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Uncertainty over courts, policy threaten role of US as IP leader
US courts still handle some of the world’s highest-stakes intellectual property disputes but their status as the forum of choice may be fading. If that shift accele... (more story)
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EU leans on trade deals to lift IP standards, but critics want more
The EU is using new trade agreements with Indonesia and Mercosur as leverage to strengthen intellectual property protection abroad. Critics say Brussels could push ... (more story)
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VoiceAge win signals tougher line on patent antitrust defenses in Germany
Germany’s top court backed VoiceAge in its standard essential patent dispute with HMD, ruling that companies must provide prompt financial security to rely on EU an... (more story)
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US courts still handle some of the world’s highest-stakes intellectual property disputes but their status as the forum of choice may be fading. If that shift accelerates, stakeholders say it could further erod... (more story)
Licensing deals in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries made the most news in recent weeks, while patent pool administrator Via LA continued the growth of its automotive Qi Wireless patent pool in China.
Puma Sports has told an Indian court that it will stop playing disputed sound recordings in stores amid a licensing row with Phonographic Performance, which contests Puma’s reliance on other copyright society licenses.
Spyros Melaris, who produced a 1995 pseudo-documentary of a hoax alien autopsy, has failed in his effort to block filmmaker Louis Theroux’s production company from distributing its own documentary on Melaris’s film
The EU is finalizing a major overhaul of its pharmaceutical rules. While generic drugmakers welcome steps that could speed up market entry, they warn that new supply requirements and procedural changes may cre... (more story)
The Unified Patent Court published only a few decisions this week. The court upheld Austrian packaging company Messerle’s patent on a locking mechanism for cardboard food trays, but denied its infringement. In... (more story)
Nokia’s effort to have a dispute with Warner Bros and Paramount heard in Finland rather than in the English courts is likely to end up at the Court of Appeal in London after the Finnish company acknowledged th... (more story)
The estate of the canonical author's late wife has appealed to the EU General Court after EUIPO refused “George Orwell” as a trademark for books and cultural services, ruling the name describes content rather ... (more story)
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A growing controversy over the recipe underlying certain Reese’s-branded seasonal and novelty candies presents a broader legal and commercial question: how much can a company change follow-on products while ke... (more story)
By sparing OpenAI from handing over internal conversations about its deletion of pirated books amassed for chatbot development, a US court has sent a reassuring message to artificial intelligence companies loo... (more story)
Germany’s top court backed VoiceAge in its standard essential patent dispute with HMD, ruling that companies must provide prompt financial security to rely on EU antitrust defenses. Judges rejected a rigid rea... (more story)
As breakthroughs become increasingly collaborative and data-driven, intellectual property strategies are evolving in tandem. With Michelle Durborow and Jim McNasby at the helm, the Michael J. Fox Foundation fo... (more story)
A US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision siding with the US Patent and Trademark Office in Apple’s challenge to the NHK-Fintiv standard is a victory for the office, reinforcing the director’s bro... (more story)
A sham corporation formed for the purported purpose of accessing a proprietary software program to improve the functionality of an artificial intelligence insurance tool was enjoined last week in the US. But ... (more story)
As Apple gears up to challenge UK findings it owes $502 million plus interest in global standard essential patent (SEP) royalties, its victory with a Texas jury last week extinguishes any lingering concerns of... (more story)
US Patent and Trademark Office deputy director Coke Morgan Stewart had warm words this week for inventors and the technology transfer offices who shepherd their ideas over the commercial finish line. But her f... (more story)