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How AI-companion regulations in California and New York are impacting IP strategy

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:20:00 +0100

Strategies for dealing with trade secrets in transactions 

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

When Orders don’t Speak: Analysing Tapas Chatterjee vs Controller 

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:32:22 +0100

Patent Attys Ordered To Explain AI-Hallucinated Citations

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:31:01 +0100

X Hits Company Behind ‘Twitter.New’ Site With Trademark Suit

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:25:03 +0100

Bobcat, Caterpillar, Lawmakers Spar Over Possible Import Ban

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:37:44 +0100

Samsung Wants ITC To Consider Oura Smart Ring IP Fight

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:35:38 +0100

Anthropic Seeks Music Publishers’ Claude IP Testing Data

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:56:08 +0100

How the Printed Matter Doctrine Sees Through X-Ray Markers

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:49:19 +0100

USPTO To Stay Director Reviews For Fed. Circ. Appeals

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:44:19 +0100

The Copymight Coalition: Organizing Against AI

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:42:29 +0100

Ultrahuman Loses Bids To Halt ITC Order In Oura Patent Case

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:23:51 +0100

The Top Copyright Decisions Of 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:22:39 +0100

BMW Seeks Block On ‘Unprecedented’ German Patent Case

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:02:07 +0100

NCAA Escapes Former Villanova Star’s Antitrust Suit

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:20:39 +0100

USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. That Inventor ‘Abused’ Patent System

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:01:59 +0100

Software Patents May Face New Eligibility Scrutiny

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:17:41 +0100

Disney, Cameron Face Copyright Suit Over 1st ‘Avatar’ Sequel

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:17:00 +0100

DOD Contractor Says Engineer Stole 2K Files On Last Day

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:50:49 +0100

PTAB Cuts X-Ray Patent Claims After Fed. Circ. Remand

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:48:30 +0100

Va. Judge Advances Most Claims In Stelara Antitrust Case

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:35:42 +0100

Court Tosses Ex-Olympian’s Claims That QVC Stole Show Idea

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:23:55 +0100

Judge Trims Ziff Davis Copyright Claims In OpenAI MDL

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:15:51 +0100

3 Count: 3% Support

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:13:22 +0100

NC Cardboard Box Salesman Freed From Trade Secrets Suit

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:48:49 +0100

A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:45:01 +0100

Respondents to UK AI Consultation Overwhelmingly Want AI Companies to License Copyrighted Works in All Cases

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:15:39 +0100

CAFC Affirms Dismissal of Patent Suit Over Peer-to-Peer Tech, Citing Waiver and Judicial Estoppel

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:15:28 +0100

Fed. Circ. Stunned By ‘Numerous’ Flaws In Patent Appeal

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:40:35 +0100

Jury Says Magnolia Medical Is Owed $1.6M After Patent Trial

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:28:08 +0100

Another Dechert IP Atty Leaves, This Time For Morgan Lewis

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:08:12 +0100

Oppo targets Asus in China in first known VVC SEP assertion

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:24:58 +0100

Trade Secret Report 2025: The key trends shaping DTSA litigation 

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:22:53 +0100

Part II- Disentangling Infringement and Disclosure in Novo: Should we continue to Celebrate Novartis? 

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:13:46 +0100

Data Exclusivity Debate Resurfaces Amidst US-FTA Talks, Evidence Still Missing

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:31:39 +0100

Not A Saathi After All: Why Sanchar Saathi Rings Alarm for Trade Secrets

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:09:54 +0100

China moves to tighten patent prosecution regime

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100

2nd Circ. Won’t Revive Ex-Basketball Players’ NIL Claims

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:47:37 +0100

BREAKING: Access Advance buys Via’s HEVC, VVC pools

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0100

Smartwatch Giants Sued Over Fall Detection Patents

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:44:45 +0100

Starbucks’ ‘Patent Troll’ Suit Is Unwarranted, Irish Cos. Say

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:30:51 +0100

UMD President Darryll Pines Cleared of Plagiarism

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:15:15 +0100

101 Crossroads: Can the USPTO Fix What the Courts and Congress Won’t? / IPWatchdog Unleashed

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:46:24 +0100

USPTO Says ‘Settled Expectations’ Denials Sink Google Case

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:59:01 +0100

USPTO Replaces Denver Office With Center In Montana

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:16:56 +0100

E-Cig Makers Want Court To Block ITC Patent Probe

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:53:55 +0100

3 Count: Clarification Needed

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:34:54 +0100

Lady Gaga Can Keep Using ‘Mayhem’ Mark For Now, Judge Says

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:29:25 +0100

USPTO Implements Pre-Hearing Conferences for PTAB Oral Hearings, Announces First Rocky Mountain Community Engagement Office

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:15:43 +0100

Lynk Labs: How the Least-Vetted Documents Destroy Issued Patents

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:32:53 +0100

Fed. Circ. Won’t Revive Bard Patents In AngioDynamics Row

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:31:48 +0100

Fed. Circ. Backs Denial Of ‘Basin’ Beverage Mark

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:14:06 +0100

Texas, Toronto Stock Exchanges End Trademark Dispute

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:58:27 +0100

The Top Patent Decisions Of 2025

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:50:49 +0100

Riding The Changing Winds For AI Innovations At The USPTO

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:48:48 +0100

High Court Declines to Consider MSN’s Call for Clarity on CAFC’s After-Arising Technology Conflict

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:15:37 +0100

The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:55:45 +0100

Tapping Into Jurors’ Moral Intuitions At Trial

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:52:38 +0100

PTAB Creates New Prehearing Conference For AIA Reviews

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:01:30 +0100

UCal has core CRISPR patent revoked in Europe; ToolGen gets Cas9 boost at EPO

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:50:19 +0100

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 11 with Mr. Ashwani Balayan

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:06:20 +0100

Supreme Court Turns Down Entresto Patent Fight

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:15:00 +0100

Inventor’s Bid To Dodge $214K Sanction Fails At High Court

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:53:55 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (15.12.2025)

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:43:25 +0100

Heath Hoglund stepping down from Via at year’s end 

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:18:09 +0100

The Fault in Our Fame – MP High Court Upholds the Release of ‘Haq’

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:49:23 +0100

Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume X, Issue I (Submit by January 25, 2026)

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:09:37 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 8 – December 14)

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:04:20 +0100

Bill Aimed at Fixing Problems Raised by Perlmutter Suit Could Be on Fast-Track

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:15:16 +0100

Merck hit with German PI; Tillis pledges PERA, PREVAIL work; Q3 patent transactions; ATL expands battery wars; Nigerian court explainer; plus much more

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 11:30:00 +0100

The European Parliament v the Commission: the SEP case undermining the EU’s image

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0100

Why we should stop using the word ‘technical’ 

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:03:51 +0100

Squires Institutes 7 AIA Reviews, Denies 12 Other Petitions

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:16:12 +0100

Authors Suing Meta Seek New Copyright Claim For Torrenting

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:06:43 +0100

Bill Would Let Fed Workers Use Uniformed Services Works

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:59:37 +0100

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, December 12: Disney Cuts Character Licensing Deal with OpenAI; USPTO Supports Public Performance Rights on Radio Under Copyright Act; and EU General Court Reduces Intel Fine by €140 Million

