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Bangladesh faces unresolved question over whether AI can be an inventor
Bangladesh's relatively new patent framework appears to require a legally recognized inventor, but the country has yet to confront a DABUS-style application involving an autonomous AI system. Bangladesh could become an increasingly interesting jurisdiction in the...
Bangladesh faces unresolved question over whether AI can be an inventor
Bangladesh's relatively new patent framework appears to require a legally recognized inventor, but the country has yet to confront a DABUS-style application involving an autonomous AI system. Bangladesh could become an increasingly interesting jurisdiction in the...
India proposes new pharma and biotech patent examination guidelines
India's patent office has released draft examination guidelines for pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent applications, incorporating recent case law and developments in technology and patent practice. The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and...
Vietnam expands use of IP rights as collateral and capital assets under new reforms
Vietnam is placing greater emphasis on the commercial value of intellectual property rights, with new rules allowing IP rights to be used for capital contributions, loan security, and civil and commercial transactions. Vietnam is moving toward treating intellectual...
Rothy’s secures injunction protecting design patents and trade dress in footwear dispute
A US federal court has entered a consent judgment and permanent injunction protecting Rothy's footwear designs, adopting stipulated findings that 10 design patents and trade dress rights associated with The Point and The Flat shoes are valid and infringed. The US...
Break the patent bottleneck: how AI unlocks faster, smarter classification
Strategic patent portfolio planning is only as effective as the data that supports it. Patent classification serves as the bedrock of an intellectual property (IP) department. It is the primary mechanism that allows a company to find, value, and defend its technology....
How to avoid the costly M&A pitfalls of IP recordals
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is surging, especially in the pharmaceutical and semiconductor sectors. In these industries, intellectual property – not physical factories – drives most company value. Pharmaceutical firms eyeing patent cliffs are...
Insights and Best Practices in IP – Life Sciences Field | 2026 Report
How leading life sciences IP teams are adapting to complexity, risk, and rapid change Download the full report to access detailed insights, practitioner perspectives, and best practices shaping IP strategy in life sciences today: Insights and Best Practices in IP -...
“Clearing the way” in Indian patent law: an equitable consideration in interim injunctions
The principle of "clearing the way" has become a significant, though non-statutory, aspect of Indian patent litigation, particularly in cases involving interim injunctions. This concept, borrowed from UK and European patent law, expects a party intending to enter a...
More than 100 companies join Open Invention Network as it evolves to OIN 2.0
Since 2005, Open Invention Network (OIN) has continued in its mission of protecting and promoting open source software (OSS) from patent threats. Its efforts have shielded the open source community from patent aggression, enabling new kinds of industries to take root...
The corporate IP tech stack 2026: what in-house teams should demand from AI tools
By 2026, artificial intelligence will no longer be a “nice to have” in corporate IP departments. It will be a baseline requirement for managing invention capture, patent quality, portfolio scale, and legal risk. That transition is already well underway. A 2025 LawNext...
Mewburn Ellis achieves Great Place To Work™ Certification for second consecutive year
LONDON – European Intellectual Property law firm, Mewburn Ellis, today announces that it has been awarded the Great Place To Work™ Certification 2025 by Great Place to Work ®, marking the firm’s second consecutive year receiving the distinction. The internationally...
Clarivate reveals Top 100 Global Innovators 2026
The Top 100 organizations lead the way in innovation, contributing an exceptional 16% of the world’s highest-strength AI inventions. London, UK, January 21, 2026 - Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the...
The hidden cost of missed inventions: how AI helps corporations capture R&D innovation before it disappears
For most large R&D-driven organizations, the biggest innovation risk is not competitors—it is silence. Every year, thousands of potentially patentable inventions never make it into an invention disclosure, let alone a patent filing. They remain buried in...
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