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16th edition of Global IP Convention, Istanbul: India’s flagship event is now in Turkey
The Global Intellectual Property Conference (GIPC) is where brilliance meets influence. This isn't your average gathering; it's a convergence of thought leaders, industry titans, innovators, legal experts, and executives from Fortune 500 companies. Step into the...
Number of drone patents filed worldwide jumps 16% in past year
R&D in defense driving innovation in drone technology, alongside agriculture and logistics Russia filing significant number of patents as drones used in conflict AI is also a key part of the increase in drone patent filings. The number of global patents filed for...
Legal dispute redefining COVID-19 vaccine patents and future of mRNA tech
The race for a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020 was a global effort, but the aftermath has seen a bitter legal battle erupt between pharmaceutical giants. In August 2022, Moderna, a pioneer in messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, launched a lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech,...
EUIPO’s 5th IP Case Law Conference: an inside look
We were delighted to attend the EUIPO’s 5th IP Case Law Conference held in Alicante on the 29-30 of April 2024 – special thanks to EUIPO for the invitation and exceptional hospitality throughout the conference. Following a warm welcome from Master of Ceremony Thomas...
Delhi High Court awards Ericsson $29 million in SEP case
On 28 March 2024, the Delhi High Court concluded a decade-long litigation between Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) and Lava Intl. Ltd (Lava) by delivering a landmark judgment that Lava infringed Ericsson’s eight Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) relating to...
Jim Belfiore, SVP, Advisory Services and Analytics, comments on on DABUS AI inventor
“It was only a matter of time before a Patent Office awarded an AI agent inventorship given both recent test cases and the growing ubiquity of Artificial Intelligence in the innovation lifecycle. That two have acted in such quick succession may be a sign of things to...
The Australian Federal Court says an AI can be the inventor
The Australian Federal Court has recently handed down a decision that an AI can be named as the inventor in a patent application. The patent application relates to two inventions: a beverage container having a fractal wall; and a signal beacon, both generated by DABUS...
World’s first patent awarded for an invention made by an AI could have seismic implications on IP law
Intellectual property (IP) officials in South Africa have made history in a landmark decision to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor. The patent—which was filed by an international team of lawyers and researchers led by the...
Delayed SEP declaration not a defense to patent infringement – Optis v Apple
By Richard Fawcett, senior associate at Powell Gilbert LLP In the recent Optis v Apple [2021] EWHC 1739 trial in the High Court of England & Wales, Apple ran a novel proprietary estoppel defense against Optis’ allegations of infringement of its Standard Essential...
Patents don’t kill – Marie Barani reports
With the European Commission acting as legislator and regulator, and the European Parliament and Council representing the European executive power, Brussels is home to some of the main European institutions as well as lobbyists. Early July, two ads portraying opposing...
Perkins Coie Adds Partners Ngai Zhang and Drew Schulte to Growing IP Practice
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that partners Ngai Zhang and Drew Schulte have joined the firm’s expanding Intellectual Property (IP) practice in the Washington, D.C., and New York offices, respectively. Ngai and Drew counsel on strategic patent prosecution with a...
LiDAR Innovator Baraja Joins LOT Network in a Defensive Measure to Protect its Innovation and Intellectual Property
LOT Network, the international community of the world’s leading high-tech companies committed to protecting its members from costly litigation from patent assertion entities (PAEs, also known as “patent trolls”), recently announced that Baraja, a LiDAR innovator and...
Intellectual property litigator and PTAB pro Brent Babcock joins Loeb & Loeb
Loeb & Loeb is pleased to announce the arrival of Brent Babcock as a partner in its Patent Litigation & Counseling department and as the chair of the firm’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials practice group. Brent brings nearly three decades of patent...
New Clarivate report identifies battery capacity and charging technologies as key to accelerating electric vehicle adoption
State of innovation in electric vehicles, design challenges and opportunities uncovered by combining the power of unified IP with global research data insights Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the...
Judgement in patent trial will stifle business innovation and investment, agricultural machinery manufacturer Claydon Yield-o-Meter believes.
Huawei reaches license agreement with Volkswagen’s supplier, marking the company’s largest automotive licensing deal
Carpmaels & Ransford welcomes two new partners in the Life Sciences group
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