stronger cross-border cooperation to improve enforcement consistency.

This week at the UPC: Nov. 14-20 November 20, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Only one ruling was issued this week, as the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered a German surface-finishing equipment maker access to an expert report in its patent dispute with a Spanish technology company.

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Wuxi DK-Gonda case rekindles debate as China moves to curb malicious IP lawsuits November 21, 2025 | MLex Staff

How to hold patent owners liable for “malicious” infringement lawsuits has become one of China’s most contentious judicial questions, as a solar-materials maker strikes back at its accuser over alleged abusive litigation.

Kristen Osenga on patent optimism and legislative inaction November 19, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

From the research awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics to a patentee-friendly shift at the US Patent and Trademark Office, innovation is having a moment. Kristen Osenga tells MLex the attention is long ov... (more story)

Is the UK’s AI training and copyright regime suffering a conceptual crisis? November 18, 2025 | Frank Hersey

A recent ruling in a case by Getty Images against Stability AI has provided some clarification on how the UK copyright regime handles AI training, the models and their output. But it also highlighted problems ... (more story)

USPTO puts pendency, backlog in its crosshairs with new initiatives November 17, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Recent changes aimed at shortening the time it takes to receive a first office action from the US Patent and Trademark Office could be especially beneficial for solo inventors and other small and medium-sized ... (more story)

Handling of Yangtze Memory-led patent challenges a slippery slope for USPTO November 14, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

An order to show cause this week by US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has rankled some in the intellectual property space, domestically and abroad.

Japan court tests limits of cross-border IP control in US skateboarder brand dispute November 13, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s courts have drawn a clearer line between use rights and ownership in the long-running dispute between US skateboarder Mark Gonzales and Tokyo-based Sakura International, curbing a former licensee’s abi... (more story)

I-MAK's Tahir Amin presses US Congress on effect of patents on drug prices November 12, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Tahir Amin, CEO of the IP advocacy group Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge, is urging lawmakers to examine how patent practices such as evergreening and thickets drive up drug costs. While critic... (more story)

China inches closer to claiming half of global patent filings November 12, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A new report by the World Intellectual Property Organization shows global patent prosecution continuing to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. The gains are largely attributable to intellectual property o... (more story)