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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...
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...
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...
UPC gives patent applicants another reason to think carefully about opt-outs
Patent applicants considering whether to opt their European patent applications out of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system may need to make that decision earlier than previously thought, following a September 21 ruling by the UPC Court of Appeal in Sidel...
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...
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...
India proposes new patent practice manual as IP Office seeks stakeholder input
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...
Data center boom creates new patent battleground around AI infrastructure
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 seeks US import orders against Apple, Samsung, and Google over audio patents
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...
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