Category: Patent & Other IP Offices
-
China, Hong Kong-based defendants now account for roughly one-third of new UPC infringement and PI cases
Chinese and Hong Kong-based defendants now account for about a third of new UPC infringement and PI cases and face above-average injunction rates, as the UPC stays few cases pending EPO oppositions.
-
China links patent rulings to customs enforcement: solar disputes could disrupt global deliveries before goods leave port
A patent fight in China could disrupt overseas deliveries before goods leave a port. With solar singled out for stronger protection, closer links between administrative rulings and customs enforcement may raise the stakes of licensing negotiations across global supply chains.
-
Valtrus patent upheld by Federal Circuit after Google challenges Word doc metadata as pre-AIA invention proof
Automatically generated metadata can independently corroborate inventor testimony, the panel opined.
-
UK IPO seeks views on feasibility of FRAND Opinion Service
The UK is exploring a less formal approach to SEP licensing disputes, with a proposed IPO-led service offering independent, non-binding assessments of whether licensing offers fall within a plausible FRAND range.
-
U.S. Supreme Court denies Google cert petition challenging USPTO’s settled expectations denials
Three other petitions for writ of certiorari, similarly questioning the agency’s validity review denials, are pending before the court.
-
UK government rejects new FRAND rate-setting track in SEP policy response
The UK government has rejected a dedicated FRAND rate-setting track in favor of exploring early judicial evaluation and non-binding IPO opinions, while leaving the existing injunction framework unchanged.
-
Dolby, MediaTek bought 40% of video codec patent families that changed hands in the U.S. over six months: USPTO records analysis
A review of recent USPTO assignment records shows Alibaba, LG, and OP Solutions selling video codec patents while Dolby, MediaTek, and licensing entities bought, in some cases, expired patents.
-
Via annual Bridge Summit to focus on AI licensing
Via Licensing Alliance’s fourth-ever annual Bridge Summit, due to take place next week, will feature AI infrastructure and data center licensing discussions throughout its conference, as well as licensor meetings dedicated to its newly launched DRAM pool.
-
EPO board of appeal rejects claim-saving approach to ambiguous amendments
The EPO Board of Appeal has rejected a claim-saving approach to ambiguous amendments in a Philip Morris e-cigarette patent dispute, holding that unresolved ambiguity can broaden a claim and create added-matter problems.
-
iPhone Duo: two long-running Apple patent families and a Liechtenstein priority filing
Apple’s iPhone Duo arrives with a long paper trail: a 2011 patent naming CEO John Ternus as inventor, a 2015 family whose foldable claims issued five months before launch, and an iPhone Duo trademark filed first in Liechtenstein in March.