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:15:02 +0100

Dropped FTC Complaint: Pepsi Gave Walmart A ‘Price Gap’

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:58:01 +0100

No New Trial After Disney Win In ‘Moana’ Copyright Case

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:46:10 +0100

Patent Disclaimers Ruling Offers Restriction Practice Insights

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:14:17 +0100

1st Circ. Affirms Ex-ADI Engineer’s Trade Secrets Conviction

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:45:25 +0100

11th Circ. Says ‘Worlds’ Faces Long Odds As Cheerleading TM

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:34:26 +0100

Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:26:48 +0100

Anthropic Judge Rebuffs Bid For ‘Sweeter’ Part Of $1.5B Deal

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:15:10 +0100

Judge Tosses ‘Problem Solver’ TM Suit In Calif. Gov. Race

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:11:35 +0100

Judge Orders Fastener Co. To Pay $17K For Misleading Ads

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:41:26 +0100

Examining Nigerian courts’ patent practice in view of Ericsson v Transsion suit

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100

Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Was Right To Ax Tracking Patent Claims

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:28:24 +0100

‘Clients want strategy backed by predictive analysis’: how one US trial lawyer is harnessing AI innovation 

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:02:00 +0100

UK Litigation Roundup: Here’s What You Missed In London

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:45:39 +0100

Gone Goodwill?: Analysing Trademark Abandonment and Goodwill Destruction in the Yezdi Order of Karnataka HC Division Bench

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:52:33 +0100

Obvious to Whom? – Analysing Dini’s AI Dilemma

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:28:22 +0100

ATL expands battery IP war with Zhuhai CosMX 

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0100

Trump Executive Order Targets ‘Excessive’ State AI Laws

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:43:39 +0100

DC Circ. Oversees FDA Fight Over Generic IBS Drug

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:56:26 +0100

NY Gov. Signs Landmark AI Bill On ‘Synthetic’ Ad Performers

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:06:50 +0100

Grammarly Updates Authorship, Improves Labeling

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:37:34 +0100

Judge Probes Alleged Fake Docs in Miss America Dispute

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:21:52 +0100

Co. Seeks Clawback From Boeing After Doc-Sharing Accident

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:58:10 +0100

Tracking Challenges To USPTO’s Discretion Policy

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:21:29 +0100

Samsung Gets PTAB To Ax Patent Claims From $12.5M Verdict

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:06:19 +0100

10th Circ. Reveals Judge Contacted Ex-Atty In ‘Tiger King’ Case

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:34:47 +0100

Disney Cuts $1B OpenAI Licensing Deal Amid Google IP Clash

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:54:10 +0100

Duolingo, CoStar Prevail In Font Patent Fight At Fed. Circ.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:42:41 +0100

3 Count: Disney’s Darling

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:15:32 +0100

Josh Cellars President Denied Early Win In $4M Royalty Feud

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:57:03 +0100

Second Circuit Dismisses Zuru’s Appeal in LEGO Copyright/Trademark Case for Lack of Jurisdiction

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:15:14 +0100

EDTX Jury Finds TV Ad Tech Patent Invalid In Win For Taiv

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:50:08 +0100

Trade Secret Misappropriation: Lessons from Computer Sciences Corp. v. Tata Consultancy Services

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:15:37 +0100

Nokia licenses WiFi patents to Stellantis, acquires patents from Huawei

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:01:09 +0100

US representatives introduce skinny label bill restricting patent litigation

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:42 +0100

Garden of God or Garden of Confusion? Analysing the DHC’s Karim Decision

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:11 +0100

Harrity & Harrity, LLP is Seeking a Patent Attorney / Patent Agent – Electrical & Mechanical Innovations

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:15:16 +0100

Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:05:43 +0100

Bradley Arant Adds Former Hilgers Graben Name Partner

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:23:18 +0100

Meta and Microsoft sold patents in Q3, AST Patent Deals Report shows

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0100

CAFC Affirms TTAB’s Cancellation of Nonprofit’s Marks for Fundraising Services

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:16:55 +0100

VLSI, PQA Square Off Again Over Conspiracy Claims In Va.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:26:29 +0100

2nd Circ. Tosses Lego Rival’s Appeal In IP Fight Over Figurine

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:41:18 +0100

Too Zealous? EscapeX Challenges Sanctions In Google Case

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:10:06 +0100

Grounds for Reversal: Federal Circuit Finds KAHWA Registrable for Coffee Shops (even though the word means Coffee in Arabic)

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:53:11 +0100

Is Compulsory Licensing for AI the Future?

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:48:42 +0100

Judge Weighs Security Claims In Federal Bargaining Case

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:55:56 +0100

2nd Circ. Seems Iffy On Salvation For ‘Made In Heaven’ IP Row

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:26:24 +0100

Teva Pulls 200 Patents From Orange Book Amid FTC Probe

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:40:03 +0100

Senate IP Subcommittee Hears from Witnesses on Impact of Proposal to Compensate Artists for Radio Plays

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:15:16 +0100

Syngenta, Corteva Face Class Cert. Bids For $2B In Damages

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:10:55 +0100

Apple Tells Fed. Circ. ITC Move Boosts Watch Case Appeal

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:01:29 +0100

3rd Circ. Locks In ‘Made In USA’ False Ad Ruling

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:07 +0100

Eveready Vs. Squirt: How Trademark Surveys Fare In 9th Circ.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:57:56 +0100

VPR Settles Trademark Dispute With Chinese Vape Makers

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:37:07 +0100

Label-Plus Liability: The Government Warns the Federal Circuit Misread Hatch-Waxman

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:27:10 +0100

Skyworks Fights Challenge To USPTO Policies At Fed. Circ.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:59:04 +0100

3 Count: Plundered Booty

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:50:46 +0100

The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:41:10 +0100

LeBron Secures ‘More Than An Athlete’ TM Win At Fed. Circ.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:34:19 +0100

Meta Hit With Patent Claims Over Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:41:54 +0100

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Mixed Decision on IBM Single Sign-On Patent Claims

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:26:11 +0100

Identifying And Resolving Conflicts Among Class Members

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:07:48 +0100

6 Ways To Nuke-Proof Litigation As Explosive Verdicts Rise

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:49:01 +0100

What Law Firm Liability Risks In 2025 Signal For Year To Come

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:28:30 +0100

English court upholds InterDigital AASI, expresses “respectful disagreement” with UPC and Munich court

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:48:47 +0100

Understanding IP Matters: Taming the Wild West of AI

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:15:53 +0100

Extension of the Deadline for the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025 by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:51:08 +0100

Federal Circuit denies mandamus for ‘settled expectations’ IPR denial

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0100

AI boom in the pharma sector raising critical questions about patentability and EPO problem-solving approach 

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:20:00 +0100

Supreme Court ruling on impact of mediation delays on IP injunctions to reshape India’s commercial dispute system framework 

