Federal Circuit lowers barrier for ITC patent enforcement: a win for small biotech firms
In an important decision that has significant implications for patent enforcement in the biotherapeutic and cell culture arts, the Federal Circuit has reaffirmed the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) authority to block the importation of infringing. The ruling in...
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...
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...
UK IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts
The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’ The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a new national awareness campaign warning of the dangers of buying counterfeit vehicle parts The ‘Fake Always...
Morgan Lewis boosts West Coast IP team with trial and PTAB litigator Sarah Guske
SAN FRANCISCO, October 15, 2024 - Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Sarah Guske as a partner resident in San Francisco, adding to the firm’s bench of intellectual property (IP) litigators with deep technical knowledge. Guske arrives from Baker Botts, where she most...
Morgan Lewis adds Powell Gilbert co-founder and IP leader Tim Powell in London
LONDON, October 14, 2024 - Expanding the firm’s global, UK, and European intellectual property (IP) practice, Morgan Lewis today welcomes Tim Powell as a partner resident in London. Powell, a co-founder of London-based IP boutique Powell Gilbert, represents clients in...
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Cybin files an international patent application covering psychedelic delivery methods
Cybin Inc.(NEO:CYBN) (NYSEAMERICAN:CYBN) (“Cybin” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company focused on progressing psychedelic therapeutics, recently announced that it has filed an international patent application related to methods for the delivery of psychedelic...
According to the UK Court of Appeal AI cannot be inventor of a patent. Rossiza Marinova reports
With its emerging in the 1950’s artificial intelligence (AI) has become a part of our everyday life very fast by enabling transformative developments in various industries and giving rise to entirely new services. As AI becomes increasingly autonomous in producing new...
Nokia achieves ISO 9001 for its high-quality patenting process
Nokia one of the first companies to receive ISO 9001 certification for its patent portfolio management Independent certification assessed every step of Nokia’s patent portfolio process ISO 9001 is the world’s best-known standard for quality management systems Espoo,...
Annual Awards for Intellectual Property Protection take on outsized significance amid a global pandemic
Licensing Executives Society (U.S. and Canada) recognizes the architects of three “Deals of Distinction™” and one President’s Award, as well as a licensing expert for making special contributions to the field During a year of unprecedented reliance on intellectual...
Is It possible to patent Bitcoin? Lyle D. Solomon reports
The hype surrounding cryptocurrencies has been growing over the past few years. Not only have they risen in terms of scope, but companies and countries have started to become more accepting of it. And with this impressive growth, various fintech companies are moving...
UK Court of Appeal upholds decision that AI machines cannot be ‘inventors’
Connor Griffith, Associate, and Mark Daniels, Partner, of Browne Jacobson LLP report Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 The Court of Appeal has held that an AI machine cannot be named as the ‘inventor’ of a patent,...
New research into lawyer wellbeing makes case for profession-wide change
Legal professionals at high risk of burnout, 69% have experienced mental ill-health, 1 in 5 bullied, harassed or discriminated against at work Legal mental health charity LawCare has released the findings of its research study Life in the Law. The research into...
Software patent applicants facing different outcomes at UKIPO and EPO says James Leach of Mewburn Ellis
Software patent applicants to the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and European Property Office (EPO) appear to be facing different outcomes depending on which office they apply to, according to a new report from Mewburn Ellis LLP. The report is based on patent...
Anaqua delivers enhanced IP management to Bausch Health + ConvaTec Enhances Innovation Management with Anaqua
Anaqua’s AQX platform to provide patent and trademark management with integrated IP analytics LAVAL, QC, September 14, 2021 – Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider, today announced that Bausch Health Companies Inc. has...
Micro merchant payment and cryptocurrency leader Square joins Open Invention Network
Companies use Square to reach buyers online and in person, manage their business and access financing. Square has become the largest micro merchant payment platform is the United States, and is growing internationally. As a provider of Fintech-based services, Square...
PatSnap publishes the Definitive Guide to Connected Innovation Intelligence (CII)
Every year, more than 30,000 new products and services are launched, but less than five percent succeed. High failure rates are typically due to poor or uninformed decision making. To ensure organizations are better positioned to research, develop, and bring...
Gateley Legal strengthens Intellectual Property team in East Midlands with new hire
Gateley Legal has made a significant hire in its East Midlands Intellectual Property, Commerce and Technology team with the appointment of associate, Gemma Ryan. Gemma has over eight years’ experience in the Intellectual Property (IP) sector, both as a specialist IP...
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein expands practice with addition of group from Cooper & Dunham
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, a full-service, New York-based intellectual property law firm announced recently that it has expanded its practice by adding a group of professionals from the prominent intellectual property boutique Cooper & Dunham LLP. The...
Rouse and Inngot partner with China’s Alibaba Group for online valuation of patents
Intellectual property services firm Rouse, in partnership with IP valuation firm Inngot, recently launch Intangio, a patent assessment and valuation service on Ali Auctions, China’s largest online auction service and part of the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group....
Bioinformatics and digital health patents increasing rapidly, says Mewburn Ellis report
The number of patents and applications published relating to bioinformatics and digital health has dramatically increased in recent years, particularly in the US and China, according to new research released today. The report, produced by IP firm Mewburn Ellis and...
Court of Appeal issues judgment in FibroGen and Astellas Pharma v Akebia Therapeutics and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company
The Court of Appeal today handed down its judgment in the combined appeals of FibroGen, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc., v Akebia Therapeutics Inc. and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. In a unanimous decision, Philips LJ, Birss LJ, and Sir Christopher Floyd found for...
Xiaomi joins Open Invention Network patent peace community
Xiaomi Corporation, the third largest global smartphone manufacturer, has joined the Open Invention Network, the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Xiaomi is a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware...
Cybin files 14th patent application further strengthening its IP portfolio and receives a favorable patent claim opinion
TORONTO- Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN) (NYSE AMERICAN:CYBN) (“Cybin” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company focused on progressing psychedelic therapeutics, recently announced that it has filed a new non-provisional patent application in support of its ongoing drug...
Intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire appoints first COO
Jont Cole joins from property giant JLL COO will drive strategic development and growth Leading intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire has appointed the first Chief Operating Officer in its 111-year history. Mathys & Squire explains that the firm’s...
Maker of TikTok joins the Open Invention Network community
ByteDance, the maker of TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the Chinese market – Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua – has joined Open Invention Network. As the maker of the leading global short video platform, ByteDance has joined the largest patent...
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