Winter IP Conference 2026: 5 November, London UK
After two highly successful and well-regarded annual events, we’re thrilled to announce the Winter Intellectual Property Conference 2026, now with a brand-new format designed to deliver even more value. This single-day event brings the entire IP community together...
Bangladesh faces unresolved question over whether AI can be an inventor
Bangladesh's relatively new patent framework appears to require a legally recognized inventor, but the country has yet to confront a DABUS-style application involving an autonomous AI system. Bangladesh could become an increasingly interesting jurisdiction in the...
Japan and Thailand deepen cooperation on patent examination and IP enforcement
Japan and Thailand are strengthening cooperation on intellectual property, including a new Patent Prosecution Highway initiative, examiner training, and measures to combat online counterfeiting. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Thailand's Department of Intellectual...
Vietnam expands use of IP rights as collateral and capital assets under new reforms
Vietnam is placing greater emphasis on the commercial value of intellectual property rights, with new rules allowing IP rights to be used for capital contributions, loan security, and civil and commercial transactions. Vietnam is moving toward treating intellectual...
ABG Intellectual Property expands strategic footprint across Spain with new Andalusia office
The firm's latest expansion highlights a long-term strategy focused on proximity to clients, access to regional innovation networks, and the delivery of specialized IP services beyond traditional business centers. Granada, Spain, September 15, 2026 – ABG Intellectual...
Pinsent Masons strengthens IP offering with new patent attorney partner Fred Nicolle in London
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Fred Nicolle as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) team in London, strengthening the firm's European patents and life sciences offering. Joining from Simmons & Simmons, Nicolle is a European and UK...
Bird & Bird appoints expert tech patent litigator as new partner in London
International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed experienced tech patent litigator Huw Edwards as a partner in its London Intellectual Property team. Edwards brings more than 20 years' experience in patent litigation, having started his career in private practice...
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Winter IP Conference 2026: 5 November, London UK
After two highly successful and well-regarded annual events, we’re thrilled to announce the Winter Intellectual Property Conference 2026, now with a brand-new format designed to deliver even more value. This single-day event brings the entire IP community together...
ABG Intellectual Property expands strategic footprint across Spain with new Andalusia office
The firm's latest expansion highlights a long-term strategy focused on proximity to clients, access to regional innovation networks, and the delivery of specialized IP services beyond traditional business centers. Granada, Spain, September 15, 2026 – ABG Intellectual...
Japan and Thailand deepen cooperation on patent examination and IP enforcement
Japan and Thailand are strengthening cooperation on intellectual property, including a new Patent Prosecution Highway initiative, examiner training, and measures to combat online counterfeiting. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Thailand's Department of Intellectual...
Pinsent Masons strengthens IP offering with new patent attorney partner Fred Nicolle in London
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Fred Nicolle as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) team in London, strengthening the firm's European patents and life sciences offering. Joining from Simmons & Simmons, Nicolle is a European and UK...
Bangladesh faces unresolved question over whether AI can be an inventor
Bangladesh's relatively new patent framework appears to require a legally recognized inventor, but the country has yet to confront a DABUS-style application involving an autonomous AI system. Bangladesh could become an increasingly interesting jurisdiction in the...
Vietnam expands use of IP rights as collateral and capital assets under new reforms
Vietnam is placing greater emphasis on the commercial value of intellectual property rights, with new rules allowing IP rights to be used for capital contributions, loan security, and civil and commercial transactions. Vietnam is moving toward treating intellectual...
India proposes new pharma and biotech patent examination guidelines
India's patent office has released draft examination guidelines for pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent applications, incorporating recent case law and developments in technology and patent practice. The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and...
Rothy’s secures injunction protecting design patents and trade dress in footwear dispute
A US federal court has entered a consent judgment and permanent injunction protecting Rothy's footwear designs, adopting stipulated findings that 10 design patents and trade dress rights associated with The Point and The Flat shoes are valid and infringed. The US...
China moves to strengthen IP enforcement as AI and 3D scanning create new challenges
China is introducing new measures aimed at addressing intellectual property challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI), 3D scanning, sophisticated counterfeiting, and potentially abusive litigation, according to a new report. China's judiciary and...
BRICS patent offices step up cooperation to tackle examination backlogs
BRICS intellectual property offices are deepening cooperation on patent examination, with a study examining ways to streamline processes, reduce backlogs, and improve the exchange of patent search results between member offices. The development follows the 18th...
Five keys for women in IP to become influential leaders
I will never forget the year I was up for partner. I was a patent litigator at a big firm, and I planned to work as hard as possible and prove myself. Instead, I had an experience that changed my legal career and my life – I landed in the hospital with a...
Anand and Anand successfully represents The Scent Stories in WIPO domain name dispute
New Delhi, September 1, 2026 - Anand and Anand has successfully represented The Scent Stories in proceedings before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, resulting in the dismissal of a complaint concerning the domain name www.thescentstories.com. In its...
Wi-Fi 7 Patent Landscape Report
Who is really leading the Wi-Fi 7 patent landscape? Wi-Fi 7 is rapidly moving toward widespread adoption, bringing a new generation of SEP licensing, portfolio, and litigation considerations. Insight IP’s latest research identifies 2,507 active, granted patent...
Drug Repurposing & Repositioning: Turning Scientific Opportunity into Commercial Reality
New Insight IP Boardroom Series Report | September 2026 Drug repurposing offers an attractive proposition: identifying new therapeutic uses for existing pharmaceutical compounds can reduce development timelines, leverage established safety data and lower some of the...
Anaqua study finds AI is redefining semiconductor innovation
The semiconductor industry is being transformed, and artificial intelligence (AI) is the driver. Anaqua, a leading provider of innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology and services, today released key findings from its 2026 Semiconductor...
Australian generics turn preliminary discovery into patent validity tool
Generic drug companies are using preliminary discovery in Australia to investigate whether they have grounds to challenge the validity of pharmaceutical patents, in a potentially significant development for patent litigation strategy. The issue arose in proceedings...
Trinidad and Tobago highlights changes to IP enforcement rules for imported goods
The Intellectual Property Office has published a notice concerning government amendments to the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, with particular implications for patent enforcement at the border. Trinidad and Tobago's Intellectual...
Singapore launches consultation on AI training, copyright, and patents
Singapore has launched a major public consultation examining how artificial intelligence should interact with the country's intellectual property regime, including the use of copyrighted works to train AI systems and the treatment of inventions created with AI...
China hits unauthorized patent agency practice with potentially record $2.5 million penalty
China has imposed what is believed to be the country's largest-ever penalty for unauthorized patent agency practice, with an Anhui regulator ordering the Anhui branch of Beijing BoXTe Patent Agency (General Partnership) to pay a total of RMB 17.08 million (more than...
TIER IV joins OIN 2.0 to advance open source SDV development
The global race to develop autonomous cars is a multi-billion-dollar competition. Multiple groups of legacy automobile manufacturers, commercial truck manufacturers, information technology companies, and AI and robotics developers are competing to replace or augment...
Chris McDonald MP appointed UK minister with responsibility for IP
Chris McDonald MP has been confirmed as the UK minister with responsibility for intellectual property as part of his role as Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Investment. Chris McDonald MP has been confirmed as the new UK minister with responsibility for...
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