Letters Rogatory: a valuable tool for the collection of evidence across borders
The case involves a patent dispute between Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiaries (FoldRx Pharmaceuticals, LLC, PF PRISM IMB B.V., and Wyeth LLC) (Petitioners) against Softgel Healthcare Private Limited (Respondent), an Indian company. The dispute centers around the alleged...
New continuation application fees: why and at what cost?
Earlier this year, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) instituted new fees related to the filing of continuation patent applications. As a refresher, a continuation application is a second or subsequent patent application filing that claims the benefit of an...
Clarivate reveals Top 100 Global Innovators 2025
The Top 100 organizations generate $4.6 trillion in annual revenues, representing 4.4% of the global economy Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today revealed its 2025 ranked list of Top 100 Global Innovators – the organizations...
Entrepreneur’s greedy eye casts at Apple’s pie
Apple Inc. is a company that hardly needs an introduction. Its assortment of iPhones are widely popular in Russia, and Apple holds countless patents to protect its technology. Entrepreneur Artashes Ikonomov filed and obtained patent No. 141791 in 2013 for a cell phone...
Clarivate reveals Top 100 Global Innovators 2025
The Top 100 organizations generate $4.6 trillion in annual revenues, representing 4.4% of the global economy Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today revealed its 2025 ranked list of Top 100 Global Innovators – the organizations...
Quarles names Dan Young Denver Office managing partner and office chair for IP Group
March 10, 2025 - Denver – Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that Dan Young has been named Denver office managing partner and office chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. In both roles, he succeeds Ian Saffer, who will continue his practice with the...
Perkins Coie adds two highly respected IP litigators in Palo Alto
PALO ALTO - March 10, 2025 – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Arpita Bhattacharyya and Robert McCauley have joined the firm’s national Intellectual Property (IP) and Patent Litigation practices as partners in the Palo Alto office. Bhattacharyya advises...
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Buchalter welcomes new IP shareholder in Arizona
January 28, 2025 – Buchalter is pleased to announce that Jonathon Talcott has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in the Scottsdale, Arizona office and as a member of the Intellectual Property Practice group. Talcott is an accomplished intellectual property counselor,...
Axelpharm fined one billion RUB for sale of patented drug
Marketing generic drugs is an ongoing issue. The original drugs cost a large amount to create and are cheap to reproduce. Usually, generic drugs go to the market after the expiration of the relevant patent protecting the original drug, but sometimes they go to market...
Lynk Labs v. Samsung: published patent applications as prior art in IPR proceedings
On January 14, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential ruling in Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. concerning the earliest date a cited patent application publication (PUB) can be relied on as prior art in an...
DDR Holdings v. Priceline.com: a cautionary tale for provisional applicants
In US patent law, a provisional application is a 'placeholder' that allows an applicant to file without a formal patent claim, often before the idea is fully developed, to secure an earlier priority date. However, provisional applications are typically low-budget...
Banner Witcoff elects new president, board members, and shareholders: more than 60% of new shareholders are women
January 27, 2025 - Chicago, IL - Banner Witcoff announces the election of firm president Katie Laatsch Fink, two new members of the board of directors, and eight new shareholders. Laatsch Fink said: “I am thrilled to be elected as the next president of Banner Witcoff,...
BakerHostetler adds leading Delaware litigator Jeremy Anderson as partner in Wilmington office
Key takeaways Jeremy Anderson has joined BakerHostetler’s Wilmington, Delaware, office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and a member of the Commercial Litigation team. Anderson joins BakerHostetler from an AmLaw 100 firm, where he was the head of...
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER appoints two partners and two counsels
The leading European IP boutique HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Carina Höfer (Düsseldorf) and Andrew Lin (Amsterdam) to partners and appointed Sven Krause (Düsseldorf) and Valentin Wagner (Düsseldorf) as counsels with the firm. Managing Partner Benoît Strowel on the...
Reddie & Grose appoints Julie Millburn as new executive partner
London UK, January 13, 2025 - Reddie & Grose, the specialist UK and European intellectual property law firm, has announced the appointment of Julie Millburn as its new Executive Partner. It has also confirmed three new senior associate promotions to support the...
UKIPO launches new patent search tool to boost UK innovation
Today’s launch is part of the UK Intellectual Property Office's (UKIPO) major digital transformation. A new online search tool for UK patents launched today will make it easier for businesses and innovators to search and access patent information, supporting UK...
The second case of “calling for third-party opinions”
The procedure of calling for third-party opinions was introduced on April 1, 2022, in patent and utility model infringement suits. In the second case under the proceeding, the Intellectual Property High Court (IPHC) issued a request for opinions with a deadline of...
Revocation petition maintainable though no live patent subsisting: Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma
Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the petitioner, is engaged in manufacturing and marketing diverse pharmaceutical products, including anti-diabetic drugs. The respondent, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, is a company organized under the laws of Germany and...
Hogan Lovells welcomes esteemed IP litigator David Perlson to the firm’s San Francisco office
San Francisco, January 13, 2024 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that David Perlson has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s San Francisco office. Perlson, who comes from...
Maucher Jenkins welcomes team from df-mp to Munich office
Maucher Jenkins is delighted to announce the addition of a high-caliber team from df-mp to its Munich office. On January 1, 2025, the team led by Philipp Nordmeyer, an experienced partner and both German and European Patent Attorney, joined the firm. With their broad...
FisherBroyles adds veteran attorney James Sze, strengthening IP and patent groups
ATLANTA — (January 13, 2024) — FisherBroyles LLP the world’s first and one of the largest distributed law firms and the only nontraditional law firm to be ranked in The Am Law 200, has strengthened its intellectual property and patent practices with the addition of...
Delhi High Court reaffirm a ‘method of treatment of plants’ would not fall under the purview of ‘method of agriculture’
In the appeal of Syngenta Crop Protection Ag v. Assistant Controller Of Patents before the Delhi High Court, the refusal order passed by the Ld. Controller of Patents on Application No. 202117035647 titled “Methods of Controlling or Preventing Infestation of Rice...
Sterne Kessler announces five new directors in 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2025) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox proudly announce the election of five new directors, effective January 1, 2025. The newly promoted attorneys are Jennifer Meyer Chagnon, Dohm Chankong, Joseph Kim, Steve Pappas, and Tyler...
New partner for Withers & Rogers LLP supports ongoing expansion
European intellectual property firm Withers & Rogers has appointed Simon Bradbury as a partner to support the ongoing expansion of the firm’s pharmaceutical and cell and gene therapy groups. Having previously worked in-house at a global corporation, Bradbury is...
12 attorneys elevated to Finnegan partnership
WASHINGTON, DC — Finnegan is delighted to welcome 12 new attorneys to the partnership. Spanning varied practices, this year’s class deepens the bench of the firm’s diverse intellectual property capabilities. Their experience includes counseling and oppositions and...
Collyer Bristow enhances commercial and IP offering with strategic senior hire
Law firm Collyer Bristow is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Coe as a Partner in its Corporate & Commercial team. Coe joins the team from nationwide firm Clarke Willmott. Coe advises clients on a range of complex commercial matters across a number of...
Carpmaels & Ransford team bolstered with senior associate promotions
Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce Selina Badiani, Harry Bush, Emily Chittock, Henry Evans, and Rebecca Satchwell have been promoted to Senior Associate positions effective from January 1, 2025. Bush and Satchwell both trained at the firm and are patent...
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