Major consultation to strengthen UK’s £100 billion design sector
A major Government consultation launched today by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) aims to modernize Britain's design protection system and strengthen the UK's position as a global design powerhouse. Industry analysis estimates that the design sector...
Kubota wins jurisdictional challenge in patent dispute
Background This dispute revolves around a patent infringement case, CS (Comm) 655/2023, filed by Kubota Corporation (Kubota) against Godabari Agro Machinery and Services India Private Limited (GAMS) and two Chinese companies that allegedly manufactured the machine and...
Patent law and AI: the Supreme Court considers Emotional Perception AI’s appeal
Last month, the Supreme Court hearing in the Emotional Perception case took place. Emotional Perception AI Limited (EPL)'s invention was an improved system for providing media file recommendations (such as music) using a trained artificial neural network (ANN), where...
Written description and genus claims: lessons from In re: BAC IP B.V.
On August 5, 2025, in In re: BAC IP B.V., No. 24-2124, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the rejection of broad genus claims for lack of written description under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The opinion underscores that satisfying the...
Mewburn Ellis announces move to state-of-the-art green headquarters
LONDON – Intellectual Property firm Mewburn Ellis has today announced the relocation of its London office to landmark eco-friendly City Tower 8 Bishopsgate, marking the firm’s next step on its journey to minimize its environmental impact and build a more sustainable...
Finnegan partner Ningling Wang is LESI’s president-elect
May 6, 2025 - Finnegan is pleased to announce that Ningling Wang is the president-elect of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) and will serve as the president of LESI for the 2026-2027 term. Wang, managing partner of the firm’s Shanghai office, has...
HGF announces promotion of nine new partners following CBPE investment
HGF is proud to announce the promotion of nine new partners across the firm, marking a significant milestone following private investment from CBPE in October 2024. These promotions follow the appointment of three new operations partners in December, bringing the...
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Brown Rudnick bolsters life sciences and technology teams with addition of partners Vince Shier and Ryan Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C., – September 3, 2024 – Brown Rudnick announced today that Vince Shier and Ryan Smith have joined the firm as life sciences and technology partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. The move enhances Brown Rudnick’s reputation as a go-to firm...
Veteran attorney Michael Kiklis launches boutique patent law firm
Alexandria, Va. – September 4, 2024 – Michael L Kiklis is pleased to announce the launch of his boutique patent law firm, Kiklis Law Firm, PLLC. The firm, headquartered in Alexandria and situated near the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), offers a comprehensive...
Jon Wright returns to Sterne Kessler in new role as General Counsel
Washington, D.C. – September 4, 2024 – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox today announced that Jon Wright has returned to the firm as General Counsel. Wright was previously a director in the firm’s Trial & Appellate and Electronics Practice Groups and co-chair...
ERS Genomics and Medicines Discovery Catapult sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement
The partnership provides Medicines Discovery Catapult access to CRISPR gene editing technology across a broad range of drug discovery applications Dublin, Ireland, and Cheshire, UK - 4 September 2024 - ERS Genomics Limited (ERS), the CRISPR licensing Company,...
USPTO updates on AI patent eligibility: key takeaways for practitioners
The USPTO has issued updated guidelines on patent subject matter eligibility, specifically addressing artificial intelligence (AI) inventions under 35 USC 101. These updates, aligned with Executive Order 14110, clarify the evaluation process for AI innovations,...
The Uber-Waymo patent dispute: self-driving technology’s legal battles
Self-driving technology, once the stuff of science fiction, has become a rapidly advancing field poised to revolutionize transportation. At the heart of this technological evolution are companies like Uber and Waymo, pioneers in developing autonomous vehicles....
Haseltine Lake Kempner welcomes new partner to Chemistry and Life Sciences team
HLK is delighted to welcome Catherine Coombes, who joins the firm as a partner in its Chemistry and Life Sciences (CLS) team. Coombes will be based in the firm’s Leeds office. Coombes has spent 20 years in private practice protecting clients’ technology across life...
UKIPO issues new Civil Procedure Rules guidance
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has today issued new guidance reminding legal professionals of their obligation under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) to notify the UKIPO of new court cases started in the UK courts, which involve registered intellectual...
Morgan Lewis deepens life sciences presence in London with two-partner hire
LONDON - September 2, 2024 - Morgan Lewis welcomes as partners in London Hiroshi Sheraton and Luciana Griebel, two accomplished lawyers focused on the life sciences industry. A veteran intellectual property (IP) litigator, Sheraton arrives from Baker McKenzie, and...
HGF launches forward-thinking and inclusive parental leave policy
This policy positions HGF as the first Intellectual Property firm in the UK to provide all eligible colleagues, irrespective of gender, with access to the best parental leave and pay offering including up to 52 weeks of leave with 26 weeks at full pay. Launching...
UPC grants access to evidence but concerns remain over how transparent the new European Court system is going to be
Comments on the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) decision to grant Mathys & Squire's access to evidence in a Unified Patent Court case between Astellas and Healios Background Mathys & Squire, the intellectual property law firm, had brought a test case to try and...
Calcutta High Court sets aside template order in patent (post-grant) opposition proceedings
Terex India Private Limited (Terex) filed an appeal against the order passed by the Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs on March 2, 2023 (under Section 117A of The Patents Act, 1970), challenging the refusal of the post-grant opposition filed by Terex for the...
The obviousness-type double patenting saga continues!
It is very common for patentees to have multiple granted patents within the same patent family, and due to patent term adjustment (PTA), one or more of those patents could expire well beyond the expiration date of other patents in the family. However, what if an...
European IP firm aera joins the Rouse Group
One of the fastest-growing IP firms in Europe combines with the market leader in Asia to create a truly standout global offering. London - 22 August 2024 - Rouse, the leading International IP services business, today announces its merger with European IP consultancy...
Leading IP firm Marks & Clerk appoints six new partners across the firm’s global network
20 August 2024 - London - Marks & Clerk, one of the world’s leading intellectual property (IP) firms, has announced six new partner appointments. The promoted patent attorneys and trademark attorneys are active in several of the firm’s market-leading fields of...
Lindsay Cooper Hayman joins Debevoise as IP litigation partner in San Francisco
Addition further strengthens technology litigation capabilities in expanding West Coast office August 19, 2024 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today that Lindsay Cooper Hayman has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the Intellectual Property...
Rouse strengthens service offering with acquisition of consultancy firm Konsert Strategy & IP
Acquisition creates an end-to-end value proposition that is unique to the IP services industry. London,13 August 2024 – Rouse, the leading International IP services business, today announces the acquisition of Konsert Strategy & IP, a management consultancy...
Blank Rome welcomes IP litigation associate Sean D Damon in Washington, D.C.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Sean D Damon has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in the Intellectual Property Litigation group, which welcomed partner Andrew R Kopsidas and associate Eda Stark earlier this year. Damon joins Blank Rome from Quinn...
ArtWorks™ invites legal professionals to an immersive intellectual property CLE Conference in Paris, France
Renowned Artist Elliott Arkin, Resident Intellectual Property Attorney Ghada Ghannam, and Nzengha "Zen" Waseme, Esq. will share their experience. The weekend includes The Inaugural Global IP Innovation Award Ceremony, which celebrates groundbreaking achievements in...
Diamond industry gets rocked: Sonani Industries injunction application rejected
The Hon'ble Division Bench, High Court of Gujarat recently delivered a judgment on July 19, 2024, in the patent infringement case involving Sonani Industries Pvt Ltd (formerly Sonani Jewels Pvt. Ltd.) and Galactica Processing Technologies LLP & Ors. This appeal...
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