IP Newsflash - Blogs Archive - Dr. Rolf Claessen

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

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

Drone Co., Exec Seek Exits From Trade Secret Suit

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:48:28 +0100

Uncertainty Will Follow If $181M Verdict Is Axed, Fed. Circ. Told

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:37:44 +0100

OpenAI Can’t Shake Authors’ ChatGPT Infringement Claim

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:26:58 +0100

X Gets AI Developer’s Deplatforming Case Sent To Texas

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:38:06 +0100

Brandt’s Fruit Trees Ends TM Suit Against Washington Farm

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:18:34 +0100

Life Sciences Masters Panelists Lament Mounting Policy Uncertainty

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:15:59 +0100

Teva To Pay $35M In Suit Over Delayed Generic Inhalers

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:05:48 +0100

Music Labels Fight To Keep Copyright Claim In AI Case

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:59:43 +0100

PTAB Judges Alarmed By Squires’ Moves To Limit Their Power

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:52 +0100

Perplexity Drops the Academic Integrity Mask

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

USPTO, NWS Unions Try Blocking Order Ending Labor Rights

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:41:34 +0100

Trump Asks Justices To Stay Copyright Chief’s Reinstatement

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:14:31 +0100

Mich. Jury Awards $6.8M To IT Co. For ‘Stolen’ FAA Contract

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:11:44 +0100

LifeScan Gets Final OK On Ch. 11 Plan After Deal With PBMs

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:39:48 +0100

Fed. Circ. Won’t Revive Heart Valve IP Suit Against Edwards

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:27:32 +0100

Former Mintz Client Files Negligence Suit Over Patent Work

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:02:42 +0100

Anticipating FTC’s Shift On Unfair Competition Enforcement

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:41:35 +0100

CAFC Finds Interchangeable Use of Specification Terms Clearly Redefined Claim Limitation

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:15:32 +0100

Judge Axes Eli Lilly’s Suit Over Telehealth Weight Loss Drugs

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:58:22 +0100

‘Terrifier’ Actor Sues Filmmakers Over Royalties, Nude Scene

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:52:54 +0100

3 Count: No Australian Exemption

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

Amazon sued by Via LA licensors in Germany

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0100

Samsung Infringed Smart Ring IP, Suit Says

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:51:34 +0100

Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB Wiping Out Roof Report Patent

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:42:50 +0100

Catching Up With Delaware’s Chancery Court

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:36:31 +0100

It’s Time For The Judiciary To Fix Its Cybersecurity Problem

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:52:30 +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

Nokia strikes patent deal with sixth streaming platform licensee Starz

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:44:46 +0100

New IPR institution policy expected to accelerate steep decline in PTAB trials

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:29:52 +0100

USPTO Launches Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program to Expedite Patent Examination

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:15:12 +0100

Knobbe Martens is Seeking a Patent Scientist – Computer Science/Electrical Engineering

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:15:56 +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

Interveners Left Out in the Cold: EPO’s G 2/24 Tightens Rules for Late Parties to Patent Challenges

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:15:42 +0100

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

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

ASTRI interview; Amazon AASI; trade secret risk roulette; 5G Advanced report; Munich court 20-country injunction; plus much more

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:30:00 +0100

AI trade secret cases underscore a hard truth: courts won’t guard what you don’t

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0200

Inventors Explore Funding, Celebrate Stewart And Newman

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 23:53:15 +0200

Justices Told AI Innovation At Risk From Fed. Circ. Patent Ax

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:29:47 +0200

WordPress TM Suit Accuses Web Host Of Sowing ‘Confusion’

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:17:51 +0200

Justices’ Cox Ruling Could Have Domino Effect On AI Cos.

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:45:20 +0200

11th Circ. Revives Edible Arrangements TM Suit

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:11:14 +0200

Apple Gets PTAB Wins On Haptic Patents Before Texas Trial

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:49:11 +0200

Levi Strauss Sues Rival 7 For All Mankind Over Pocket Tab TM

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:16:52 +0200

Ohio, Ky. Reps Again Pursue Bill To Make PTAB Optional

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:50:17 +0200

USTR To Probe China’s Adherence To 2020 Trade Deal

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:22:26 +0200

USPTO Chief To Review PTAB Ruling On Tire Sensor Patent

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:13:46 +0200

Empty Formalism: How Patent Eligibility Lost Touch with Preemption

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

Identifying The Sources And Impacts Of Juror Contamination

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:02:44 +0200

Lizzie Borden House Can’t Get Default Win In TM Dispute

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:38:20 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 24: SCOTUS Denies Cert in Home Floorplan Copyright Case; EPO Says Research Institution Patents Nearly Doubled Since 2001; and Fourth Circuit Appears Likely to Nix New Blackbeard Copyright Appeal

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:15:40 +0200

Massie to Reintroduce RALIA in Bid to Abolish PTAB

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:56:31 +0200

Amazon Stole Delivery Driver Restroom Routing IP, Suit Says

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:43:48 +0200

Federal Circuit Backs PTAB’s Ax Of Charging Patent

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:39:45 +0200

Munich court grants 20-country permanent injunction against Formycon Eylea biosimilar

