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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...
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...
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...
UKIPO again refuses Emotional Perception AI patent after Supreme Court remittal
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has again refused Emotional Perception AI Limited's patent application for an artificial neural network (ANN)-based media recommendation system, following the UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling earlier this year that...
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...
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...
UKIPO changes AI patent examination practice following Supreme Court ruling
The UK Intellectual Property Office has issued new examination guidance following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on AI-related patentability, setting out how examiners should approach computer-implemented inventions. The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)...
Delhi High Court sets out a seven-step test for patentability of mental acts under Section 3(m) of the Patents Act
The appeal arose from the refusal of Indian Patent Application No. 468/DELNP/2008 titled “Method and Arrangement for Optimising the Operational Times and Cell Change Performance of Mobile Terminals.” During the proceedings, the Court noted that despite the existence...
USPTO proposes new transparency rules for parties behind patent reexamination challenges
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed requiring third-party requesters for ex parte reexamination to identify all real parties in interest behind a challenge. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2026, would add...
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