The Patent Lawyer
NewsThe latest IP news – to join our panel of Patent news correspondents, please contact us
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...
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...
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...
China moves to strengthen IP enforcement as AI and 3D scanning create new challenges
China is introducing new measures aimed at addressing intellectual property challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI), 3D scanning, sophisticated counterfeiting, and potentially abusive litigation, according to a new report. China's judiciary and...
“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...
Drug Repurposing and Repositioning: March 19, 2026
Drug repurposing continues to offer significant opportunities to bring treatments to patients faster and at lower development risk. However, success increasingly depends on getting regulatory strategy, reimbursement pathways, and IP protection right from the outset....
EIP launches Visser AI®, a new AI-enabled patent service
London, January 12, 2026 – EIP today announces the launch of Visser AI®, a patent service delivered by a specialist team of patent attorneys supported by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Visser AI applies a different service model across patent work, including...
The cognitive era: the next Industrial Revolution is powered by thought, not engines
AI adoption isn't just a passing trend; it is an irreversible shift in human productivity and creativity. We have moved beyond simple processing into an era of generative partnership. For the first time, our tools do more than organize data – they actively co-create...
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.