The Patent Lawyer

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an SEP owner can, in appropriate circumstances, offer an immediate license under which final RAND terms are determined by arbitration, potentially providing a single mechanism for resolving global licensing terms. The English...

Japan and Thailand are strengthening cooperation on intellectual property, including a new Patent Prosecution Highway initiative, examiner training, and measures to combat online counterfeiting. The Japan Patent Office (JPO) and Thailand's Department of Intellectual...

Bangladesh's relatively new patent framework appears to require a legally recognized inventor, but the country has yet to confront a DABUS-style application involving an autonomous AI system. Bangladesh could become an increasingly interesting jurisdiction in the...

Vietnam is placing greater emphasis on the commercial value of intellectual property rights, with new rules allowing IP rights to be used for capital contributions, loan security, and civil and commercial transactions. Vietnam is moving toward treating intellectual...

India's patent office has released draft examination guidelines for pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent applications, incorporating recent case law and developments in technology and patent practice. The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and...

A US federal court has entered a consent judgment and permanent injunction protecting Rothy's footwear designs, adopting stipulated findings that 10 design patents and trade dress rights associated with The Point and The Flat shoes are valid and infringed. The US...

China is introducing new measures aimed at addressing intellectual property challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI), 3D scanning, sophisticated counterfeiting, and potentially abusive litigation, according to a new report. China's judiciary and...

BRICS intellectual property offices are deepening cooperation on patent examination, with a study examining ways to streamline processes, reduce backlogs, and improve the exchange of patent search results between member offices. The development follows the 18th...

I will never forget the year I was up for partner. I was a patent litigator at a big firm, and I planned to work as hard as possible and prove myself. Instead, I had an experience that changed my legal career and my life – I landed in the hospital with a...

New Delhi, September 1, 2026 - Anand and Anand has successfully represented The Scent Stories in proceedings before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, resulting in the dismissal of a complaint concerning the domain name www.thescentstories.com. In its...

Who is really leading the Wi-Fi 7 patent landscape? Wi-Fi 7 is rapidly moving toward widespread adoption, bringing a new generation of SEP licensing, portfolio, and litigation considerations. Insight IP’s latest research identifies 2,507 active, granted patent...

The semiconductor industry is being transformed, and artificial intelligence (AI) is the driver. Anaqua, a leading provider of innovation and intellectual property (IP) management technology and services, today released key findings from its 2026 Semiconductor...

Generic drug companies are using preliminary discovery in Australia to investigate whether they have grounds to challenge the validity of pharmaceutical patents, in a potentially significant development for patent litigation strategy. The issue arose in proceedings...

The Intellectual Property Office has published a notice concerning government amendments to the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, with particular implications for patent enforcement at the border. Trinidad and Tobago's Intellectual...

Singapore has launched a major public consultation examining how artificial intelligence should interact with the country's intellectual property regime, including the use of copyrighted works to train AI systems and the treatment of inventions created with AI...

China has imposed what is believed to be the country's largest-ever penalty for unauthorized patent agency practice, with an Anhui regulator ordering the Anhui branch of Beijing BoXTe Patent Agency (General Partnership) to pay a total of RMB 17.08 million (more than...

The global race to develop autonomous cars is a multi-billion-dollar competition. Multiple groups of legacy automobile manufacturers, commercial truck manufacturers, information technology companies, and AI and robotics developers are competing to replace or augment...

Chris McDonald MP has been confirmed as the UK minister with responsibility for intellectual property as part of his role as Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Investment. Chris McDonald MP has been confirmed as the new UK minister with responsibility for...

Australia's Federal Court has ordered a former employee and his company to withdraw patent applications, including a PCT application, before publication after finding a serious question that information obtained during his employment had been improperly used. In an...

India's IP Office has published a new draft patent practice manual incorporating recent legislative, procedural, and technological developments and is inviting stakeholder comments for 30 days. The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks...

A growing cluster of patent disputes is targeting the cooling, thermal-management, and computing technologies underpinning the rapid expansion of AI data centers. The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is creating a growing body of patent...

