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A Cleaner Test Case: Why Kahoot! Adds Fire to the Supreme Court’s Settled Expectations Docket

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:02:13 +0200

The Trophy-Sharing Cartel: How Europe’s Digital Markets Act Turns Google’s IP into a Public Utility

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:15:56 +0200

Asia IP Elite; Viasat $229 million verdict; analog AI landscape long read; Sandisk interview; June patent transactions; plus much more

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:30:03 +0200

The trillion-dollar innovation subsidy: why enforcing IP is the ultimate pro-competition strategy

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Phillips 66 Inks Deal To End Patent Case Revived By Fed. Circ.

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:10:34 +0200

IP Cases In The Spotlight As ITC Adds 5 New Commissioners

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:20:09 +0200

Big Fish Can’t Pursue Apple Store Takedown, Dev Says

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:45:11 +0200

Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Reconsider Pfizer’s Paxlovid IP Win

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:15:28 +0200

Daily Beast Sued Over Image Of CEO In Viral Coldplay Incident

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:33:28 +0200

Finch Therapeutics Can Seek Ch. 11 Plan Votes

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:17:53 +0200

Yale Age Test, Allergy Death, Wine Royalties: A Midyear Report

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:14:55 +0200

USPTO-Fed. Circ. Split Complicates Machine Learning Patents

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:08:54 +0200

NCAA Urges Judge To Not Let Athletes ‘Rewrite’ NIL Deal

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:27:03 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, July 24: FRONTIER Act Introduced in House; Google Hit With €890 Million Fine for DMA Violations; and PTAB Revises SOP 1 on APJ Panel Assignments

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:15:24 +0200

Fed. Circ. Backs Invalidating More PTAB Railcar Patent Claims

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:00:59 +0200

Novo Asks NJ Judge To Stop Lilly’s ‘Deceptive’ GLP-1 Ads

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:49:17 +0200

Spotify ‘Slow-Rolled’ Discovery In Audiobook Case, Court Told

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:10:55 +0200

Vicor Rival Alleges Trade Secret Misuse In WDTX Suit

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:47:25 +0200

5 TM Cases & 1 Strategy To Watch In 2026’s Second Half

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:55:25 +0200

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

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:19:01 +0200

Sensodyne, Aquafresh Makers Sue Over Rival’s ‘Sensio’ TMs

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:21 +0200

Training ChatGPT on Copyrighted Works Prima Facie Protected Under Indian Copyright Act: Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Injunction Against OpenAI

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:49:28 +0200

Copyright Amendments in the Offing – Whither Consultation Process?

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:36:05 +0200

Empire IP, Dominion Harbor and SIM IP deals flag monetisation risk

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:20:07 +0200

Alibaba deepens Access Advance ties as VVC emerges as portfolio cornerstone

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:29:32 +0200

India’s interim patent landscape: balancing public interest, validity and vulnerability in pharma litigation

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Comments on CDSCO’s Brand Name Extension Policies

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:28 +0200

How to mitigate prior art traps for follow-on pharma patents

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Patent Atty Sues USPTO Over ‘Flawed’ Disciplinary Procedure

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:15:24 +0200

Samsung Seeks $1B Bond If Pictiva’s Injunction Bid Granted

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:06:31 +0200

Google Must Face Ex-NPR Host’s AI Voice Suit In State Court

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:11:15 +0200

Lenovo Wants ‘Bad Faith’ Infringement Claims Shut Down

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:43:30 +0200

PTAB Revives Ioengine Data Patent In Roku Reexam Case

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:14:21 +0200

8th Circ. Says Vendor Didn’t Show Major Harm In Bank IP Fight

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:11:35 +0200

Firm Must Share Sanctions In Door IP Suit, Fed. Circ. Says

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:32:24 +0200

CAFC Partially Reverses Ineligibility Ruling on Digital Picture Frame Patents, Reviving Suit Against Amazon

