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Former USPTO acting director backs challenges to PTAB denial guidance June 30, 2025 | Nick Robertson

Former US Patent and Trademark Office acting Director Joe Matal has filed an amicus brief that lends weight to Motorola’s mandamus petition targeting the office’s recent withdrawal of its guidance on discretio... (more story)

UK government faces mass compensation claim over EU copyright law June 30, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

The UK Government is facing a class action by two US unions who say it owes money to more than 30,000 performers because it failed to follow EU copyright legislation between 2016 and 2022 which would have seen... (more story)

Copyright clash between Cox, Sony heads to US Supreme Court June 30, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Following a steady stream of denials in intellectual property disputes over the preceding 12 months, the US Supreme Court today granted a petition for writ of certiorari by Cox Communications Inc. which asks w... (more story)

Expanded view of aesthetic functionality doctrine rejected in US trademark row June 30, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Infringement defendant Miss Me has been denied a summary judgment that an embossed horseshoe on its accused jeanswear is aesthetically functional, with a US judge clarifying that the proper inquiry involves pl... (more story)

EU Commission warns of overblocking in Italian anti-piracy draft law (update*) June 30, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The European Commission has asked Italy to revise its draft anti-piracy regulation to better align with the EU's Digital Services Act, warning of inadequate protections against erroneously taking down online c... (more story)

AI challenges shake up Japan's design patent laws and virtual goods protections June 30, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japanese patent authorities are weighing significant changes to design patent rules amid growing concerns that generative AI is disrupting longstanding concepts of creativity and novelty, while also testing th... (more story)

Indian court's 'red card' blocks digital pirates from streaming FIFA World Cup June 30, 2025 | Freny Patel

Rogue websites capitalizing on the borderless nature of the Internet have met their match, as an Indian court has wielded a "dynamic+" injunction to defend the global streaming rights of British sports platfor... (more story)

UK trademark applicants to face scrutiny over bad faith filings June 27, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

New guidance on bad faith trademark applications has been issued by the UK Intellectual Property Office in the wake of the SkyKick v Sky judgment from the UK Supreme Court. Under the new guidance, trademark ap... (more story)

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DOJ, USPTO statement of interest comes in Fortress-backed case June 27, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A joint statement of interest by the US Patent and Trademark Office and Department of Justice in a Texas infringement case against Samsung pushes back on the assumption that nonpracticing entities can be adequ... (more story)

Piracy at the click of a button sees urgent call for stronger injunctions June 27, 2025 | Freny Patel

The escalating global fight against online and mobile piracy necessitates innovative legal approaches to counter a persistent threat. Many intellectual property lawyers argue that powerful tools such as dynami... (more story)

Congress IP reformers relying on Trump support to pass bills June 26, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The members of Congress from both chambers who are hoping to pass a group of patent reform bills this term need President Trump’s help to get past a political roadblock in the House Judiciary Committee, Texas ... (more story)

AI and copyright remains a vexed issue in UK after lawmakers' intervention fails June 26, 2025 | Frank Hersey

The interests of AI developers have been pitted against those of the creative industry in the UK in recent weeks as lawmakers mounted an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to get legislation passed that would hel... (more story)

Claude ‘guardrails’ spare Anthropic from thornier inquiry in US copyright case June 26, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Last month’s report on copyright and artificial intelligence delivered the artificial intelligence industry a blow when the US Copyright Office refused to declare the use of protected works in AI training inhe... (more story)

EPO’s decision on claim interpretation ends decades-long drift in patent law June 25, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The European Patent Office has reaffirmed that patent claim interpretation must always consider the description and drawings, as its top board overturned a “primacy of the claim” doctrine that stretches back d... (more story)

Patent Prosecution Highway program advantages China over US, critics say June 24, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program, intended to allow international patent applications to move more quickly through the US Patent and Trademark Office, is giving Chinese inventors an upper hand over... (more story)

Supreme Court hints at IP thaw, invites government views in 'skinny label' row June 24, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

US Solicitor General D. John Sauer was asked yesterday to weigh in on whether label carveouts for patented methods of use insulate drugmakers from induced infringement liability when their product is advertise... (more story)