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Second decision of the Court of Appeal of the UPC on claim construction
On May 13, 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) handed down its second decision dealing with claim construction (CoA_1/2024 / ApL_8/2024). In the first decision of February 26, 2024 (CoA_335/2023 / App_576355/2023), the court had already...
Behind the scenes: Potter Clarkson’s IP Summer School
Our Editor-in-Chief, Faye Waterford, had the unique opportunity to attend Potter Clarkson’s residential IP Summer School, an exclusive event that took place on June 25-26 at the University of Nottingham. After a very warm welcome and humorous icebreaker conducted by...
Filings of secret ‘National Security’ patents increase 36% in a year amid military tech developments
Increase in defense spending thought to be driving the trend National security patents cover military-grade technology, sophisticated comms equipment drones, and cutting-edge materials. The number of secret ‘National Security’ patents filed in the UK – those deemed by...
Samsung’s preemptive strike: precedent or predictable?
Consumers are very familiar with tech product launches. Years of research, speculation, tech blog rumors, and even legal filings all build anticipation for the long-awaited official announcement. The dramatization of the process is, of course, all part of the...
IBM settles patent infringement lawsuit against Rakuten over e-commerce technologies
Recent court filings reveal that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Rakuten have reached a settlement in their legal dispute. IBM filed the complaint in 2021 alleging that the e-commerce website violated e-commerce-related patents. The settlement brings...
Supreme Court of India further extended the suspension of limitation period/timelines under general and special laws. LexOrbis reports
In view of the spike in new cases of Covid-19, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has once again suspended limitation periods and timelines under all general and special laws. As per the Order dated January 10, 2022 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in an...
Open Invention Network expands patent protection covered under largest multilateral cross license in history
Funded by Google, IBM / Red Hat, NEC, Philips, Sony and Toyota, Open Invention Network was created to safeguard Linux from organizations looking to hinder open source growth and adoption through patent activities. Today, more than 3,600 business – developers,...
Crowell & Moring Releases Litigation Forecast 2022: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year
Crowell & Moring has published Litigation Forecast 2022: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year. The tenth-annual Litigation Forecast focuses on the intersection of technology, litigation, and intellectual property, including significant changes...
Former R&D Engineer Wins Round 2 of Project Jengo, and Cloudflare Wins at the Patent Office. Cloudflare reports
The classic children’s fairy tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff tells the story of three goats trying to cross a bridge to a field of yummy grass, despite the monstrous troll that lives underneath the bridge and threatens to eat them. To beat the troll, the goats played...
Covid sparks surge in innovation with 5,070 new patent applications: Juliet Redhouse comments
5,070 global patent applications* relating to Covid-19 have been published since the start of the pandemic, shows a new analysis by leading intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire. The most common type of patent application relates to Covid testing and...
Choice IP and The PCT Network join forces to create a new IP service provider: Azami Global
[New York, New York, January 2022] - Choice IP and The PCT Network are joining forces to create a powerful new IP services provider. Choice IP and The PCT Network are two of the world’s leading networks for IP professionals. Their unique models have each proven to be...
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER appoints two partners and two counsel
Top-tier European IP boutique firm HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER has promoted Michiel de Baat (Amsterdam) and Ivan Dimitrov (Düsseldorf) to the partnership and appointed Carina Höfer (Düsseldorf) and Tim Robrechts (Brussels) as counsel with the firm. The firm now has 47...
Harter Secrest & Emery announces new Partners
Daniel J. Altieri and Timothy W. Menasco Elected to Harter Secrest & Emery's Partnership Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a full-service business law firm with offices throughout New York, is pleased to announce that Daniel J. Altieri, from the firm’s Litigation...
High court holds on to jurisdiction in SEP case. EIP reports
The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in the Unwired Planet v Huawei, and Conversant v Huawei & ZTE appeals affirmed the UK court’s jurisdiction to determine global FRAND licences in Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) disputes and to potentially injunct...
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