New Minister appointed with responsibility for intellectual property
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) CEO has welcomed the new Minister. Kanishka Narayan MP has been confirmed as the new Minister with responsibility for intellectual property following their appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the...
Pharmacyclics LLC v. Deputy Controller of Patents: the evolving landscape of divisional applications in India
The Calcutta High Court's recent judgment in Pharmacyclics LLC v. Deputy Controller of Patents marks a pivotal moment in Indian Patent Law, offering a clear and definitive interpretation of Section 16 of the Indian Patents Act. For years, a persistent ambiguity...
Bike safety and kitchen elegance win big at the DesignEuropa Awards 2025
COPENHAGEN — Today, the design community recognized two exceptional creations and two notable designers in the sixth edition of the DesignEuropa Awards, organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in the Danish capital. The DesignEuropa Awards...
Beyond stability and mixtures: patent law challenges for biologics in India
A patent application filed for a formulation or composition typically involves at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) that is combined with various excipients. The excipients are substances that serve as carriers, stabilizers, solubilizers, preservatives,...
FisherBroyles grows North American footprint with additions of attorneys Peter Booth, Ashley LaValley, and Sergio Legorreta
ATLANTA—(June 16, 2025)— FisherBroyles, LLP, the world’s first and one of the largest distributed law firms, has strengthened its North American presence with the additions of Peter Booth in Denver, joining the real estate practice and Ashley LaValley in Chicago and...
Brown Rudnick strengthens IP litigation and PTAB practices with addition of Eugene Goryunov
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2025 – Brown Rudnick announces the arrival of partner Eugene Goryunov, a leading intellectual property trial attorney who has appeared in and led more than 500 proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Goryunov will be...
Pierson Ferdinand strengthens IP department with trade secrets litigator in Atlanta
Atlanta, GA – June 5, 2025 – Pierson Ferdinand LLP, one of the world’s fastest-growing law firms, announces that David L. Pardue, one of the country’s leading trade secrets litigators, has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Department as a Partner in...
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Brown Rudnick elects new partners for 2025
February 3, 2025 – Brown Rudnick today announced that Morgan Jones, Sorell Negro, Dean Ramanathan, Robert Ruh, and Susan Sieger-Grimm have been promoted to partner, effective February 1, 2025. “We are proud to welcome this group of exceptional lawyers to our...
The UPC’s jurisdiction to determine damages after a post-national judgment
On January 16, 2025, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) retained jurisdiction to rule on the determination of damages following a finding of infringement by a national court and also to rule on acts before it entered into force. The UPC thus continues to resist all...
Veteran IP Partner Olga Berson joins Thompson Coburn in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – February 3, 2025 – Thompson Coburn LLP is pleased to announce that Olga Berson, Ph.D., has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice group, further strengthening its presence in Los Angeles and expanding its capabilities in life...
Clarivate identifies top 50 universities powering global innovation
Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today released The top 50 universities powering global innovation report, which analyzes the critical role of research in shaping global industrial innovation and societal impact, using data and...
Omnus Law appoints four practice group chairs in emerging industries
January 29, 2025 - Omnus Law, a firm redefining the practice of law by prioritizing attorney well-being and streamlined client services to deliver superior results with fewer compromises, announces its first major leadership appointments with Practice Group Chairs:...
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...
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