BoomCloud 360 has taken its expanding spatial-audio patent campaign to the US International Trade Commission, seeking import restrictions against Apple, Samsung, and Google. The US International Trade Commission (USITC) disclosed on August 20 that it had received a...

The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued new examination guidance following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on AI-related patentability, setting out how examiners should approach computer-implemented inventions. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)...

The appeal arose from the refusal of Indian Patent Application No. 468/DELNP/2008 titled “Method and Arrangement for Optimising the Operational Times and Cell Change Performance of Mobile Terminals.” During the proceedings, the Court noted that despite the existence...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed requiring third-party requesters for ex parte reexamination to identify all real parties in interest behind a challenge. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2026, would add...

Novartis has successfully defended its Entresto patent protection in the UK, after the High Court rejected Accord Healthcare's challenge to the validity of the relevant patent rights and found that Accord's intended generic product would infringe. Mr. Justice Meade...

Cytokinetics has launched a Delaware patent action against Bristol Myers Squibb and its MyoKardia subsidiary, seeking to clear a recently issued patent that it says does not cover its cardiac myosin inhibitor MYQORZO (aficamten). Cytokinetics filed the complaint on...

Open source software is the engine for almost every enterprise stack. Open Invention Network (OIN) was created to safeguard open source from bad actors. Over the last two decades, open source has been able to flourish, driving innovation in the software market to...

A patent owner’s success in securing a favorable claim construction in district court does not necessarily mean the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will adopt the same construction in a parallel inter partes review (IPR), a recent Federal Circuit decision...

Nike's efforts to revive a wearable technology patent have come to an end after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit summarily affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding every challenged claim of the patent unpatentable. In a Rule 36...

Argentina has been removed from the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) Special 301 Priority Watch List for the first time in more than a decade, marking a significant milestone in the country's efforts to strengthen its intellectual property (IP) framework....

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has handed patent owners a significant victory in MPH Technologies Oy v. Apple Inc., reversing a district court's claim construction and indefiniteness findings that had effectively ended the case. While the...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released the latest edition of its flagship report examining the economic impact of intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries, revealing that sectors reliant on patents, trademarks, and copyrights...

China's cultural industries are increasingly embracing an integrated intellectual property strategy, with web novels, micro dramas, and video games forming what industry leaders have described as a unified IP development ecosystem capable of generating significant...

The Government of Mozambique has approved a new National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (PEPI) 2026–2035 that includes plans to examine the patentability of AI-related inventions and modernize the country's intellectual property framework to address the...

£6.5bn uplift to the Growth Guarantee Scheme to unlock further lending to smaller businesses over the next four years Up to £500m of ENABLE Guarantee capacity ringfenced over the next 12 months to support Intellectual Property-rich smaller businesses Joint British...

In Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Controller of Patents and Designs & Voicemonk Inc. (CMA(PT) No. 9 of 2024, decided on January 5, 2026), the Madras High Court upheld the Controller's decision rejecting Flipkart's post-grant opposition to Indian Patent No....

On July 8, 2026, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in cooperation with the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO), integrated industrial design data from Ukraine into DesignView, the world's largest design...

Sony Group Corporation has renewed its multi-year intellectual property (IP) management partnership with Anaqua, extending a relationship that began in 2018. The renewal, announced today, keeps Sony on Anaqua's AQX platform and adds a commitment to evaluate and adopt...

New resource to strengthen IP capability and support commercialization across the UK research sector The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has today launched the Knowledge Asset Management Hub. This new resource is designed to help universities and other...

Modern cars may be powered by gasoline or electricity – but they run on code. Software-defined vehicles, connected-car platforms, and cloud services now depend on Linux and other open-source technologies. That dependence carries some patent risk capable of stalling...

A unified IP intelligence platform for AI-powered research ecosystem, workflow automation, and enterprise AI connectors  London, UK - May 29, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced IPOne, a unified...

Innoscience did not simply defend itself in a high-stakes Section 337 investigation at the US International Trade Commission (“ITC”)—it rewrote the playbook. Rather than waiting for a final ruling on the accused products, Innoscience pursued and implemented critical...