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:20:00 +0100

Verisign is Seeking an In-house IP/Patent Attorney

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:15:07 +0100

Oppo and Audi sign cellular SEP deal

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:34:05 +0100

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 10 with Ms. Sheja Ehtesham

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:01:00 +0100

The Unreviewable Director: How § 314(d) Shields the USPTO’s IPR Denial Regime from Judicial Oversight

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 04:23:21 +0100

USPTO Assignor Estoppel Denials Flout Law, Fed. Circ. Told

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:18:47 +0100

The Upcoming War Over Betty Boop

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:20:14 +0100

The Slow Death of AIA Trials: A Look into the USPTO’s ‘One-and-Done’ Rule Package

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:15:23 +0100

Federal Circuit Blocks Mandamus Relief for USPTO Institution Denials

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:05:05 +0100

German Software Co. Settles Suit Over Ex-HP-Owned Patents

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:02:23 +0100

Kiss’ Gene Simmons Sings Praises Of Radio Pay Bill

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:56:59 +0100

CoStar Urges Justices To Review Revived Antitrust Claims

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:55:11 +0100

Generic-Drug Group Backs House Bill On Skinny Labels

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:47:31 +0100

Fed. Circ. OKs PTAB’s Axing Of Some IBM Patent Claims

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:25:00 +0100

Ed Sheeran Can Challenge Copyright On ‘Let’s Get It On’

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:03:13 +0100

Adapting To A Plaintiff-Side Mindset For Patent Monetization

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:45:26 +0100

3 Count: Single Leg Takedown

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:11:35 +0100

Comcast Can’t Get Fed. Circ. To Move Patent Case To Pa.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:02:02 +0100

Cooley Adds 30-Person Life Sciences IP Team From Dechert

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:25:10 +0100

Marsh Rival Wants Out Of Employee Poaching Scheme Suit

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:12:08 +0100

Elon Musk’s latest X Corp lawsuit spotlights trade secret risks in corporate policy shake-ups

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:47:32 +0100

Trademark Owner Wins at CAFC with Reversal of TTAB Refusal to Register KAHWA for Cafes

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:46:55 +0100

NFL’s Lions Want Suit Over Goff Photos Out Of California

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:59:42 +0100

Fed. Circ. Reverses TTAB Rejection Of ‘Kahwa’ TM

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:31:28 +0100

Sens. Propose NIL Accounts To Help Students Grow Earnings

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:38:49 +0100

CAFC Affirms Non-Infringement Finding for Shopify, Scrapping $40 Million Jury Verdict

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:15:20 +0100

BREAKING: Dolby sues Acer at UPC, expanding Opus audio codec enforcement push

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:55:00 +0100

Tillis pledges work on PERA and PREVAIL passage in final year

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:20:32 +0100

CAFC Says Design, Development Knowledge Not Sufficiently Defined in Alleged Self-Inflating Tire Trade Secrets

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:31:11 +0100

To Beat China at Drug Innovation, Big Pharma and Generics Need the Supreme Court to End This Patent Absurdity

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:15:28 +0100

Cynthia Erivo Faces Wicked Attribution Issue

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:05:21 +0100

Verdict Deflated: Fed Circuit Punctures Coda’s $64M Win Over Goodyear

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:39:23 +0100

SCOTUS Scraps Recentive’s Petition Seeking Clarity on Eligibility for Machine Learning Claims

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:15:26 +0100

3 Count: Perplexing Lawsuit

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:15:16 +0100

How AI is reshaping the Brazilian IP landscape

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0100

New York Times Sues Perplexity AI in Latest IP Case Against GenAI Companies

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:15:49 +0100

Merck’s Keytruda SC hit with German preliminary injunction

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:15 +0100

[Sponsored] Vacancy at Ira Law, New Delhi (Apply by December 15, 2025)

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:10:46 +0100

Applications open for Youth for Tech Futures (YTF) Fellowship 2026! [Apply by December 15, 2025]

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:29:12 +0100

Establishment of Permanent Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) of the CBD: A New Direction for IPLCs and Traditional Knowledge Protection?

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:25:38 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (08.12.2025)

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:21:01 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 1 – December 7)

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:19:32 +0100

CAFC Gives Targeted Ads Patent Owner Second Shot at Meta Due to District Court Error

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:15:23 +0100

Transsion joins Access Advance; LG US litigation data; ACT drops ETSI bid; IPBC Asia highlights; SIM IP patent monetisation playbook; plus much more

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:30:40 +0100

Why USPTO under-pricing threatens American innovation

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0100

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, December 5: Tillis Blasts Lutnick Proposal on Government Share in Profits from Federally Funded Inventions; The Times Sues Perplexity AI; and USPTO Updates MPEP to Reflect Desjardins Decision

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:15:12 +0100

English Court of Appeal offers jurisdictional guidance, blocks Playtech’s trade secret suit

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:42:25 +0100

Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) to Overcome Eligibility Rejections

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:59:32 +0100

Fractus deal and IoT Innovation suit cap off a fascinating year for IoT patent licensing

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:21:15 +0100

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud! – Analysing  Ab Initio Technology LLC v. Controller of Patents

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:30:59 +0100

Daniel Drolet

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Piece Future: the IP investment bank helping Nokia, Panasonic invest non-core patents 

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

USPTO Reminds Examiners, Applicants to Consider and Use Eligibility Declarations Wisely

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:05:16 +0100

AI Conference Overrun with AI Peer Review

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:15:07 +0100

Ninth Circuit Affirms Trademark Injunction Against OpenAI Company in Dispute Over Similar Marks

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:15:27 +0100

Part I- Novo v. Dr. Reddy: Clear the Way or Else Block The Way

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:45:36 +0100

3 Count: Game Over

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:39:02 +0100

The patent acquisition playbook of monetisation firm SIM IP 

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0100

SCOTUS Delays Trump Bid to Oust Perlmutter Pending Arguments in Similar Cases

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:15:47 +0100

IAM’s news highlights from a record-breaking IPBC Asia

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:00:52 +0100

Novo Nordisk races to India Ozempic launch after interim injunction denied

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:38:09 +0100

Arnold & Porter is Seeking a Senior Manager of IP Administration

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:15:42 +0100

Introduction

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Recent Trends in WIPO Arbitration and Mediation

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Arbitrability of IP Disputes

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Drafting Arbitration Clauses in IP Agreements

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

A Look to the Future of International IP Arbitration

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Damages in International IP Arbitration

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Arbitrability of IP Disputes in Brazil

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Patent, Copyright and Trademark Disputes

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Strategic Considerations After a Dispute Has Arisen

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Publisher’s Note

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Confidentiality in International IP Arbitration

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Why Arbitrate International IP Disputes?

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

When Intellectual Property Is the ‘Investment’: Arbitrating Against Sovereigns

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Addressing the IP Dispute Resolution Paradox: Combining Mediation with Arbitration and Litigation

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Disclosure Issues in International IP Arbitration

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:39:02 +0100

The Mythic Source of USPTO Institution Discretion?

