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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...
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...
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...
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...
UPC grants access to evidence but concerns remain over how transparent the new European Court system is going to be
Comments on the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) decision to grant Mathys & Squire's access to evidence in a Unified Patent Court case between Astellas and Healios Background Mathys & Squire, the intellectual property law firm, had brought a test case to try and...
Calcutta High Court sets aside template order in patent (post-grant) opposition proceedings
Terex India Private Limited (Terex) filed an appeal against the order passed by the Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs on March 2, 2023 (under Section 117A of The Patents Act, 1970), challenging the refusal of the post-grant opposition filed by Terex for the...
The obviousness-type double patenting saga continues!
It is very common for patentees to have multiple granted patents within the same patent family, and due to patent term adjustment (PTA), one or more of those patents could expire well beyond the expiration date of other patents in the family. However, what if an...
Diamond industry gets rocked: Sonani Industries injunction application rejected
The Hon'ble Division Bench, High Court of Gujarat recently delivered a judgment on July 19, 2024, in the patent infringement case involving Sonani Industries Pvt Ltd (formerly Sonani Jewels Pvt. Ltd.) and Galactica Processing Technologies LLP & Ors. This appeal...
El Salvador approves new Intellectual Property Law
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved a new Intellectual Property Law, repealing the previous Law on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs, as well as the Intellectual Property Law that had been in force since 1993 and its regulations. The new law...
Ozempic’s impending patent expiry spurs development of biosimilars in mainland China
China has the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity in the world, owing to growing trends in Western dietary patterns, sedentary lifestyles, and urbanization, making it a lucrative market for GLP-1 receptor agonist developers. According to Clarivate...
King’s speech: AI implications for IP
What did the King’s Speech say about AI? Many of us working on inventions in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector were watching the King’s speech with anticipation following rumors of an AI bill. Although the speech did not explicitly commit to an AI bill, it did...
UK IPO issues fresh warning to beware of misleading invoices
Customers should not pay these and should always report them to the IPO IPO issues fresh alert to beware of unsolicited payment requests. Figures show a recent surge in such requests reported by customers – up 63% on the same period last year. IPO publishes updated...
InterDigital v. Lenovo: royalties without limits
Four weeks after hearing five days of argument, the Court of Appeal delivered a 90-page decision in InterDigital v. Lenovo, dismissing most of the grounds of appeal and cross-appeal. The only significant issue on which the Court of Appeal disagreed with the trial...
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