With the European Commission acting as legislator and regulator, and the European Parliament and Council representing the European executive power, Brussels is home to some of the main European institutions as well as lobbyists. Early July, two ads portraying opposing...

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that partners Ngai Zhang and Drew Schulte have joined the firm’s expanding Intellectual Property (IP) practice in the Washington, D.C., and New York offices, respectively. Ngai and Drew counsel on strategic patent prosecution with a...

LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), recently announced that Baraja, a LiDAR innovator and...

Loeb & Loeb is pleased to announce the arrival of Brent Babcock as a partner in its Patent Litigation & Counseling department and as the chair of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials practice group. Brent brings nearly three decades of patent...

State of innovation in electric vehicles, design challenges and opportunities uncovered by combining the power of unified IP with global research data insights Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the...

The judgement in the recent case of Claydon v Mzuri ([2021] EWHC 1007 (IPEC)) will stifle innovation and have unintended consequences, Jeff Claydon, CEO of Claydon Yield-o-Meter Limited, believes. The judgement related to the potential for prior disclosure during...

Huawei announced last week that it has reached a license agreement with a supplier of Volkswagen Group (“Volkswagen”). The agreement includes a license under Huawei’s 4G standard essential patents (SEPs), which covers Volkswagen vehicles equipped with wireless...

Isobel Barry & Anna Leathley joined the partnership on 1st July 2021 Carpmaels & Ransford is delighted to announce the promotion of Isobel Barry and Anna Leathley to the partnership, effective from 1st July 2021. Isobel joined the firm as a trainee and has...

Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are hugely valuable in protecting medicinal innovations, new research from European specialist IP firm Mewburn Ellis shows. The report, Pharma and Life Sciences Patent Extensions in Europe, examines five years of data on...

EIP US has announced growth of its patent capability with two specialists joining its Denver office. Peter Scull, a registered US patent attorney with 25 years’ experience, joins EIP from Hamilton DeSanctis & Cha (HDC) where he spent over nine years.  Peter...

In recent years, and particularly in 2020, there has been a large amount of litigation in the automotive industry, in Germany and elsewhere, relating to standard-essential patents (SEP) and their licensing. Historically, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers, i.e.,...

We are delighted to announce that MPR Partners, a multidisciplinary and independent EU law firm with a focus on commercial law and a strong presence in Romania, has officially opened an office in the heart of legal London. The London office is headed by the firm’s...

HGF launched the next phase of its European expansion with the opening of its new business in France based in its 22nd European office, in Rennes, France. The office will be led by new partner, Vivien Verbrugge who joined the firm in February 2021. France is of...

Navigating remote work is complicated. Though attorneys have been practicing in remote settings for many years, up until the pandemic they could only practice in the same state in which they were licensed. With the recent guidance issued by the American Bar...

World leader in cordless technology to benefit from integrated suite of IP tools  Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider, recently announced that Techtronic Industries (TTI), a world leader in power tools and cordless...

The way business is done today compared to even 20 years ago is quite different and change will continue to accelerate due to technology. This has been clearly demonstrated over the last 14 months with the impact of Covid-19. On 23rd March 2020, our world was turned...

Anaqua, a premium provider of innovation and intellectual property management solutions, recently announced a strategic partnership with Aurora North, a leader in delivering IP prosecution software, services and consulting for law firms. As part of the agreement,...

Kuaishou Group (Kuaishou) has become a licensee and community member of Open Invention Network, the largest patent non-aggression community in history. As a leading content community and social media platform, Kuaishou is reinforcing its commitment to open source...

Intellectual property (IP) law firm UDL has further enhanced its software specialism as two new hires join its youthful and fast-growing team. Newly qualified UK Patent Attorney Dr Clare Collins and Patent Assistant Arthur Roberts are set to work with UDL’s...

Acquisition expands Anaqua’s offerings with easy-to-use platform, supported by exceptional customer service, to help IP practitioners streamline their global filings process Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology provider,...