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:55:43 +0100

Guest Post: The Supreme Court Should Clarify How to Apply Loper Bright in the Patent Law Case of Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Co. Ltd.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:26:24 +0100

Chainsaw Man and the Trouble with Homage

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:37:53 +0100

Current and Former Lawmakers Lock Horns in Comments on USPTO’s Proposed PTAB Changes

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:41:37 +0100

3 Count: Reverse Course

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:50:55 +0100

Lawmakers admire Squires’ new IPR rules, but urge PREVAIL support instead

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:42:13 +0100

IP Innovators: When Engineering Meets Law: Aaron Capron’s IP Odyssey

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:15:55 +0100

AI has arrived: will IP departments choose augmentation or transformation?

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100

JA Solar, Astronergy strike patent cross-licensing deal on heels of UPC injunction

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:36:44 +0100

Delhi High Court demands greater rigour from Indian Patent Office in assessing inventive step and section 3(d) objections 

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:20:00 +0100

Implications of USPTO updates for aerospace IP strategy and trade secret protection 

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:20:00 +0100

From neighbourhood restaurant to global expansion: the trade secret strategy underpinning Swiss Butter’s success

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0100

Original Sin: Why Inventing Abbreviations Distorts Trademark Law

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:34:29 +0100

CAFC Kills Cancer Treatment Patent Claims Due to Lack of Written Description, Enablement

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:12:04 +0100

How to Avoid Copyright Scams

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:24:05 +0100

When Juries Don’t Matter: Written Description Effectively Becomes a Question of Law

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:53:04 +0100

Navigating the Changing Patent Landscape with Gene Quinn and John White | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:15:35 +0100

3 Count: Icehouse Aftermath

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:54:39 +0100

Netlist wins USPTO-DoJ Antitrust support in ITC case against Google, Samsung

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:23:13 +0100

Nokia’s AASI lifted by English court but it agrees to give notice of AILI/ASI applications

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:06:01 +0100

Fourth Circuit Clarifies ‘Reasonable Efforts’ Standard for DTSA Trade Secret Protection

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:15:45 +0100

BREAKING: ACT-The App Association withdraws application to join ETSI

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:54:50 +0100

A look at LG’s US patent litigation history in the wake of its Nanoco settlement

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100

So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance: IPR Institution Rate Rises to 4%

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:34:38 +0100

Transsion is now an HEVC Advance licensee

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:49:31 +0100

Cox v. Sony Arguments Signal Justices May Fashion Middle-Ground Liability Test for ISPs

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:52:01 +0100

Apple TV Pulls Series Over Plagiarism Claims

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:07:24 +0100

CAFC Affirms PTAB Invalidation of Gesture Technology Patent Claims, Rejects Estoppel and Expired Patent Arguments

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:04:52 +0100

3 Count: Supreme Action

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:06:49 +0100

Munich Regional Court upholds anti-interim licence injunction against Amazon

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:22:48 +0100

UPC awards first patent injunction in highly contentious solar panel space

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:23:42 +0100

The Case for an Open Source Patent Search System

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:15:43 +0100

Reflections from an IP Weekend: The First Rajiv K. Luthra Memorial Lecture 2025 Delivered by Prof. Dev Gangjee

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:59:57 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 24-November 30)

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:04:12 +0100

DHC’s First: Does a Species (Automatically) Anticipate Genus?

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:03:00 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (01.12.2025)

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:04:01 +0100

Objective Boundaries or Bust: CAFC Reaffirms Indefiniteness for the Best Metrics

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:31:55 +0100

USPTO’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy: The Quiet Death of Thaler and the Legal Fiction of Human Inventorship

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:04:29 +0100

OpenSky Reply Brief Argues USPTO Concedes Noerr-Pennington Flaw in Original Sanctions Ruling

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:15:25 +0100

IoT mediation pledge; HEVC wars rage on; European Parliament backs SEP regulation suit; ETSI quantum committee; ToolGen sues Vertex; plus much more

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:30:38 +0100

Don’t Look to the United States: They See ‘Smell’ Differently!

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:03:45 +0100

DPIIT releases Funding Guidelines for International IP Moot Court Competitions!

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:18:43 +0100

How the UK’s interim FRAND licence experiment lost its way

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0100

Draft GI Logo Guidelines Risk Diluting Producer Rights: A Critical Analysis

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:32:14 +0100

IUCIPRS Panel Discussion: Implications of Data Exclusivity on Access to Medicines and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:49:28 +0100

Enterprise software dispute erupts over AI-driven planning tech trade secrets 

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:59:09 +0100

Qualcomm’s John Han on 5G renewals, negotiation essentials and winning Transsion’s trust

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:58:51 +0100

ToolGen sues Vertex in US, expanding CRISPR patent licensing dispute

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:10:52 +0100

Giving Thanks in 2025: What IP Practitioners are Grateful for This Year

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:15:17 +0100

Happy Thanksgiving: CLE and a Tax Question

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:05:04 +0100

Amgen and Edwards win in UPC’s first inventive step appeal decisions

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:07:41 +0100

Sony, Toyota and Ericsson traded 5G patents in October US assignments

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:00:01 +0100

October 2025 US patent transactions

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:00:01 +0100

Women in IP Live: Industry leaders on occupying space and speaking out

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0100

[SpicyIP Tidbit] Clean Hands versus Relevant Facts – The Tale of Injunctions

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:48:30 +0100

Stuck in the US Trade Standoff: Thinking About Cross-Retaliation?

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:59:19 +0100

USPTO and DOJ Warn Against Using Public Interest as Barrier to Patent Enforcement at ITC

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:26:56 +0100

USPTO Issues New AI Inventorship Guidance, Snubs Vidal’s Approach

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:50:57 +0100

INTA charts a global path for trade secret protection

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:17:35 +0100

ETSI’s new quantum committee draws industry giants

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100

Written Submission Template for the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:22:43 +0100

Gratitude in Motion: Why Freedom to Operate Is the True Blessing of Innovation

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:15:28 +0100

European Parliament backs suit against Commission over SEP regulation shelving

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:48:09 +0100

Pop Mart intensifies anti-counterfeiting efforts for Labubu products as fakes on the rise and prices decline

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:20:00 +0100

CNIPA updates patent examination guidelines to address emerging technology, regulate dual filing and invalidations 

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:20:00 +0100

The Scent of the Sumitomo Trademark: What is the Celebration About?

