Category: Patent Policy
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An interview with IP monetization âgodfatherâ Marshall Phelps
âIf you let them, patents can permit people to do so many things, and they can pay you for the privilege,â 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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Appleâs 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 Appleâs broader use of modular AI-focused transactions disclosed through the EUâs 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.
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The view from abroad: Korean companies have “urgent need” to revise U.S. strategies in face of evolving USPTO policy on inter partes reviews
The changes under Director John Squires are not going unnoticed in other major tech economies.
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Lose three validity battles, win the infringement war? Microsoftâs CNIPA record against Newmanâs GUI patent
A long-running Chinese touchscreen patent dispute between Newman Infinite and Microsoft has now reached China’s Supreme People’s Court, after the latter failed in four patent invalidation attempts. But the record is less one-sided than it currently appears to be.
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USITC seeks input on proposed new rules around real-party-in-interest disclosures
The proposed rulemaking fits with the trend seen across agencies dealing with U.S. patent matters, where there is a push for more transparency around real-parties-in-interest.
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IPR petitions hit lowest-ever monthly total in April as new USPTO policies take hold
Meanwhile, requests for ex parte re-examination have skyrocketed to their highest number in years.
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IP is the âbasis of Europeâs competitivenessâ â it would be âunrealisticâ to think otherwise, says IP Europeâs new Secretary General Niklas Lagergren
âOur ideas and our intellectual property are basically the only possible basis we have for our future competitiveness,â Mr. Lagergren, who boasts 30 years in IP policy experience in Brussels, told ip fray in an exclusive interview.