Managing global intellectual property more efficiently with trusted data, expert support, and integrated services London, UK, May 21, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced that IPfolio has been...

Of all the legislative initiatives unveiled in the recent King's Speech, the European Partnerships Bill has the potential to be one of the most structurally consequential. Driven by the government's stated ambition to move closer to the European Union and recapture a...

For software, patent examiners are challenged in finding prior art because much of it exists outside traditional patent databases. It's buried in open-source code repositories, developer forums, conference proceedings, and informal technical documentation that...

In a significant development for industrial biotechnology and intellectual property jurisprudence, the Hon'ble High Court of Madras has set aside the Patent Office order refusing a patent to Danish Biotech giant Novozymes A/S. Decided by Hon'ble Mr. Justice...

Despite relying heavily on intellectual property to drive growth, many companies still treat IP management as a back‑office function rather than a strategic priority. A fundamental shift is underway in how corporate value is created, and many executives are only...

Join an expert panel for a live webinar on 19 May at 10am PST (1pm EST, 6pm BST) exploring how IP leaders are rethinking freedom to operate (FTO) as patent filing volume accelerates and competitive landscapes evolve faster than traditional clearance cycles can keep...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has published its Corporate Plan for 2026 to 2027, setting out its priorities and commitments for the year ahead. The plan outlines how the UKIPO will continue to deliver a modern, trusted IP framework that continues to...

As counterfeiting becomes an increasingly sophisticated challenge for brands globally, TikTok Real gives rights holders the tools, transparency, and direct partnership they need to protect what they've built.  TikTok Real is a comprehensive intellectual property...

A new USPTO rule requiring all foreign-domiciled patent applicants and patent owners to be represented by a registered US patent practitioner will take effect in July 2026. This article will discuss the impact of this rule change. Context: a shift in USPTO practice...

In March 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Federal Register notice addressing how computer-generated interfaces and icons should be treated by examiners in design patent applications going forward. This update introduces a more...

The recent news that Stefano Gabbana stepped down from his role as Chair of Dolce & Gabbana S.r.l. got me thinking about his collaboration with Domenico Dolce – a collaboration beginning in 1982 and delighting fans of their deeply Italian aesthetic since! Readers...

In a landmark ruling delivered on April 7, 2026, the Hon'ble Bombay High Court (Bench comprising Coram of Justice Bharati Dangre & Justice Manjusha Deshpande) reinforced a fundamental principle of administrative law, i.e., the power to refuse a patent is not a...

As World Intellectual Property Day approaches on 26 April 2026, we asked our Editorial Board for their thoughts on this year’s theme: IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate. Providing unique insight from their respective jurisdictions, our Editorial Board members reflect...

Europe is strong in innovation and ideas, but the underuse of intellectual property (IP) as a basis for financing widens the gap with other global economies. Financial and market constraints push many innovative firms to relocate outside the EU. Stronger IP portfolios...

Today, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a suite of new digital services to apply for, manage, or renew UK patents. The services launched today allow customers to apply for, manage, and renew UK patents in one place. This marks the next step in...

A significant shift is coming for businesses that rely on UK intellectual property rights. From 1 April 2026, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) will implement its biggest fee increase for some time (trademark fees have been unchanged since 1998, design fees...

For more than 30 years, the United States has granted design protection for computer-generated designs such as graphical user interfaces and icons. These designs have traditionally been deemed a “surface ornamentation” design on a “display screen,” which serves as the...

Two orders issued by the UPC Court of Appeal on 6 March 2026 in Dyson Technology Limited v. Dreame International (Hongkong) Limited and others mark a pivotal moment in the development of the UPC as a pan-European enforcement forum. For the first time, the Court of...

Join us for an Insight IP Virtual Boardroom exploring “Patent Prosecution in China: What In-House Teams Need to Know in 2026”, taking place on 9 April 2026. This session is designed for in-house counsel, IP managers, and legal professionals seeking practical insight...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), in conjunction with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has today confirmed that baseline funding for the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) will be maintained for a further three...

