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China’s top court hands down multimillion-dollar patent and trade-secret awards in chemical cases
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has highlighted a series of high-value patent and trade-secret cases involving chemical production, including related disputes that resulted in combined awards of more than RMB 200 million. The cases also illustrate how Chinese...
China’s top court hands down multimillion-dollar patent and trade-secret awards in chemical cases
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has highlighted a series of high-value patent and trade-secret cases involving chemical production, including related disputes that resulted in combined awards of more than RMB 200 million. The cases also illustrate how Chinese...
Salesforce launches PTAB challenge against IQX automated authentication patent
Salesforce has filed a new inter partes review (IPR) petition challenging an IQX Corp. patent covering technology that includes silent network authentication, adding a Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceeding to parallel patent litigation between the companies. The...
Corteva and Inari settle major seed-IP dispute after DOJ statement of interest
Corteva Agriscience and Inari Agriculture have settled a closely watched intellectual property dispute in Delaware after the case went to trial, bringing proceedings over access to Corteva's patented biological material to an apparent end. The parties filed a joint...
UKIPO finds AI content-moderation system not shown to infringe patent
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has concluded that an AI-powered content-moderation system offered by Unitary Ltd. has not been shown to infringe a patent owned by Lighthouse Technologies Limited. In Opinion 11/26, issued on September 23, the UKIPO...
Hyundai Motor and Kia join OIN 2.0 community
Modern cars may be powered by gasoline or electricity – but they run on code. Software-defined vehicles, connected-car platforms, and cloud services now depend on Linux and other open-source technologies. That dependence carries some patent risk capable of stalling...
The IP operating model is broken – and billable hours won’t fix it
The legal profession has never been comfortable with disruption. But what's happening in intellectual property (IP) right now isn't a trend to monitor from a distance. It's a fundamental shift in how IP work gets done, and attorneys who don't adapt will find...
Clarivate introduces IPOne
A unified IP intelligence platform for AI-powered research ecosystem, workflow automation, and enterprise AI connectors London, UK - May 29, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced IPOne, a unified...
Road to victory: how Innoscience turned an ITC threat into an approval hearing of its redesigns and secured uninterrupted market access
Innoscience did not simply defend itself in a high-stakes Section 337 investigation at the US International Trade Commission (“ITC”)—it rewrote the playbook. Rather than waiting for a final ruling on the accused products, Innoscience pursued and implemented critical...
Clarivate’s IPfolio and renewal services selected by IGT
Managing global intellectual property more efficiently with trusted data, expert support, and integrated services London, UK, May 21, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced that IPfolio has been...
Bridging the post-Brexit divide: what the European Partnerships Bill means for IP and tech
Of all the legislative initiatives unveiled in the recent King's Speech, the European Partnerships Bill has the potential to be one of the most structurally consequential. Driven by the government's stated ambition to move closer to the European Union and recapture a...
Open Invention Network boosts open source prior art in partnership with Software Heritage
For software, patent examiners are challenged in finding prior art because much of it exists outside traditional patent databases. It's buried in open-source code repositories, developer forums, conference proceedings, and informal technical documentation that...
Decoding inventive step: Madras High Court establishes economic significance as an independent pillar for inventive step
In a significant development for industrial biotechnology and intellectual property jurisprudence, the Hon'ble High Court of Madras has set aside the Patent Office order refusing a patent to Danish Biotech giant Novozymes A/S. Decided by Hon'ble Mr. Justice...
A growing corporate blind spot: the rise of unprotected intangible assets
Despite relying heavily on intellectual property to drive growth, many companies still treat IP management as a back‑office function rather than a strategic priority. A fundamental shift is underway in how corporate value is created, and many executives are only...
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