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:13:19 +0200

Squires To Review 2024 PTAB Ax That Followed Vidal Ruling

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:05:15 +0200

She Has A Point: Foley & Lardner’s Laura Ganoza

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:02:28 +0200

NY Exterminator Prevails In ‘Black Widow’ TM Settlement

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:56:29 +0200

Apple Can’t Get BigTech AI Voice Suits Under Same Ill. Judge

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:30:58 +0200

PTAB Eligibility Affirmance Rate Fell After Squires Took Over

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:04:00 +0200

5 Legal Steps Self-Published Authors Should Take

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:25:38 +0200

Web Scraper Seeks Toss Of Reddit Copyright Claims

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:25:21 +0200

Federal Circuit Says Expired Patent Warrants Vacatur of ITC Determination

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:15:20 +0200

EBay Cleared Under Alice In Website Patent Dispute

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:44:16 +0200

The Risks And Rewards Of 3 Patent Review Pilot Programs

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:36:23 +0200

Pictiva’s $93M Trial Win Doesn’t Moot Invalidation, PTAB Says

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:19:47 +0200

9th Circ. Urged To Keep Reddit Moderator Subpoenas Alive

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:14:15 +0200

Fed. Circ. Partly Undoes Amazon Digital Photo Frame IP Win

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:10:29 +0200

USTR Says EU’s Google Actions Cast Cloud On US Trade Deal

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:57:54 +0200

Software Keeps Eating the World—But the Right to Repair Doesn’t Have to Go with It

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:15:24 +0200

3 Count: Sports Data Piracy

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:20:22 +0200

Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:05:57 +0200

InterDigital secures second UPC injunction against Disney in escalating HEVC dispute

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:20:03 +0200

Collision expands Apple campaign as it appeals denial of Samsung injunction

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:00:20 +0200

ECI Innovations, LLC is Seeking an Intellectual Property Partner

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:15:13 +0200

Nokia’s Q2 patent income growth driven by video, auto, IoT deals

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:36:08 +0200

Nigeria’s IP financing reforms could unlock new value from patent portfolios, but registry and valuation hurdles remain

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:22 +0200

Arbitration’s growing edge in SEP/FRAND and royalty disputes

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Deckers Wants New IP Validity Trial Over ‘Fundamental’ Error

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:34:45 +0200

6 Copyright Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:12:10 +0200

JPMorgan’s Kinexys Infringes Blockchain Co.’s IP, Suit Says

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:49:03 +0200

Split Fed. Circ. Won’t Reinstate Injunction In Schedule A Feud

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:57:08 +0200

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman Accused of Plagiarism

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:53:37 +0200

Huawei Loses Bid To Block Laptop Evidence In NY RICO Case

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:45:22 +0200

Midjourney Seeks To Trim Disney AI Copyright Claims

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:35:54 +0200

Tesla Trims 1 Intellectual Ventures Patent But Not 2nd At PTAB

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:16:56 +0200

Boston Scientific Settles With Stryker In Spine Device IP Fight

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:41:01 +0200

Germany IP Rulings Clarify ‘Willing’ SEP Licensee Analysis

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:30:11 +0200

USPTO Proposes Rule to Require Statement of RPIs for All Ex Parte Reexam Requests

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:15:12 +0200

MillerKnoll Wins $172K Fees After Beating Bubble Lamp IP Suit

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:01:42 +0200

LG Energy Says Bosch, Others Infringe Battery Patents

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:51:22 +0200

Fed. Circ. Panel Stands By Invalidated Spinal Fusion IP

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:44:06 +0200

Newspapers Claim Articles Were Sold For AI Training

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:25:03 +0200

‘Moxie’ Boutique Says Club’s Name Sows Brand Confusion

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:23:08 +0200

Reverse Engineering, ‘Readily Ascertainable’, and the Burden of Proof: Lessons from the Comet Technologies Decision

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:15:05 +0200

Squires Grants 4 IPRs, Issues No Discretionary Denials

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:54:01 +0200

3 Count: Lawful VPNs

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:44:51 +0200

World Cup Brand Battles Will Outlast Spain’s Title Victory

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:41:34 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Dissolution of Preliminary Injunction in Split Decision Over Foldable Fan Design Patent

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:15:13 +0200

IP Litigation Insider: Sandisk IP leader sees NAND flash memory becoming a bigger battleground