The intersection of national security and artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a critical flashpoint. Recently, the US Pentagon approved Elon Musk's Grok AI for classified military operations while simultaneously threatening Anthropic with penalties for its...

Open Invention Network (OIN), the world’s largest patent non-aggression community dedicated to safeguarding open source software (OSS), today announced the appointment of Shane Coughlan as its Global Ambassador for OIN 2.0, a pivotal role in accelerating awareness,...

In a landmark ruling that has sent shockwaves through the intellectual property community, the UK Supreme Court has fundamentally redefined the framework for patenting artificial intelligence (AI) and software-based inventions. Handing down its judgment in Emotional...

The principle of "clearing the way" has become a significant, though non-statutory, aspect of Indian patent litigation, particularly in cases involving interim injunctions. This concept, borrowed from UK and European patent law, expects a party intending to enter a...

The Top 100 organizations lead the way in innovation, contributing an exceptional 16% of the world’s highest-strength AI inventions. London, UK, January 21, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the...

Drug repurposing continues to offer significant opportunities to bring treatments to patients faster and at lower development risk. However, success increasingly depends on getting regulatory strategy, reimbursement pathways, and IP protection right from the outset....

London, January 12, 2026 – EIP today announces the launch of Visser AI®, a patent service delivered by a specialist team of patent attorneys supported by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Visser AI applies a different service model across patent work, including...

Solve Intelligence, the AI platform for the $200B+ patent industry, has raised $40M in Series B funding and is launching a new product for generating patent claim charts. Solve’s Series B comes just months after its $12M Series A, and brings total funding to $55M....

Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the launch of Derwent Patent Monitor to streamline intellectual property (IP) and research and development (R&D) collaborative patent reviews when determining patentability,...

Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the development of IPfolio Law, the next-generation, cloud-based IP management platform designed specifically for IP law firms. This Software as a Service (SaaS) IP Management system...

Organizations often begin their intellectual property (IP) journey by examining AI-enhanced point solutions. While these distinct, single-function tools offer an initial low-cost appeal, the resulting fragmented approach can become a logistical liability. The...

Following CTC Legal Events' second Winter Intellectual Property Conference held in London on 5-6 November, David Jenkins, Senior Media Relations Manager at the UK Intellectual Property Office, and a speaker at this year's conference, shared his thoughts: "I was...

As a proud member of the Editorial Board of The Trademark Lawyer, I could not decline the invitation of the Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Jordan, to join the Winter Intellectual Property Conference, organized by CTC Legal Events. I was interested in many of the topic...

Pre-eminent IP Lawyer and Managing Partner of Anand and Anand, Mr Pravin Anand, has been conferred with the prestigious Enduring Impact Award for his unparalleled contribution in the growth of the Asian Patent Attorney Association and its Indian Group. The award was...

In standard essential patent (SEP) disputes, especially those involving FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) terms, confidentiality clubs play a vital role. They protect sensitive commercial data, such as licensing agreements, royalty rates, and...

In a decision that will resonate as a stark warning to patent litigants, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed Rex Medical a textbook Pyrrhic victory against Intuitive Surgical. The Court affirmed the jury's finding that Intuitive had infringed Rex...

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 US 837 (1984) instructed courts to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. In 2024, the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 144 S. Ct. 2244,...

On a technical level, one of the most significant trends in the global information and communication industry today is the deep integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with communication connectivity technologies. From network infrastructure to terminal devices,...

The USPTO Director's recent reversal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Final Written Decision in Interactive Communications International, Inc. v. Blackhawk Network Inc., IPR2024-00465, signals heightened scrutiny of expert testimony reliability in inter...

Fitness app company Strava has recently made waves in the running and cycling communities after suing Garmin for patent infringement in the US, with many users concerned that the historic cooperation between the companies may be coming to an end. In the eyes of many...

Case background and conditional injunctions A recent ruling by the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court has drawn significant attention to China’s evolving approach to standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes. On June 19, 2025, the Court handed down its decision in two...

AI Classifier delivers patent classification with up to 97% first-pass accuracy for portfolio benchmarking, while SEP Analyzer enhances reporting with clear, intuitive visualizations. Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced...

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...