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:45:25 +0100

CAFC Affirms Attorneys’ Fees Award for Google Due to Frivolous Nature of Suit

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:15:35 +0100

Federal Circuit Affirms Win for Akamai Invalidating Streaming Patent Claims

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:29:10 +0100

Can Money Talk? Latest IPR Mandamus Petitions Seek Workarounds to § 314(d) Bar

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:55:01 +0100

AI, IP and Data Risk: Responsibly Adopting AI While Safeguarding IP | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:15:07 +0100

CSC maintains major trade secret damages on appeal but injunction scope narrowed

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:24:28 +0100

InterDigital, Dolby win German injunctions; Nokia faces new HEVC rate-setting action

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:23:11 +0100

No Infringement Intended: Insights on the Legality of Music Sampling

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:15:25 +0100

This semiconductor NPE just lost most of its portfolio to IPRs

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

The intersection of IP rights and cybersecurity as growing integration of tech and business increases risk of cyberfraud

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

From symbolic awards to serious enforcement: the transformation of patent damages in India

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Empowering SMEs through high-quality patents: the game changer India needs for global IP leadership

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

How to overcome hurdles in inventiveness

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

The impact of generative AI on copyright as Indian jurisprudence evolves

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Registration routes in the Indian market and how to use them to build a strong prosecution strategy

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

The future of Indian copyright legislation in the wake of ANI Media v OpenAI 

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Best practices for managing IP threats across the supply chain

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Quality over quantity: patent filing surge sparks policymaker shift in focus

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Trademark and design registration strategies in the Indian market

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Let’s IPsa Loquitur: Copyright and AI 

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:13:35 +0100

Should American Trademark Law Speak English

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:00:11 +0100

USPTO Grants Ex Parte Reexam by Anonymous Requester Following Failed Serial IPR Petitions on Netlist Patent

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:42:01 +0100

The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:40:49 +0100

Time to Merge the Copyright Office with the USPTO

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:43:28 +0100

SCOTUS Passes on Green Glove Trademark Genericness Case

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:15:40 +0100

3 Count: Photocalled Off

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:09:00 +0100

D.C. Court Rejects Teva’s Challenge to Medicare Negotiation, Finding No Property Interest in Patent Exclusivity

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:15:41 +0100

Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Qualcomm and Sisvel make IoT SME mediation pledge as SEP policy rumbles continue

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:47:49 +0100

CAFC Denies Pro Se Plaintiff’s Challenge to Dismissal of Claims of Misconduct Against USPTO

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:30:13 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 17-November 23)

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:59:05 +0100

Licensing negotiation groups branded “illegal buyers’ cartels” in the US

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (24.11.2025)

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:07:36 +0100

0% Institution Rate Holds, but Shows Signs of Potential Rise

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:35:48 +0100

A Plea to Director Squires: Close the Loopholes in Your Proposed New Rules for Serial Patent Challenges

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 17:15:33 +0100

Inside Xiaomi campus; Via launches semiconductor pool; Wi-Fi 7 innovation leaders; Nokia licensing strategy; IPBC Asia; plus much more

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 11:30:01 +0100

SEPs are Decorative Acronyms in Indian Innovation Policies

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:41:41 +0100

Succession (The Goenka Family Version): Bombay High Court Affirms Indian Express’s Primacy in Trademark Dispute

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:52:47 +0100

Disagreeing with DHC, CHC Says DB Appeals in Trademark Registry Matters Are Not Allowed

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:46:25 +0100

Trade secret claims should be grounded in universal ethics

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0100

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 21: WALLSTREETBETS SCOTUS Petition Distributed for Conference; Chinese Commerce Officials Slam USPTO Transparency Rules; and FTC Antitrust Campaign Against Meta Fizzles at D.C. District Court

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:15:18 +0100

The seemingly never-ending saga between Apple and Masimo

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:40:30 +0100

Asia’s product giants are evolving but still suffering licensee pains

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100

A view from the bench: AI and disclosure battles in trade secret suits

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Third-Party Litigation Funding Bill Faces House Hurdle

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:15:13 +0100

Community vs. Corporate: The Pebble Fight

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:36:52 +0100

Federalism on Trial: Idaho’s Attempt to Regulate Patent Litigation

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:13:34 +0100

3 Count: Silent Track

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:30:45 +0100

In Win for Google, CAFC Reverses PTAB Decision Upholding Bot Detector Patent Claim

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:17:11 +0100

Nokia reveals licensing strategy, go-to-market approach

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:21:21 +0100

Patently Strategic Podcast: European Patent Practice

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:15:30 +0100

Brazil: SEPs and FRAND – litigation, policy and latest developments

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100

Asian companies’ changing culture is reshaping global SEP strategies, say IPBC panellists

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:00:32 +0100

Inventing Miracles: How Patent Policy Shapes Drug Development | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:15:17 +0100

The Clash Over Copycat Crokinole Cases

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:40:05 +0100

Smartrend and the Stretching of Markman: When Specification Parsing Becomes a Question of Law

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:59:40 +0100

3 Count: Manga Cloud

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:42:11 +0100

The Jarkesy Question: Is a New Constitutional Challenge Brewing for ITC Enforcement?

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:15:44 +0100

Understanding IP Matters: AI Won’t Replace Human Creativity

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:15:49 +0100

Can You Revoke an Expired Patent? Delhi High Court to Answer Soon

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:18:09 +0100

Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Batman Beyond

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:50:12 +0100

The Supreme Court Should Clarify in Lynk Labs How to Apply Loper Bright

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:15:15 +0100

3 Count: Swift Seconds

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:53:25 +0100

Lost Profits: Market Reconstruction and Noninfringing Substitutes

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:37:32 +0100

CAFC Overturns $39 Million Jury Verdict, Finds Allergan Hair Loss Patent Invalid for Lack of Written Description

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:15:06 +0100

Prosecution Laches Is Illegitimate—And SAWS Proves It

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:11:38 +0100

Announcing the SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:51:56 +0100

Tying the Knot and Testing the Law: Musical Fair Use or Judicial Constraints?

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:47:29 +0100

Chakrabarty Redux: Are Genetically Engineered Host Cells Patent Eligible?

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:15:35 +0100

A Retrospective on the Voiceverse Plagiarism Scandal

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:13:53 +0100

Masimo v. Apple: Does “Patient Monitor” Cover Apple’s Consumer Wearable

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:05:55 +0100

SCOTUS Cert Denial Locks in CAFC’s Expansion of Oil States to Expired Patents

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:15:40 +0100

3 Count: Summarize This

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:08:36 +0100

Cool AI Patents of the Month: Spotting Chatbots and Stopping Bullies

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:36 +0100

A Second Helping for Wow Momo: Delhi HC Serves Up a New Recipe for Trademark Protection

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:03:20 +0100

Lessons from APEDA’s Basmati GI-TM Defeat in Kenya

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:21:36 +0100

WALLSTREETBETS arrive at SCOTUS

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:19:07 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (17.11.2025)

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:39:47 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 10 – November 16)

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:39:12 +0100

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Prior-Art Enablement

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:15:18 +0100

CAFC Says Weakness of Patent Owner’s Litigation Position Warrants Attorney Fee Award

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:15:36 +0100

Shutting the Patent Office Door: YMTC and the Entity List

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 14:23:46 +0100

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 14: WIPO Study Shows IP Awareness Growing in Asia-Pacific; EPO Says Influencers Respect IP But Fear Open Discussions; CNIPA Patent Filings Increase Nearly 10% in 2024

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:20:08 +0100

WIPO Report Details Change in Consumer Perceptions of IP Rights

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:05:37 +0100

Federal Circuit Sees Logic in Allowing Expert Testimony on Ordinary Observers in Design Patent Cases

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:12:05 +0100

Agentic Browsers Could Ruin the Open Internet

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:14:36 +0100

3 Count: Eleanor Denied

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:08:36 +0100

Testing the Limits of State ‘Anti-Troll’ Laws

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:15:59 +0100

The Power and Limits of Judicial Claim Correction

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:06:36 +0100

SpicyIP Tidbit:Trademarking BROCODE: Piqued Protectionism or Frivolous Claims?