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:22:23 +0200

Meta takes Access Advance video pool licence covering Facebook, Instagram

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:09 +0200

District court dismisses copyright claim based on misclassified cabinet registration

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Why DRAM patents matter as AI infrastructure enters new licensing era

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

How to strategically navigate the video coding space to minimise licensing and litigation expense: best IP management practices for AV2 

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Brazil appeals court holds pool licence offer meets FRAND obligation in Panasonic v HMD

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:27:28 +0200

Anonymous No More: Real-Party Disclosure Comes to Ex Parte Reexamination

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:05:10 +0200

Sony Lobs Another Copyright Suit Against AI Music Generator

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:06:09 +0200

Warner Bros., HBO Win $105K Atty Fees For ‘FBoy’ IP Defense

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:59:02 +0200

USPTO Calls For More Info In Anonymous Reexam Requests

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:33:30 +0200

Full Fed. Circ. Won’t Review Apple’s ITC Loss Against Masimo

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:59:42 +0200

2nd Circ. Won’t Be Savior For ‘Made In Heaven’ Koons IP Case

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:41:20 +0200

Mullen Fights To Keep Patent Suit Against Samsung Alive

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:09:11 +0200

Seizing the Secret Sauce: How Generative AI is Breaking Government Contracting and IP Law

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:08:41 +0200

Magistrate Says Atty Immunity Should Cut Firm From Fee Suit

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:06:32 +0200

India-Based AI Founder Says Colo. Court Lacks Jurisdiction

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:05:52 +0200

Invisalign Maker Keeps PTAB Wins At Fed. Circ.

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:18:26 +0200

The Fandom/GTA Wiki Plagiarism Scandal

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:16:43 +0200

Google’s Copyright Claims Over Scraping Tossed, For Now

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:15:28 +0200

Acer Can’t Escape Ericsson Dispute Over 4G, 5G Patents

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:09:41 +0200

Thermo Fisher Says TRO Needed To Protect $8.9B Deal

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:45:20 +0200

Mother Of Musk’s Child Asks Texas Court To Toss XAI Suit

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:29:24 +0200

Sedlik en Banc: A Menu for Replacing Copyright’s Intrinsic Test

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:24:43 +0200

Novo’s False Ad Suit Against Eli Lilly Ramps Up GLP-1 Rivalry

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:23:43 +0200

Squires Pressed On ‘Board Of Peace’ TM Apps He Withdrew

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:12:44 +0200

Canon Notches Another Fed. Circ. Win In Inkjet Patent Fight

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:08:15 +0200

Fed. Circ. Restarts Treadmill Patent Infringement Case

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:06:52 +0200

Wyeth’s Patent Loss Has Attys Focusing On Dosage

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:04:07 +0200

New Head Of US International Trade Commission Selected

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:52:57 +0200

Centripetal IP Survives Fed. Circ. Despite ‘Ghost In The Room’

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:46:26 +0200

Apple’s Bid To Invalidate Speech Patent Revived On Appeal

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:37:50 +0200

Apple Wins at CAFC Due to PTAB’s Erroneous Reading of Speech Recognition Patent Claims

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:15:16 +0200

7th Circ. Probes Offset Restitution In Hytera-Motorola Dispute

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:50 +0200

Trade Secret Practice Tips From The 1st Half Of 2026

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:52:39 +0200

Federal Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment in Treadmill Patent Dispute, Finding Claim Construction Too Narrow

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:15:37 +0200

Resume Builder Defends Antitrust Case Against Rival

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:48:32 +0200

3 Count: Done Deal

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:46:58 +0200

Baker McKenzie Hires Life Sciences, IP Attys In DC, NY

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:39:54 +0200

Boehringer Alleges United Therapeutics Poached Staff, Secrets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:48:37 +0200

DirecTV Sues Over Va. Fraud Scheme

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:18:57 +0200

Analog AI: The IP landscape ahead of the market 

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:57 +0200

From Nuvia to OpenAI: Apple’s trade secret litigation offensive  

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:31:21 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (21.07.2026)

