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UPC affirms urgent evidence orders, sets standard for unannounced inspections
Applicants to the Unified Patent Court don't need to prove patent validity or disclose prior art unless it is clearly material to the decision to proceed without no... (more story)
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UK essential patent processes set for overhaul in name of innovation, growth
UK businesses are to see a growth-focused shakeup in the country's standard essential patents ecosystem. The Intellectual Property Office has launched a consultatio... (more story)
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Dolby-Lava verdict in India to reshape SEP suits involving 'patent holdout'
In a landmark ruling, an Indian court has dramatically reshaped litigation over standard essential patents by enabling swifter payments against "patent holdout" ta... (more story)
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Global fashion giant Prada found itself in the clear, at least for now, as an Indian court rejected public interest litigation concerning its "toe ring sandals," highlighting the crucial need for evidence in s... (more story)
US District Judge William Alsup has certified the first class action among dozens of lawsuits accusing artificial intelligence companies of copyright infringement, cuing up what he described as a “Napster-styl... (more story)
A group of Dutch news media outlets has formed the country's first national collective database to be licensed for training artificial intelligence, a move which aims to avoid them having to sue AI companies f... (more story)
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that exhibit panels and narrated scripts used in a city-run literary museum qualify as employer-owned works under the country’s work-for... (more story)
Global influenza vaccine company Seqirus’ opposition to US pharma giant Moderna’s patent application over a method for producing high-purity mRNA suitable for use in vaccines has been accepted by a delegate of... (more story)
In a recent ruling on a patent-validity dispute, China’s highest court has offered critical clarifications on how to identify individual technical elements in patent claims and how to interpret those claims wi... (more story)
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley came down hard against the use of unlicensed creative works for AI training during a US Senate hearing today, calling the practice immoral and un-American despite recent... (more story)
AstraZeneca's appeal of a major UK High Court decision on the concept of ‘plausibility’ was dismissed today and the company was denied permission to appeal further to the UK Supreme Court. The Court of Appeal ... (more story)
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Reliance on artificial intelligence to carry out increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks is on the rise. Findings by a US judge that voice cloning is nonactionable under current federal trademark and copyright... (more story)
China’s “dual-track” patent regulatory framework — where patent validity is assessed by the administrative authority while infringement disputes are handled by the courts — has come under increasing scrutiny. ... (more story)
Intellectual property owners hoping to put a quick end to online counterfeits continue to seek relief in the Northern District of Illinois in overwhelming numbers. It’s a practice one judge there has halted — ... (more story)
With the proliferation of deepfakes online, governments are racing to address the misuse of personal likeness through a mix of AI laws, court rulings and regulatory reforms. Denmark has proposed new copyright ... (more story)
Tesla has been granted permission to appeal a decision against it by the UK Court of Appeal on FRAND terms for a global license to 5G patents. The Court of Appeal had upheld the ruling in favor of InterDigital... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority has set a significant precedent in its handling of standard-essential patents following a ruling in a 5G licensing dispute brought by Motorola and Lenovo against Ericsson, accusi... (more story)
In its next term, the US Supreme Court will tackle contributory liability for Internet service providers who fail to disable access for subscribers repeatedly and credibly accused of copyright infringement. B... (more story)
European companies that want to apply for a patent — especially in the chemical and materials sectors — may need to file their request earlier, and reconsider relying on secrecy as a long-term intellectual pro... (more story)