Category: Patent Policy
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Podcast: interview with WIPO’s Heike Wollgast on SEP mediation pledge, role of alternative dispute resolution in patent litigation
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Heike Wollgast, who heads up the IP Disputes Section of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center.
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Former USPTO deputy director Coke Stewart on C4IP President appointment
“There is a concern that the pendulum is swinging back and forth from one director to another, or one administration to another. While there isn’t an agreement on what the reforms should be, there is consensus that the changes need to be permanent, and I can better do that from the outside,” Ms. Stewart told…
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Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart announces departure from USPTO
In a social media post, Ms. Stewart said she will leave the agency later this week and return to private practice.
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ITC returns to 100% manpower for first time in four years
The U.S. Senate has now confirmed all five of President Trump’s nominees to the ITC, restoring the Commission to its full six-member panel for the first time since 2022.
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IPRED workshop exposes divide over patent injunction reform as professor and EC official favor monitoring UPC case law
A European Parliament workshop on IPRED exposed differing views on patent injunction reform, with some participants advocating legislative intervention and others warning against it before the UPC has developed a more substantial body of case law.
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USPTO launches expedited examination pilot aimed at incentivizing small business, research sector participation in standard-setting
While laudable, it isn’t clear that the SPARK Pilot Program can significantly move the needle.
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An interview with IP monetization ‘godfather’ Marshall Phelps
“If you let them, patents can permit people to do so many things, and they can pay you for the privilege,” Marshall Phelps recently told ip fray in an exclusive interview.
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Podcast: interview with Dr. Peter Georg Picht, SEP and competition law expert
In our latest podcast episode, ip fray interviewed Dr. Peter Georg Picht, an IP and competition law professor at Zurich University, and a fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
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Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applications
Apple has signed a deal involving avatar software startup Animato that combines hiring rights, intellectual property licensing, and patent application transfers, reflecting Apple’s broader use of modular AI-focused transactions disclosed through the EU’s Digital Markets Act database.
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USPTO Director provides comprehensive explainer on discretionary denials policy in new decision
The Magnolia decision has essentially been used as a vehicle to communicate the USPTO’s evolving line on discretionary denials, offering detail for patentees and petitioners alike.