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:43:30 +0200

College Advising Co. Drops Contract Row With Ex-Franchisee

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:30:55 +0200

Moderna Hits CureVac With Countersuit In COVID Vax Fight

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:48:50 +0200

Google Data Sharing With Temu Violates DOJ Rule, Suit Says

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:10:18 +0200

Cox, Insurers Battle For Early Win In Media Coverage Suit

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:29:36 +0200

Anthropic’s $1.5B Copyright Deal With Authors Gets Final OK

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:06:36 +0200

Patent Damages After Rule 702: Will Your Expert Survive Daubert? | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:06:10 +0200

Apple Can’t Get Judge To Toss Masimo’s $634M Patent Verdict

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:57:26 +0200

Joby Looks To Beat Aerosonic’s Air Data Probe IP Suit

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:12:46 +0200

JPMorgan Infringed Privacy Tech Patents, Software Co. Claims

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:35:55 +0200

Copyright Claims Board Tackles Implied Licenses

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:42:03 +0200

Del. Judge Rejects Fast-Track Bid For Agtech Co. Receiver

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:30:31 +0200

Congress Said No to Stolen Trademarks; The USPTO Said Yes

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:15:59 +0200

DOJ Says It Shut Down 1K Illegal World Cup Streaming Sites

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:13:38 +0200

4th Circ. Remands Models’ Image-Misuse Coverage Fight

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:55:53 +0200

Quantifying Damages In Product Launch Delay Allegations

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:51:22 +0200

Amazon Says Atty’s Defense In TM Suit Still Baseless

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:46:06 +0200

A Double Shot at Copyright: SCOTUS to Weigh Worldwide Termination Rights

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:45:02 +0200

Ex-Porn Star Can Rope Paramount Into ‘Lexi Love’ TM Fight

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:17:08 +0200

Lathrop GPM To Expand In Calif., NY, UK With IP Firm Combo

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:25:02 +0200

NC Pool Companies Settle Trademark Infringement Suit

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:22:05 +0200

Fed. Circ. Told Decision Clearing Sirius In Patent Case Flawed

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:15:18 +0200

Samsung Directed To Pay Interest Atop $445M Patent Verdict

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:08:34 +0200

3 Count: Backroom Backtrack

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:07:26 +0200

Akerman, Hilgers IP Pros Join Kane Russell In Texas

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:58:46 +0200

Emirates Stole Meal-Booking Trade Secrets, Startup Says

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:53:54 +0200

4 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:36:54 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB, Rejects Narrow Reading of ‘Running Surface’ in Treadmill Patent Dispute

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:15:47 +0200

Viasat’s $229 million jury verdict raises NAND patent licensing stakes

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:35:59 +0200

Sanofi opens new front in mRNA patent wars with suits against Pfizer, Moderna

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:44:41 +0200

Presenting: IAM’s Asia IP Elite 2026

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:42:00 +0200

Enanta v. Pfizer is Not About a Typo: It is About Possession of the Invention

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:15:43 +0200

PTAB filings nosedive; Samsung joins Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool; US patent strategy reset Special Report; NEC interview; South Korean filing data; plus much more

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 09:30:06 +0200

The Filing Clock: Hour-of-Day Patterns in USPTO Electronic Submissions

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:36:00 +0200

Acer v Nokia decision provides safe harbour from UK involvement in F/RAND licensing disputes

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0200

RCEs, Abandonment, and the Vanishing Patent Appeal

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:27:47 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, July 17: CJEU Says Commercial Partnership May Make Google Liable for Gambling Ads; CAFC Corrects CFC on Book of Wisdom; Tillis Indicates PERA Tweaks

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:15:26 +0200

Clean rooms in trade secret litigation: promises and pitfalls

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Samsung extends Korea patent lead as battery boom, AI reshape South Korea’s innovation landscape

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0200

Value From the Beginning: The Book of Wisdom’s Limit in 4DD Holdings v. United States

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:31:53 +0200

Federal Circuit Partially Vacates Court of Federal Claims’ Assessment of Copyright Award

