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Apple challenges $5.7 billion haptic patent verdict, alleging damages were based on guesswork
The technology giant is asking a California federal judge to overturn a record-setting jury award to Taction Technology or order a new trial, disputing both the infringement findings and the evidentiary basis for damages. Apple has asked a California federal judge to...
Apple challenges $5.7 billion haptic patent verdict, alleging damages were based on guesswork
The technology giant is asking a California federal judge to overturn a record-setting jury award to Taction Technology or order a new trial, disputing both the infringement findings and the evidentiary basis for damages. Apple has asked a California federal judge to...
Dutch court blocks Merck’s injectable Keytruda in eight countries over Halozyme patent
The Hague District Court found that Merck’s subcutaneous cancer treatment infringes a patent covering modified hyaluronidase technology, highlighting the reach of drug-delivery patents and the potential for cross-border enforcement. A Dutch court has ordered Merck...
UK Government sets out targeted reforms to standard essential patent licensing
The Government will explore early FRAND determinations, improve access to SEP information, and assess a voluntary opinion service, but has ruled out a standalone rate determination track and further restrictions on injunctions for now. The UK Government has announced...
El Salvador expands international IP framework as three WIPO treaties enter into force
El Salvador has expanded its participation in the international intellectual property system, with three WIPO-administered treaties entering into force in the country today. The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) and the Singapore Treaty on...
Anaqua study finds AI is redefining semiconductor innovation
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...
Australian generics turn preliminary discovery into patent validity tool
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...
Trinidad and Tobago highlights changes to IP enforcement rules for imported goods
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...
Trinidad and Tobago highlights changes to IP enforcement rules for imported goods
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 launches consultation on AI training, copyright, and patents
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 hits unauthorized patent agency practice with potentially record $2.5 million penalty
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...
TIER IV joins OIN 2.0 to advance open source SDV development
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 appointed UK minister with responsibility for IP
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...
Australian court orders withdrawal of patent applications before publication in extraordinary confidentiality ruling
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...
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