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:36:30 +0100

Deepfake Regulation: Same Problem, Different Approaches yet none is an Error-free Resolution!

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:45:14 +0100

The Complicated Fight Over the Morisky Scale

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:35:48 +0100

CAFC Reverses Indefiniteness Ruling Since Claims Meet ‘Demanding’ Standard for Judicial Correction

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:15:51 +0100

An Era of No: The USPTO’s New 0% Institution Rate

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:05:53 +0100

3 Count: European Decision

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:40:59 +0100

The WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources: A Misguided Expansion That Threatens the Patent Bargain

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:12:47 +0100

SCOTUS Denies Petition Seeking Review of Ninth Circuit’s ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ Copyright Ruling

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:15:24 +0100

Another One Bites the Dust – NCLAT Ousts CCI’s Jurisdiction in Patent Matters

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:38:05 +0100

Mask Off: Copyright, Deepfakes and the Commodification of the Self

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:13:36 +0100

‘Create an Image in ____ Style’: Is the Non-Copyrightability of Style a Dogmatic Convenience or Dichotomic Confusion?

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:18:07 +0100

The Personal Side of Patents: The Battle for Life-Saving Drugs | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:15:24 +0100

Analyzing Inari Medical: In At Least One Judge’s Court, There’s Enough Bad News for Everyone

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:15:04 +0100

Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:15:18 +0100

Algorithmic Recommendations and Section 230: Planet Green v. Amazon

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:48:40 +0100

Building a Tech-Forward Patent Practice: Phil Harris on Automation and AI / IP Innovators

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:15:58 +0100

The End of the Regulatory Lacunae? Analyzing the Rajasthan High Court’s Definitive Mandate on GM Food Safety

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:42:55 +0100

ORS Under Pressure: What The FSSAI Order Means from A Trademark Law Perspective

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:16:13 +0100

The Many Faces of Personality Rights: How Courts Are Deepening the Confusion

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:47:41 +0100

Todd Blanche asks Supreme Court to Hand Over the Copyright Office

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:04:10 +0100

CAFC Majority Reverses PTAB Obviousness Ruling Over Dissent, But Rule 36 Issues Persist for CPC Patent

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:50:58 +0100

Rulemaking as Backdoor Reform: Can the USPTO Bar Whole Classes of IPR Petitions?

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:59:02 +0100

Supreme Court Grants Solicitor General’s Motion to Participate in Cox ISP Copyright Case

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:15:22 +0100

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 09 with Dr. Kailash Nadh on Reimagining Copyright, Tech Sovereignty, Open Source, and Innovation

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:19:39 +0100

3 Count: Cyber Ghosted

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:08:02 +0100

Tune In: Understanding Google v. Sonos and its Patent Prosecution Implications

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:15:22 +0100

Dissecting the Delhi HC’s Assessment of Diagnostic Processes Under Section 3(i) of the Patents Act

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:24:50 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 3 – November 9)

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:38:29 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (10.11.2025)

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:46:11 +0100

Liability Risks Before the UPC: How U.S. Companies Need to Prepare

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:15:57 +0100

How Grammarly Launders AI-Generated Content

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:42:03 +0100

Section 314(d)’s Bar Holds: Federal Circuit Rejects Constitutional and APA Challenges to IPR Institution Denials

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:49:41 +0100

3 Count: Press F1

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:54:41 +0100

‘Informative’ Director Review Decision Expands on Approach to Petitioner’s Inconsistent Claim Constructions

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:15:45 +0100

Lawyers Sued Over ‘Pirated’ Expert Report

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:21:55 +0100

USPTO Pushes Broad Approach to Eligibility Following Squires Memo, Desjardins Decision

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:16:09 +0100

3 Count: Closed Cinema

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:22:27 +0100

Understanding IP Matters: Piracy Costs Up to $71 Billion Annually

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:15:06 +0100

Novenco v. Xero: Do IP Cases Get a Free Pass to Bypass Sec 12-A? 

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:28:10 +0100

Mixed UK High Court Ruling Fails to Answer Fundamental Questions of AI Copyright Infringement

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:19:03 +0100

The Confusing Getty Images/Perplexity Deal

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:41:29 +0100

Squires Tells PTAB That Petitioner’s Inconsistent Claim Constructions Must Be Explained In All Cases

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:53:42 +0100

3 Count: Getty Loss

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:35:50 +0100

Final But Not Final: Federal Circuit Rejects PornHub Litigation Request

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:15:15 +0100

Patents, Patients & Progress: A Conversation with Henry Hadad | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:15:01 +0100

Atomberg v. Eureka Forbes : Section 106 Steps Out of the Shadows

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:01:00 +0100

Carpenter Technology is Seeking an Assistant Counsel – Patent Attorney

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:15:45 +0100

Secret Springing Prior Art and Joint Research: Lessons from Merck v. Hopewell

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 03:23:15 +0100

Professors Press SCOTUS to Affirm Copyright Protection for AI-Created Works

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:51:39 +0100

Plagiarism in Pop Culture: The Simpsons (Part 2)

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:00:21 +0100

Chamber Urges Trump to Refocus Drug Pricing Efforts

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:15:51 +0100

3 Count: Ghost Damages

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:40:45 +0100

IP Innovators / Trust But Verify: AI as Every Attorney’s Second Pair of Eyes

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:15:58 +0100

Let’s IPsa Loquitur: The Personality Rights Debacle – Whose Face Value Is It Anyway?

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:05:10 +0100

Announcing 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025 by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:39:37 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 27 – November 2)

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:52:08 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (03.11.2025)

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:58:18 +0100

Director Squires Denies 13 IPRs With No Explanation: A New Era of Opacity

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 03:08:06 +0100

Squires Emphasizes AI, Dubs Inherited Backlog ‘An Absolute Dumpster Fire’ and a ‘Betrayal’

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:30:12 +0100

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 31: Senator Cruz to Introduce Anti-Censorship JAWBONE Act; USPTO Director Institution Decisions Will Be Short; and Trump Admin Fights to Get Perlmutter Out of Copyright Post Again

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:27:33 +0100

Guest Post by Profs. Masur & Ouellette: Private Third-Party Sales as Prior Art

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:49:23 +0100

Federal Circuit Clarifies Precedent on Pre-AIA Prior Art ‘By Another’

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:20:40 +0100

How Copyright Has Shaped Halloween

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:22:59 +0100

FDA Wants to Make Life Easier for Biosimilars

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:15:01 +0100

3 Count: Universal Edition

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:14:03 +0100

Novartis’s Heartache over Entresto: An Analysis of the Controller’s Patent Revocation Decision

