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...
Contours of Section 104A of the Indian Patent Act: burden of proof in case of suits concerning infringement
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche), the Plaintiff, has brought a patent infringement suit against Zydus Lifesciences (Zydus), the Defendant. Roche seeks relief from the permanent injunction restraining infringement of the following two Indian patents: Product...
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...
Midea Group joins the Open Invention Network community
Smart appliances are household devices like refrigerators, ovens, washers, dryers, and air conditioners, equipped with technology that allows them to be controlled remotely, often through a smartphone app or voice commands. These appliances offer features like remote...
Dawn David, accomplished IP litigator with deep experience across technologies, joins Quarles as partner in Milwaukee office
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that Dawn David, who brings extensive experience leading clients through high-stakes, complex intellectual property (IP) litigation, has joined the firm’s Milwaukee office as a partner in its...
AI and bioinformatics expert joins Haseltine Lake Kempner as partner in Glasgow
Haseltine Lake Kempner is pleased to announce that Dr Lauris Kemp has joined the firm as a partner in its Chemistry and Life Sciences team in Glasgow. As an experienced UK and European patent attorney and previously recognized as a Rising Star by Managing IP, Kemp...
Mewburn Ellis makes major patent litigation hire
LONDON – European intellectual property firm Mewburn Ellis today welcomes top-flight patent litigator Camilla Balleny in a significant boost to its litigation offering. Balleny brings two decades of experience as a litigator to bear in her work advising life sciences...
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Behind the scenes: Potter Clarkson’s IP Summer School
Our Editor-in-Chief, Faye Waterford, had the unique opportunity to attend Potter Clarkson’s residential IP Summer School, an exclusive event that took place on June 25-26 at the University of Nottingham. After a very warm welcome and humorous icebreaker conducted by...
Buchalter welcomes IP shareholder in San Francisco
Buchalter is pleased to announce that Robert Becker has joined the firm as a Shareholder in its San Francisco office as a member of the Intellectual Property practice group. “We are thrilled to welcome Rob to Buchalter,” said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive...
Samsung’s preemptive strike: precedent or predictable?
Consumers are very familiar with tech product launches. Years of research, speculation, tech blog rumors, and even legal filings all build anticipation for the long-awaited official announcement. The dramatization of the process is, of course, all part of the...
Filings of secret ‘National Security’ patents increase 36% in a year amid military tech developments
Increase in defense spending thought to be driving the trend National security patents cover military-grade technology, sophisticated comms equipment drones, and cutting-edge materials. The number of secret ‘National Security’ patents filed in the UK – those deemed by...
Carpmaels & Ransford expands its Life Sciences group with double partner promotion
Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce the promotion of patent attorneys Daniel Goodman and Paul Kaufman to the partnership effective from 1 July 2024. Goodman covers a wide range of biotech inventions, including therapeutic antibodies, antisense compounds,...
Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum appoints Belen Recchini as partner
The firm specialized in intellectual property, technology, and data privacy, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum, has appointed Belen Recchini as its new partner. Recchini has been part of the company's team since February 2019. Recchini is a lawyer who graduated from the...
EIP welcomes litigation-experienced patent attorney in Germany
EIP is continuing its growth in Germany. Earlier this year, Isabelle Schaller and Sebastian Fuchs became part of a quartet of partnership promotions. This was reflective of the positive development of the German office over the past years. A further progression of...
Innovation and genetic resource access are balanced in biotechnology and intellectual property
The field of biotechnology has experienced explosive growth in recent years. This dynamic discipline sits at the crossroads of biology and technology, offering various applications designed to improve human life and the environment. One of the key pillars of modern...
Com Laude announces appointment of Ben Crawford as CEO
25 June 2024 - London - Com Laude, leading global provider of internet domain name management and online brand protection to many of the world’s foremost brands, today announced the appointment of Ben Crawford as Chief Executive Officer and Director. The news follows...
IBM settles patent infringement lawsuit against Rakuten over e-commerce technologies
Recent court filings reveal that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Rakuten have reached a settlement in their legal dispute. IBM filed the complaint in 2021 alleging that the e-commerce website violated e-commerce-related patents. The settlement brings...
Clarivate launches IP Collaboration Hub
Enabling users to save time and reduce risks in the IP filing and prosecution process London, UK - June 24, 2024 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today launched the IP Collaboration Hub™ at the 2024 Clarivate...
Womble adds patent prosecution & litigation partner in Greenville, SC
Womble Bond Dickinson today announced that Allison L Ko has joined the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina, office as a partner in the Patent Prosecution and Litigation group. She has extensive experience managing global patent and trademark portfolios, including...
Maucher Jenkins welcomes Michael Jaeger to the partnership
Maucher Jenkins is delighted to welcome new partner, Michael Jaeger, to the firm. Jaeger joins us from another respected firm of patent and trademark attorneys, and he specializes in telecommunications, medical devices, and space technologies. Jaeger qualified as a...
Promotion expands Adamson Jones’ services for chemistry-based clients
Patent and trademark attorneys Adamson Jones has enhanced its services for clients with chemistry-based intellectual property (IP) with the promotion of patent attorney Katherine Wright to senior associate. Wright, who has worked at the Nottingham-based company for...
Farewell to SCiFi Foods: IP, insolvency, and opportunity
Cultivated meat – growing animal cells in culture and harvesting the results as food – has exploded over the last 10 years. However, between technical hurdles and a challenging funding landscape, many commentators have suggested that the fragmented sector will see a...
Divisional applications in Russia: does the story continue?
On June 4, 2024, the Russian Supreme Court issued a decision that finalized the litigation between KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto (Slovenia), and AstraZeneca AB (Sweden) on invention patent 2643764. About half a year earlier, on January 2, 2024, the Italian Supreme Court...
Open Invention Network expands patent protection for largest cross-license in history
Open Invention Network (OIN) oversees the largest patent cross-license in history, with more than 3,800 participants. The cross-license covers basic software componentry across a spectrum of vertical industries that include security, networking, cloud computing,...
ArentFox Schiff adds 17-member technology and life sciences industry team in Boston
June 11, 2024 — ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the addition of 17 attorneys and specialists, including eight partners and three counsel, to its Boston office, expanding the firm’s nationally recognized Technology, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, and...
Perkins Coie adds IP partner Chris Marando in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 10, 2024) — Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that experienced patent litigator Chris Marando has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) and Patent Litigation practices as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Marando's arrival...
A novel twin-litigation strategy: how France can help sidestep the jurisdiction wrangling issue
Patent owners and implementers have struggled to litigate global FRAND rates when negotiations do not lead to a license. FRAND, the concept that a patent owner who participated in creating technical standards used by all companies in an industry should license their...
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