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)

Shenzhen SKE Technology, a Chinese vape maker, has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in security ahead of a UK hearing for its claim of design infringement against UK-based competitor Vapepen... (more story)

The Indian Performing Right Society has secured another court victory in its effort to collect music royalties from hotels, with a Varanasi court dismissing a hotel's challenge to its licensing demands. The ru... (more story)

China’s market regulator plans to strengthen trade-secret enforcement and formalize links between administrative and criminal authorities, while stepping up protection in sectors including integrated circuits,... (more story)

Naver told a South Korean court on Tuesday that it had informed the country's three major broadcasters in 2018 and 2020 of its plans to use their news content to develop artificial intelligence models, as the ... (more story)

E-commerce platform Shein’s application to trademark its new “Shein Icon” brand has been rejected by the UK Intellectual Property Office after Dsquared2 successfully opposed it on the grounds that it was too s... (more story)

French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier has started litigation against makers of generic drugs in the Netherlands in a bid to ensure they are on the hook for any damages claims from lawsuits bro... (more story)