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Pocketpair, I choose you… to sue: an early glimpse into the Nintendo-Pocketpair litigation
Out of the blue on September 19, 2024, video game company Nintendo and The Pokémon Company issued a joint news release via a post on the Nintendo website. The post asserted that Pocketpair infringed certain patents but contained sparse details about the alleged...
Increase in patent fees in Russia
From October 5, 2024, the amount of patent fees collected in Russia has increased in accordance with the relevant draft government resolution. The changes will affect legally significant actions related to such intellectual property items as inventions, utility...
ERS Genomics and Université de Montréal sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement
License agreement provides Université de Montréal access to CRISPR gene editing technology for use across its platform services Dublin, Ireland, and Montreal, Canada - October 1, 2024 - ERS Genomics Limited (‘ERS’), the CRISPR licensing Company, and Université de...
COPA and Unified Patents sign partnership to protect the crypto community from patent trolls
Launch of Blockchain Zone to challenge patents owned by non-practicing entities (NPEs) that could impact the open-source ecosystem NPEs still account for 58% of all [US] patent litigation; partnership aims to deter NPE activity in crypto October 1, 2024 - Today,...
Relentless pursuit of victory: BMW Group prevails in Arigna patent litigation saga
BMW Group prevailed in its long-running battle against Arigna Technology Ltd. While Arigna’s efforts spanned years and multiple venues — BMW Group’s multi-faceted legal strategy and refusal to settle ultimately forced Arigna to fold. Pressuring from all sides: BMW...
Amazon, Twitch hit with its first patent lawsuit of the year
On 5th January 2023, Amazon was hit with its first patent lawsuit (3:23-cv-00057) of this year by BSD Crown Ltd., formerly known as Emblaze (2001-2014) and GEO Interactive Media Group (1995-2001). Currently, BSD Crown is involved in Food Retail Industry, but the...
Nokia and Samsung sign 5G patent license agreement
Agreement covers Nokia’s fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies Samsung to make royalty payments to Nokia for a multi-year period Previous agreement expired at the end of 2022 Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced last month it has signed a new cross-license...
Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT threatening privacy?
There has been a rush of excitement in recent weeks for OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT. It’s hard not to share in the excitement, when one can ask a question as unusual as “write me a poem about patents in the style of Shakespeare” and receive a coherent and original reply...
Mobile money: need to incentivize cellular standards
Savings accounts, payments and loans play a key role in the economic and social welfare of individuals and countries. Amongst other things, they provide financial inclusion, higher chances of overcoming financial challenges, an opportunity to create a business or to...
Huge leap in number of legal professionals with career concerns
LawCare, the mental health charity for legal professionals in the UK, today released new support statistics and its impact report LawCare's 2022 impact report shows that nearly a quarter (22%) of people contacting LawCare for support were primarily concerned about...
The future for graphene innovation
Since its discovery in 2004, and the subsequent Nobel Prize in 2010, graphene has been one of this generation’s most talked-about advances in the material sciences. It has been touted as a ‘cure all’ for problems in nearly every technological sector, and (perhaps...
Apple Watch patent lawsuits: the art of substantial product modifications, patenting and their defense
On January 11, 2023, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a ruling that Apple Inc. goes against Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1337, by importing and selling certain Apple Watches with light-based pulse oximetry...
The continued debate over patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics
The waiver debate over Covid 19 treatment is again in focus as countries and health systems brace up for another variant that threatens to wreak havoc over lives and livelihoods. The need to share COVID-19-related IP remains urgent, considering that two years into the...
International Trademark Association opens registration for 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ in Singapore
New York, New York—January 11, 2023—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has officially opened registration for the 2023 Annual Meeting Live+. The gathering will be the Association’s 145th Annual Meeting, featuring an in-person event at Singapore’s renowned...
Gender disparity exists at all levels in Hong Kong’s legal sector, finds a survey jointly launched by Mayer Brown and Women in Law Hong Kong
VLSI agrees to dismiss latest semiconductor patent complaint against Intel in Delaware
Picassos in the potting shed? What to do with unused or unloved intellectual property assets
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