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:30:17 +0100

Agentic AI Meets Patent Search: A New Paradigm for Innovation

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:30:06 +0100

National Security vs National Treatment: The USPTO’s Ongoing China Problem

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:24:44 +0100

Squires Restores PTAB’s RPI Identification Requirement to Exacting Pre-SharkNinja Standard

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 22:02:57 +0100

Grokipedia: How Not to Make an Encyclopedia

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:35:31 +0100

Trump Tells SCOTUS That Ruling Restoring Perlmutter to Copyright Office is ‘Improper Judicial Interference’

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:15:10 +0100

3 Count: A Song of Ice and AI

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:33:27 +0100

Patent Examiners’ Union Moves to Enjoin Trump from Barring Membership While Lawsuit Plays Out

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:15:03 +0100

PTAB Responds to Director Squires with 101 Reversals

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:33:06 +0100

USPTO Restores Strict RPI Requirements for IPR Petitions

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:26:34 +0100

From Boring to Brilliant: How Reimagining USPTO Fee Structure Is Central to U.S. Economic Security

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:15:37 +0100

3 Count: Brainrot

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:02:55 +0100

OpenAI Loses Bid to Dismiss Multi-District Class Action Over ChatGPT Outputs

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:15:16 +0100

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 08 with Mr. Nikhil Narendran

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:42:06 +0100

When Good Writing Makes Bad Patents: The Synonym Trap in Claim Construction

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:51:20 +0100

Perplexity Drops the Academic Integrity Mask

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:47:29 +0100

3 Count: No Australian Exemption

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:12:46 +0100

Justice Prathiba M. Singh appointed Chair of WIPO’s ABJ!

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:09:40 +0100

The Tech is Dead, Long Live the Tech: Lessons in Indian SEP Litigation from Philips v. Bathla

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:25:13 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (27.10.2025)

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:15:52 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 20 – October 26)

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:13:11 +0100

Instacart Challenges USPTO’s Discretionary IPR Denials in Seventh Pending Mandamus Petition

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:56:32 +0100

Empty Formalism: How Patent Eligibility Lost Touch with Preemption

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:12:19 +0200

Executive Branch Ethics: Why PTAB Judges Can Own Stock That Would Disqualify Article III Judges

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:02:03 +0200

Call for Applications: 2026–2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellowship

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:55:28 +0200

Unpacking MeitY’s Proposed IT Rules Amendments: Between Regulation and Practicality

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:02:38 +0200

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 07 with Ms. Kruttika Vijay

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 06:58:53 +0200

2025 Economics Nobel: What the Industrial Revolution Teaches About Patent Policy

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:32:56 +0200

Supreme Court on Patents Fall 2025

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:23:47 +0200

Does Robots.txt Matter Anymore?

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:49:39 +0200

3 Count: Funk Rave

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:47:58 +0200

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edition: Ep 06 with Ms. Zara Kaushik

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:06:51 +0200

The Rapid Rise of AI in the Classroom

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:54:15 +0200

3 Count: Copyright Pivot

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:37:24 +0200

Automated Search Pilot: USPTO’s First Step Toward AI-Assisted Examination

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:50:29 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 13 – October 19)

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:54:48 +0200

Assignment of Future Patents: Continuations-in-Part

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:07:16 +0200

CSU Law’s IP+ Conference 2025

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 21:28:03 +0200

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edition: Ep 05 with Mr. KM Gopakumar

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 04:31:26 +0200

Unexplained and Unreviewable: The New Normal for IPR Institution

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:33:25 +0200

Prosecution Disclaimer Across Time: Later Continuation Statements Limit Already-Issued Patents

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:29:32 +0200

SpicyIP Tidbit: EBC V Rupa Publications: Pick ‘Pocketing’ Trade Dress

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:45:12 +0200

Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere in the Risdiplam Case, Rejects Roche’s SLP 

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:45:29 +0200

All Quiet on the PTAB Front: USPTO Proposes More Major Restrictions to Inter Partes Review Institution

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:40:18 +0200

The Hazards of AI in Peer Review

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:19:24 +0200

3 Count: Sparring Match

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:02:07 +0200

ONOS’s APC Guidelines: Opening Access or Opening Pockets?

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:25:42 +0200

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 04 with Ms. Chetali Rao

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 06:23:14 +0200

IPR Fact Findings Don’t Bind District Courts (What about IPR Legal Conclusions?)

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:21:45 +0200

New York State Court System Releases AI Policy

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:18:23 +0200

3 Count: .to and .fro

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:56:30 +0200

Under Development ≠ Imminent Infringement: Delhi HC Offers Welcome Clarification on the Scope of Qua Timet Injunctions

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:03:12 +0200

Adelphi University Sued Over AI Allegation

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:07:23 +0200

3 Count: Supreme Questions

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:47:10 +0200

Delhi High Court Risdiplam DB Judgement: A Few More Thoughts

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:42:40 +0200

The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 03 with Mr. Adarsh Ramanujan

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 06:56:21 +0200

Once Upon a Time, Consumers Had Standing

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 22:15:17 +0200

Poll: GenAI Copyright

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:24:22 +0200

Human Authorship Requirement for AI-Generated Works

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:05:45 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 6 – October 12)

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:09:02 +0200

Part II: Genus-Specie Disputes: Thoughts on the Risdiplam Division Bench Judgment

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:26:39 +0200

Part I: Genus-Specie Disputes: Thoughts on the Risdiplam Division Bench Judgment

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:37:56 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (13.10.2025)

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:20:25 +0200

Systems Theory, Equilibrium and the New Eligibility Shock

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:52:20 +0200

Case1Tech: Changing Claim Construction Position on Appeal

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:32:34 +0200

The SpicyIP Podcast SS Edn: Ep 02 with Mr. Sandeep Rathod

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:54:20 +0200

Royalties And Research: A Forgotten Faultline In Indian Copyright Law?

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0200

PERA 2025: Eligibility Reform Returns to Capitol Hill

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:20:51 +0200

Guest Post by Ryan Abbott: Reflections on Recentive v. Fox: To Do or not To Do it with AI?

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 13:57:18 +0200

Breaking: DHC Dismisses Roche’s Appeal in the Risdiplam Case

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:31:07 +0200

Another University President Accused of Plagiarism

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:48:52 +0200

Supreme Court: Still no Patent Cases

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:38:56 +0200

Have we Reached the Shenanigans Threshold?

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:06:59 +0200

3 Count: Facial Recognition

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 16:14:53 +0200

Announcing SpicyIP TV! The SS Edition: Episode 1 with Mr Murali Neelakantan

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:01:56 +0200

FRANDship with Comparable Licenses: Confidentiality Club Constituted in Nokia v Asustek & Ors.

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:32:53 +0200

The 3(E)-3(D) Fumble: When Synergy Gets Lost in Application

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:06:53 +0200

Not Every Shiny Idea Travels Well to be an Invention! Lessons from the Saint-Gobain Patent Battle

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:12:33 +0200

GUI and IP: Here, There and Everywhere!

