Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
The Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been published today. It is available in English, German, and French on the Boards' website. Delivering decisions of the highest quality continued to be a central priority in 2024. As in...
Crystal Crop v. Safex: Delhi High Court on Doctrine of Equivalents and prosecution history estoppel in patent disputes
In Crystal Crop Protection Ltd. v. Safex Chemicals India Ltd. & Ors., CS(COMM) 196/2024, Neutral Citation: 2025:DHC:3382, decided on May 7, 2025 by Hon’ble Mr Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court, the court refused to grant an interim injunction, holding...
Certainty for businesses and choice for consumers as UK maintains IP rights regime
No legislative changes mean businesses can continue operating under the existing exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime without any new requirements. The UK+ regime protects creators and innovators while ensuring fair competition in the marketplace and...
Intellectual Property Salary Survey 2025
Caselton Clark shares a special edition of its 2025 Intellectual Property Salary Survey, providing a comprehensive analysis of salary and benefits trends over the past 10 years. The report covers various levels of seniority across the UK and parts of Europe. To access...
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...
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...
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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT takes on Dr. Mario Araujo and Dr. Jin Jeon as two new partners in the law firm
Munich, 11.01.2023 – At the beginning of the year, the mixed law firm BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT strengthens itself with two new partners. The Patent attorneys Dr. Mario Araujo and Dr. Jin Jeon will in future be jointly responsible for the electrical engineering,...
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER announces Agathe Caillé as new counsel
EU intellectual property boutique firm HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Agathe Caillé to counsel. Agathe joined the team in Paris in 2012, her focus is on patent litigation. She has handled patent cases in the telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and chemical fields,...
VLSI agrees to dismiss latest semiconductor patent complaint against Intel in Delaware
VLSI Technology LLC has agreed to dismiss all claims against Intel Corporation in a patent case before the Delaware District Court in the US. The two companies made a joint filing on 27 December outlining their intentions to abandon the action. As well as agreeing to...
Picassos in the potting shed? What to do with unused or unloved intellectual property assets
Unused or unloved intellectual property assets We are all familiar with selling unwanted items on eBay, Vinted, Facebook Marketplace….. Sometimes it is for housecleaning or clearing, and sometimes to get rid of the old and even tired. Surprising who wants to buy that...
OLIVARES in Mexico names two new Partners
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9, 2023- OLIVARES, a leading IP, business, and litigation law firm in Mexico announces the addition of two new partners: Rommy Morales and Jaime Rodríguez. Rommy Morales is an experienced practitioner at OLIVARES, first joining the firm in 2008. For...
Landis+Gyr Joins LOT Network to Safeguard its Innovation and Ecosystem from Patent Litigation
The LOT Network membership will enable Landis+Gyr to remain at the forefront of innovation in sustainable energy management technology, rather than focus on patent litigation. Cham, Switzerland – January 9th, 2023 – Landis+Gyr (SIX: LAND), a leading global provider of...
Reddie & Grose Appoints Dr Yumiko Kato
Reddie & Grose, a UK and European firm of Patent, Trademark and Design attorneys, is delighted to announce that Dr Yumiko Kato has joined the firm as a Senior Associate. She will be working out of the London office. Yumiko’s specialist field is chemistry where she...
Finnegan elects eight new partners
WASHINGTON, DC—Finnegan is delighted to welcome eight attorneys to the partnership. They represent distinct areas of intellectual property law including patent and trade secret litigation before U.S. federal district courts; investigations at the U.S. International...
Gerald Flattmann joins Cahill’s New York office as IP Litigation Partner
NEW YORK, January 3, 2023 – Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced today that Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation practice group based in New York. He will serve as Chair of Cahill’s Life Sciences Patent Litigation practice....
Mandamus petition to avoid Delaware Judge’s disclosure orders rejected by Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, also known as CAFC, rejected a writ of mandamus petition asking the Delaware district court to cancel an order to submit specific legal papers to ensure compliance with Chief Judge Connolly's standing orders on...
Global law firm Nixon Peabody selects Anaqua’s PATTSY WAVE for IP Management
BOSTON, December 21, 2022 – Anaqua, the leading provider of innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology, today announced that global law firm Nixon Peabody has selected Anaqua’s PATTSY WAVE platform as its new IP management solution. Nixon Peabody...
Baidu, a global AI and technology leader, announces its membership in LOT Network, the leading protective IP community
Joining the international non-profit community is an important step in ensuring the health of the AI community PHOENIX, AZ (DECEMBER 20, 2022): LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from...
Rouse acquires European IP firm Valea
International IP services firm Rouse enhances its capabilities in Sweden through acquisition of leading IP firm Valea AB 14 December 2022: International Intellectual Property (IP) services firm Rouse today announces its acquisition of Valea AB, a leading European IP...
Adam Williams appointed Intellectual Property Office CEO
The IPO has announced that Adam Williams has been appointed Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office. Adam joined the Intellectual Property Office in 2009 and took up the role of Director of Business and International Policy in...
AIPEX announces new member firm in the Czech Republic, HARBER IP.
ROTTERDAM & PRAGUE, December 12th, 2022 -- AIPEX, the leader in providing cost and time efficient pan-European IP portfolio management solutions announces expansion to the Czech Republic. AIPEX is proud to welcome its tenth member firm, HARBER IP, expanding its...
Supplementary protection certificates: ambiguity over the Unified Patent Court’s jurisdiction and opt-outs
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) – which is expected to launch in April 2023 – will have jurisdiction not only for patent litigation, but also for litigation involving supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) issued for medicinal products and plant protection...
The perils of ChatGPT for inventors
OpenAI’s latest chatbot, ChatGPT, undoubtedly produces some seriously impressive results. Indeed, it’s often difficult to tell, at first glance, that the text was generated using a chatbot. However, the internet (and particularly my LinkedIn feed) has been awash over...
Finnegan secures ITC win on behalf of BMW
WASHINGTON, DC—In a final determination, the International Trade Commission (ITC) terminated an investigation brought on by Arigna Technology Ltd. against Finnegan clients BMW of North America, LLC and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (collectively, “BMW”). Arigna alleged...
Anaqua and PatSnap team up to deliver an end-to-end pharma IP management solution
Integrated capabilities will enable best practices in Life Science stage gate reviews BOSTON, December 7, 2022 – Anaqua, the leading provider of innovation and intellectual property management technology, today announced it is partnering with innovation intelligence...
Powell Gilbert adds IP litigator to growing team
Jodie Goonawardena is the firm’s fifth Associate hire in just over a year LONDON – Specialist IP law firm Powell Gilbert LLP today announces that it has expanded its team of leading IP lawyers with the appointment of Jodie Goonawardena as an Associate. Jodie joins...
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