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:38:12 +0200

CAFC Affirms Two PTAB Obviousness Rulings in Canon Printhead Patent Disputes

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:15:32 +0200

The IP Behind the Putter: Golf’s New Intellectual Property Race

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:39:20 +0200

3 Count: Schrödinger’s CAT

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:27:19 +0200

Netlist opens second ITC front against Samsung, Google, NVIDIA over AI memory patents

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:32:44 +0200

Senior in-house leaders from Nokia, MSD, Valeo to speak at IAM Live: Navigating the UPC 2026

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:16 +0200

Modest Rule, Real Traps: The USPTO’s Foreign-Applicant Representation Requirement Takes Effect July 20

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:40:13 +0200

NEC enters ‘new phase’ of IP value creation

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:08:00 +0200

DISH bankruptcy filing puts patent owners’ enforcement on hold

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200

From Genes to Machines: PERA’s First Full-Committee Hearing

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:53:26 +0200

China Figures Prominently in WIPO Report Showing Generative AI Patent Activity Tripling in Past Two Years

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:25:21 +0200

Study Claiming AI Helps Students Learn Retracted

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:45:32 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Rejection of Lock Manufacturer’s Bid to Invalidate Biometric Access Patents

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:15:45 +0200

3 Count: Fender Bender

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:26:40 +0200

The Survivors: IPR Petition Filings Stay Low and Highly Targeted in 2026

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:55 +0200

AI Does Not Destroy Patent Rights: Bad Channels and Bad Judgment Do

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:15:44 +0200

Apple’s trade secret attack on OpenAI to put onboarding hygiene, hardware product plans in the frame

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:25:15 +0200

New IAM Special Report digs into the US patent strategy reset

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200

What the USPTO’s new 30-day director review deadline for decisions instituting trial means for PTAB petitioners and patent owners

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Delhi High Court revisits inventive step in overturning breath-analysis patent application refusal

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Gene patent concerns dominate Senate hearing on restoring US patent eligibility

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:03 +0200

Introduction

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Patent execs at HP, Sandisk, Renesas, IBM warn PTAB shift boosts NPEs

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

US courts test DOJ’s new SEP remedies playbook

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Big tech’s patent reform backfire

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

AI and the new innovation economy: why IP is now strategic infrastructure

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

PTA benchmark data study highlights wide USPTO delay gap across biotech, software, networking patents

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

What 6,500 US patent cases reveal about prosecuting applications to build assertion-ready portfolios

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Patent reform in the 119th Congress: crunch time for PTAB, injunction, Section 101 bills

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Patent prices rise as PTAB access shrinks and UPC risk lifts licensing stakes

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The ITC one year after Lashify and the revival of Fintiv

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Fast to Deny, Slow to Grant: The Range of Motion En Banc Petition at 102 Days

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:31:57 +0200

Tillis Signals Willingness to Tweak PERA Amid Gene Patenting Concerns

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:27:10 +0200

Warning: An ISBN is NOT a Copyright Registration

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:16:53 +0200

CAFC Vacates PTAB Ruling for Patent Owner in Google IPR

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:15:51 +0200

3 Count: Worse Bunny

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:08:43 +0200

Magistrate Judge Allows Two Narrow Fraud Theories to Proceed Against APPLE Trademark Registration

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:32:32 +0200

Why Patented Inventions Fail: The Hard Truth About Patents, Products and Commercialization | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:06:07 +0200

Why Patented Inventions Fail: The Hard Truth About Patents, Products and Commercialization | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:06:07 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (14.07.2026)

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:37:24 +0200

When Three Invoices Went to Shimla: A Case Analysis of SML Limited vs M/S Happy Agro Chemicals

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:38:30 +0200

Still a Lawyer, Not a Practitioner: Schindler v. Squires and the Reach of Practice Before the Office

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:07:34 +0200

Ericsson sets new patent licensing run-rate following Transsion, Verifone deals

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:42:43 +0200

Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool hits “major milestone” as Samsung inks dual-role agreement

