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Winter Intellectual Property Conference 2025: a review
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...
Pravin Anand conferred with the APAA Enduring Impact Award
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...
A $10 million patent win reduced to a $1 lesson in damages
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...
The quiet power of confidentiality clubs in SEP litigation
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...
Chevron’s ghost and the return of deference
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,...
Supreme Court hears oral argument in patent case that may limit how broadly inventors may claim their invention
The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a patent case that has the potential to profoundly affect how broadly inventors may claim an invention, particularly in the life sciences space. On March 27, 2023, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Amgen v....
Research finds companies just pre- and post-IPO are at highest risk of being targeted by a non-practicing entity lawsuit
Nearly 40% of companies litigated were within two years of announcing their IPO; 52% of companies sued had less than $25 million in annual revenue A HighTech-Solutions (HTS) study, commissioned by the international, non-profit patent licensing platform LOT...
Ford seeks patent for autonomous repossession
“The rise of AV technology presents a range of opportunities for companies interested in leveraging this technology for their own use. While there are certainly concerns about the potential for increased surveillance and control, the reality is that this technology...
India: IP office Annual report for 2021-2022 shows vibrancy in IP Environment
The Intellectual Property Office has recently issued its annual report for the year 2021-2022. Our post covers some key aspects. The fee concessions & provisions for the expedited examination have been given to specific categories of applicants, including...
Carbon capture patents rise by 65% to record high as companies seek to cut carbon footprint
73% of global patent application publications in 2021/22 were Chinese in origin UK lags behind other nations with only three patent applications published in the last year There have been a record 411 global patent applications for carbon capture and storage...
Guess who? Controversy over deepfake technology
ITV’s new show ‘Deep Fake Neighbour Wars’ has recently received a lot of media attention due to its use of deepfake technology. The show uses images of celebrities and superimposes those images onto the faces of the UKs best impressionists. The impressionists then act...
Evolving scope of patent claim amendment
The recent orders from the Delhi High court clarify that the claims can be amended by including the features from the description, thus redefining the permissibility of the claim amendments by the Indian Patent Act. The Delhi High Court, Intellectual Property Division...
Innovation stays strong: patent applications in Europe continue to grow in 2022
Patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) up 2.5% despite global uncertainties Record demand for patents reflects attractiveness of European market Digital and clean-energy technologies on the rise China and US are main engines of growth in patent...
Is ChatGPT for patent lawyers?
When I was young, Steve Jobs famously called computers “bicycles for the mind,” and the metaphor helped explain why computers are so useful to human beings. Bicycles help humans conserve energy from one step to the next, which is why they are the best walkers in the...
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