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,...

The Standing Committees on TRIPS and Pharma at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle - AIPPI), recently released an AIPPI Bureau approved position paper...

The European Patent Office’s (EPO) streamlining initiative has significantly accelerated the timeline for engineering, electronics, and software oppositions since first introduced, new research from leading European specialist IP firm Mewburn Ellis shows. The report,...

The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) announces a new attorney board certification in the legal specialty area of Patent Litigation which was recently awarded national accreditation. The NBTA is now accepting applications for board certification in this practice...

Mental Health Awareness Week 10-16 May 2021 Many of us have lost our connection with nature, spending most of our time indoors, at home, in an office or in a car. Sometimes even having lunchbreak seems luxurious – most of us bolt food down at our desks so as not to...

Today Shopify and Open Invention Network announced that the eCommerce company has joined its patent non-aggression community. As one of the largest global commerce platforms that provides tools to start, grow and manage a retail business of any size, Shopify said it...

Two pioneering IP firms, EIP and Stobbs, are announcing a new collaboration to provide clients with specialist services in patent protection and trademarking. The innovative agreement will see EIP, a European and US IP firm, focusing on high-value patent matters and...

The Mathys & Squire Scaleup Quarter team hosted a virtual pitch event on Monday 26 April 2021 to celebrate World IP Day. The theme for 2021 was ‘IP and SMEs: Taking your ideas to market’. With SMEs making up over 99% of all UK businesses and contributing around...

Non-profit community recognizes National Intellectual Property Month in the Philippines  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...

Business Innovation Suite connects R&D, business, and legal practitioners to support inventors and accelerate the generation and commercialization of intellectual property Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider,...

European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, is delighted to announce the promotion of Christopher Range to the firm’s partnership. Having joined the firm’s Leamington Spa office in 2011, Christopher qualified as a Chartered Patent Attorney and European...

With SMEs accounting for the majority of businesses worldwide, it is no surprise that we are seeing more and more innovation coming from SME businesses. Effectively understanding how to take that innovation to market, and then to optimize profit generation resulting...

It was announced today that Inspur is joining the largest patent non-aggression community in history, Open Invention Network. In doing so, Inspur is reinforcing its commitment to open source software (OSS) as an enabler of advanced infrastructure computing systems....

Mathys & Squire Consulting to focus on IP valuation services The launch of Mathys & Squire Consulting follows the acquisition of leading IP consulting firm Coller IP in 2017, when Mathys & Squire sought to develop its IP strategy and valuation service...

Nokia recently announced that it has concluded a multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo. Under the agreement, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia. The terms of the agreement remain confidential. The agreement resolves all...

  In the EU, unlike in the US, monopoly pricing constitutes an abuse of dominant position. It is not for competition to regulate prices, so the Competition Authorities have been rather cautious in this matter. According to the case law of the ECJ, the assessment...

The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021 was introduced in the house of the people (Lok Sabha) by the Government, on February 13, 2021. The aforesaid bill could not be taken up for consideration and passing in the house of the...