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:01:04 +0200

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

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:50:07 +0200

Patent eligibility in the AI era: aligning judicial precedent with USPTO guidance

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0200

The bridge to 6G: 5G Advanced will drive licensing complexity

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0200

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

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

‘Civility’ A Concern As IP Atty Asks To Depose Party Suing Her

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:49:39 +0200

USPTO Says 126 Workers Will Be Laid Off In December

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:43:38 +0200

Ky. Rep. Revives Attempt To Abolish PTAB, Expand Eligibility

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:34:22 +0200

Reddit Dubs Perplexity AI and Data Scraping Companies ‘Would-Be Bank Robbers’

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:16:41 +0200

5th Circ. Vacates Lewis Brisbois’ $1.5M Trademark Award

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:24:55 +0200

RingConn Settles With Oura After ITC Import Ban

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:11:52 +0200

Ex-Copyright Leaders, Media Groups Back Cox Piracy Liability

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:11:04 +0200

Bayer Wants Full Fed. Circ. Scrutiny Of Axed Xarelto Claims

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:26:07 +0200

Ex-Exec Accused Of Stealing IVF Co.’s Trade Secrets

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:24:44 +0200

Parody Defendants Are Finding Success Post-Jack Daniel’s

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:35:01 +0200

Columbia University Wants Out Of Sportswear Trademark Suit

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:22:21 +0200

Is AI the Answer for Meeting Patent Enablement Requirements?

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:15:44 +0200

Avadel, Jazz Settle Sleep Disorder Drug Claims

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:46:05 +0200

Telecom Co. Viasat Shakes Off Patent Suit In Calif.

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:38:45 +0200

Former TTAB Judge Moves To Greenberg Traurig In Calif.

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:34:47 +0200

Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Irell & Manella IP Litigator In LA

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:10:35 +0200

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

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

Will this US patent court ruling reshape how to plead wilful infringement?

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:17 +0200

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

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

G1/24: Beyond the EPO

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0200

10x Genomics and Prognosys Biosciences Allege Illumina Infringed Four Spatial Transcriptomics Patents

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:15:51 +0200

Davis Wright Welcomes IP Team From Dechert

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:40:38 +0200

Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:12:08 +0200

Sanctuary AI: a patent powerhouse of the humanoid robotics era

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:05:42 +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

Apple Hit With Another Suit Alleging Copyright Theft For AI

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:48:05 +0200

‘Danger Zone’: 9th Circ. Judge Warns Atty Battling L’Oreal

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:16:57 +0200

Phillips 66 Can’t Undo $805M Trade Secrets Trial Loss

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:42:35 +0200

Lizzo Hit With Copyright Theft Suit Over Social Media Clip

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:21:53 +0200

Fed. Circ. Faults PTAB Ax In Centripetal Case But Not Recusal

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:44:39 +0200

Bristol-Myers $450M Payment Dispute Heads To Arbitration

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:59:59 +0200

‘Would-Be Bank Robbers’: Reddit Says Perplexity Steals Data

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:28:37 +0200

Gilstrap, Albright Flouting Venue Law, Fed. Circ. Told

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:28:27 +0200

CAFC Gives Centripetal Another Shot at PTAB in Case Tied to APJ’s Alleged Bias

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:26:52 +0200

Strava Drops Patent Suit Against Garmin Weeks After Filing

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:38:54 +0200

USPTO Cuts TM Backlog Below 350K, Surpassing FY25 Goal

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:17:48 +0200

Squires Confirms USPTO Has Funds To Last The Year

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:41:23 +0200

Judge Tosses Ingenus Suit Over Leukemia Treatment Patent

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:39:52 +0200

Disney Trims But Can’t Defeat Thanos Tech Copyright Suit

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:29:53 +0200

Home Depot Passes Stewart’s Threshold, But Not PTAB’s

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:59:37 +0200

Trader Joe’s Ruling Highlights Trademark Infringement Trends

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:42:44 +0200

Toyota Gets PTAB To Ax Some Car User Profile Patent Claims

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:41:05 +0200

Romanian Publisher Sues Colo. Company Over Infringement

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:48:48 +0200

Jury Convicts Man In $200M Counterfeit Smuggling Scheme

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:47:19 +0200

SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:59:48 +0200

Fed. Circ. Won’t Clear Semiconductor Patent Application

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:42:05 +0200

Anheuser-Busch Accused Of Copying Distillery’s Cocktail Cans

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:36:48 +0200

NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:35:54 +0200

NHL Embraces Prediction Market With Kalshi, Polymarket Deal

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:58:52 +0200

10x Genomics sues Illumina, expanding high-profile patent assertions

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:24:33 +0200

Understanding IP Matters: ‘AI Adoption Moves at the Speed of Trust’

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:15:12 +0200

Size Matters: How Law Firm Size Relates to Patent Quality

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:15:08 +0200