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:03:30 +0200

Changing the Conversation Around VPNs

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:25:29 +0200

3 Count: Artificial Infringement

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:19:03 +0200

Cincinnati Candidate Used Trademarked Jingle

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:33:00 +0200

3 Count: Redbox’s Revenge

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:57:01 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (06.10.2025)

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:34:13 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 29-October 5)

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:38:28 +0200

A First Look at the USPTO’s FY2026 Examiner Performance Plan (PAP): What’s Changed and Why It Matters

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:56:22 +0200

Who Gets to Challenge USPTO Rules? Federal Circuit Says Big Tech Yes, Small Inventors No

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:13:20 +0200

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, lay down your “lists”: CGPDTM updates the Roll of Scientific Advisers 

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:03:13 +0200

Contradictory Expert Testimony and Director Review

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:40:40 +0200

Proven Infringement, Zero Recovery: Federal Circuit Once Again Cancels a Jury Verdict for the Patentee

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:11:32 +0200

More on the Federal Shutdown and the US IP System

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:42:59 +0200

Restrictions, Election, Traversal, and Disclaimer

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:36:56 +0200

An Important Copyright Lawsuit Not About AI

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:39:53 +0200

3 Count: Double Disney

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:22:43 +0200

Supreme Court Long Conference: Patent and Trademark Cases from September 29, 2025

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:22:24 +0200

Princeton’s Partial Win: Rethinking Use, Reputation, and Remedies in Trademark Cases

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:36:18 +0200

Federal Government Shutdown (But not the USPTO)

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:52:39 +0200

Plagiarism and the New Mexico Governor’s Race

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:58:05 +0200

3 Count: Landmark Move

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:05:51 +0200

Centralized Expanded Discretionary Denial

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:54:30 +0200

EcoFactor: Did the Federal Circuit Unconstitutionally Displace the Jury?

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 23:06:48 +0200

Copyright Claims Board Dissmisses DMCA Case

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:22:26 +0200

3 Count: Preliminary Approval

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:53:43 +0200

Thanks for Your Input: Federal Circuit Ignores USPTO’s §101 Framework (Again)

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:39:19 +0200

Director Squires Takes Aim § 101 Rejections

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:38:35 +0200

USPTO Director Squires’s First Patents: Crypto Software and Diagnostic Methods

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:24:26 +0200

Slovakia’s Spy Chief Accused of Plagiarism

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:54:50 +0200

3 Count: Fight Song

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:24:43 +0200

The Rising Bar for Patent Experts: Finesse Wireless and the Need for Particularized Precision

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:30:58 +0200

The Fight Over Chrome’s “Homework Help” Button

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:55:59 +0200

3 Count: Unreal Love

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:12:06 +0200

Headnote Wars in the AI Space: Thomson Reuters (Westlaw) v. ROSS AI

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:04:29 +0200

Plagiarism in Pop Culture: The Simpsons

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:26:45 +0200

3 Count: Taking Inspiration

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:17:40 +0200

Redefining Patent Utility: The Functional Relationship Test’s Answer to Super-Utility Claims

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:54:07 +0200

Ultra Vires or Policy Discretion? Federal Circuit Now Weighing 5x Discretionary Denial Mandamus

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:05:16 +0200

Plagiarism and Fake Degrees in Immigration

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:31:38 +0200

Welcome New USPTO Director John Squires

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:55:09 +0200

3 Count: The Italian Job

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:22:50 +0200

Supreme Court Asked to Resolve ‘Secret Springing Prior Art’ Controversy in IPR Proceedings

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:14:12 +0200

Promoting the Progress: Patents, Knowledge, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:44:27 +0200

Pawtucket Superintendent Plagiarized Speech

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:59:43 +0200

3 Count: Min/Maxing

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:34:49 +0200

The PowerBlock Problem: A Roadmap for Dodging Patent Eligibility Hurdles

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:28:38 +0200

The War Over Google’s AI Summaries

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:29:03 +0200

3 Count: 78 Settlement

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:42:26 +0200

Still Pending: Three Mandamus Petitions Test USPTO’s Expanded Denial Powers

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:07:24 +0200

Education Plan Cites Nonexistent Sources

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:40:44 +0200

3 Count: Reference Material

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:07:41 +0200

Genetic Patents Catch-22: Can Challenging a Patent Requires Risking Infringement?

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 02:01:05 +0200

Forgetting the Evidence: How Sherman Lost on Obviousness Before and After LKQ

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:14:16 +0200

AI Licensing Comparison: RSL vs. Pay-Per-Crawl

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:46:21 +0200

3 Count: Reinstatement

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:24:33 +0200

Application of Fifth Circuit’s Heightened § 1404(a) Standard in Patent Cases

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:50:46 +0200

Shira Perlmutter is (Temporarily) Back in Charge at Copyright Office

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:38:25 +0200

COPE Releases New Retraction Guidelines

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:41:59 +0200

3 Count: No Lifts

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:11:34 +0200

USPTO Comings and Goings

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:37:29 +0200

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Parallel Cases from Federal Circuit and DC Circuit

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:35:04 +0200

Judge Rebukes Anthropic Copyright Settlement

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:04:55 +0200

Converting Voluntary Dismissals: Federal Circuit Holds Sanctions Can Create Prevailing Party Status Under § 285

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:35:52 +0200

3 Count: About Last Night…

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:32:40 +0200

Federal Circuit Delivers Major Reversal on “Software Per Se” Rejections in In re McFadden

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:04:49 +0200

3 Problems with the Anthropic Settlement

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:18:37 +0200

Discovery Gamesmanship Backfires: Federal Circuit Orders New Trial After Defendant’s Bait-and-Switch on Testing Requirements

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:04:38 +0200

3 Count: Unsettling Settlement

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:58:23 +0200

Cox v. Sony and the Future of Patent Contributory Liability: How a Copyright Case Could Reshape Patent Law

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:51:21 +0200

Mea Culpa: Trump Administration Moves Swiftly on Tariffs Appeal

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:58:57 +0200

Hyatt v. Stewart: Why Petrella and SCA Hygiene Don’t Save Long-Delayed Patent Prosecutions

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 01:15:55 +0200

Retrospective: The Dennis Leary/Bill Hicks Plagiarism War

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:12:19 +0200

3 Count: Streameast Shuttered

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:10:41 +0200

POPA Challenges Trump’s Union Busting “National Security” Designation for Patent Examiners

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 03:37:58 +0200

Same Evidence, Different Label: “Reference Recycling” in IPR Estoppel

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:53:10 +0200

Plagiarism and a Small Town Mural

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:42:51 +0200

3 Count: TikTok Trial

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:39:19 +0200

The AI Wars Come to DragonCon

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:21:15 +0200

3 Count: Turtle WoW

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:51:05 +0200

Remedial Restraint and the Rule of Law: When Courts Find Violations But Limit Relief

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:14:32 +0200

Power Shift at Patent Office: Senior PTAB Leaders Reassigned in Surprise Move

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 22:19:41 +0200

Marbury in the Trade Context: CAFed Declares Trump’s Tariffs Illegal, but Limits Relief

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:44:39 +0200