Category: Patent Policy
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Huawei’s innovation and IP event shows trend toward more collaboration as if there was no geopolitical divide favored by Western politicians
Huawei’s innovation and IP event on Friday was all about open innovation and easy access to patent-related information.
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UK government helps SMEs with new SEP Resource Hub: wealth of information rather than heavy-handed intervention
The UK Intellectual Property Office today unveiled a treasure trove (particularly for SMEs) of information on standard-essential patent licensing and enforcement.
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EU SEP Regulation’s market power flaw exposed by Qi lawsuits in UPC, Germany: Commission and Parliament got it wrong
The dispute between Philips and Belkin over Qi (wireless charging) patents illustrates one of the fundamental flaws of the proposed EU SEP Regulation: the failure to consider market power.
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USPTO Director gives another indication of U.S. opposition to EU SEP Regulation proposal
Context: Current as well as former U.S. government officials have repeatedly expressed concern over the proposed EU regulation on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and its potential impact on innovation and national security in the Western world. Earlier this month, ip fray reported on a memorandum signed by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and…
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5 lessons from InterDigital v. Lenovo UK FRAND appeal for EU SEP Regulation
This week’s InterDigital v. Lenovo FRAND appeal in the UK shows again why the proposed EU SEP Regulation is misguided.
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USPTO, UKIPO formalize alliance on standard-essential patent policy, seeking to dissuade EU from regulatory excess — UPDATE: UKIPO denies advocacy objective
The patent offices of the United States and the United Kingdom yesterday signed a memorandum on standard-essential patent policy. One objective is to dissuade the EU from unhelpful regulatory overreach.
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Latest Munich SEP injunction shows failure of 2021 patent “reform”: Federal Patent Court of Germany didn’t keep six-month target
The six-month target for Germany’s Federal Patent Court to provide preliminary opinions on nullity actions was not kept in the Atlas Global v. TP-Link case in which the Munich court entered an injunction this month.
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German SEP case law is broken — and not “nuanced” as an agenda-driven paper concludes in its own reality distortion field
Based on a biased selection of German SEP decisions that is incomplete even by the authors’ own admission, a new paper attempts to downplay the problem that implementers of standards practically never prevail on a FRAND defense in Germany.
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USPTO’s new AI consultation looks beyond inventorship, now focusing on prior art, obviousness, claim construction
Context: The impact of Artifical Intelligence on the patent system that has made more headline news than any other is the question of whether AI systems can be inventors, with conflicting decisions in different jurisdictions. But that is not the only important question in that regard. What’s new: Yesterday (April 30, 2024), the United States…