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:37:06 +0200

Locked In or Left Open: A Decision Matrix for PTAB Fact Findings After Appeal

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:52:49 +0200

Copyright, Fair Use and Collage Art

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:43:03 +0200

IP Policy Institute Study Shows Significantly Higher Rates of Section 101 Invalidations for AI Patents

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:28:19 +0200

No Repeat, No Remedy: Federal Circuit Reverses Preliminary Injunction in Ridge v. Kirk NationaLease

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:45:58 +0200

Federal Circuit Dismisses Patent Owner’s Patent Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:15:28 +0200

3 Count: Treading Water

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:47:28 +0200

Where trade secrets, copyright and AI collide

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:12:31 +0200

Where trade secrets, copyright and AI collide

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:12:31 +0200

PTAB filings down 81% in Q2 2026 as patent challengers abandon IPR playbook

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Obviousness Finding in Sony IPR Remand

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:20:01 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 6-July 12)

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:11:37 +0200

India enters decisive decade as AI, SEPs and enforcement reshape IP landscape

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200

The Supreme Court Broke Patent Eligibility: Congress Can Fix It

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:15:20 +0200

Top Q2 jury verdicts; Nokia interview exclusive; Transsion inks Ericsson licence; China patent filing data; Major League Baseball ADR; plus much more

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:00:22 +0200

What SEP licensing can learn from Major League Baseball

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, July 10: EU Trademark Filings Reach Record Total During First Half of 2026; Laura Peter Heads to WIPO; CAFC Says New PTAB Findings Did Not Violate Remand Mandate

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:15:24 +0200

Refilling the Pipeline: Two New Section 101 Petitions Heading to the Supreme Court

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:39:18 +0200

A Procedural Servant or a Master of Delay? A Critical Legal Analysis of the Bombay High Court’s Ruling in Black Diamond Motors

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:02:25 +0200

Trade secret suits jump 12% quarter-on-quarter as DTSA litigation continues gaining traction

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Huawei widens lead as China’s patent filing focus shifts to AI, EVs and advanced manufacturing

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200

Japanese licensing pioneers reflect on patent pool evolution

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:00:00 +0200

Narrowed to Clear the Art: The Enablement Cost of Wyeth’s Unit Dosage Claims

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:59:14 +0200

Book Publishers Have a Major AI Problem

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:42:46 +0200

CAFC Affirms Lack of Enablement Ruling Due to Gaps in Specification Requiring Undue Experimentation

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:35:00 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Rejection of Magnolia Medical Blood Collection Patent Claim as Anticipated

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:26:23 +0200

Judge Michel, Other Amici File Briefs Opposing Sandoz’s Fourth Circuit Appeal in Enbrel Antitrust Case

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:22:05 +0200

Words are Magic: What Counts as Applicant Admitted Prior Art in In re GE Vernova Hitachi

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:05:49 +0200

3 Count: Serious Sanctions

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:43:27 +0200

Cerinet launches broad ATSC 3.0 SEP campaign against Samsung, LG and 10 others

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:47:36 +0200

Pfizer/BioNTech fend off Promosome’s UPC covid vaccine suit

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:51:10 +0200

US senator urges Lutnick, Squires to tackle Chinese AI mining of pharma patent filings

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:00:07 +0200

Everything Flows, Except Satluj…Through Your ZEE5 App

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:29:07 +0200

Code Without Structure? TrackTime v. Amazon and the § 112(f) Redo After Dyfan

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:18:19 +0200

A Plagiarism Fight Over Sideways Church Pews

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:34:18 +0200

Who Owns the Worldview Inside an AI Model?

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:15:32 +0200

3 Count: Tonga Troubles

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:11:56 +0200

Beyond the Logo: 7-Eleven v. Nike and the New Frontier of Brand Identity

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:15:21 +0200

The Future of Genus Patenting Strategies for Antibodies Post-Amgen

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:15:12 +0200

Brand Name Extensions by Pharma May Finally Be Receiving Scrutiny? 

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:20:52 +0200

BREAKING: Transsion inks Ericsson patent licence in wake of Morocco injunctions

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:15:00 +0200

Reflections from the 2nd SpicyIP Summer School! 

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:11:35 +0200

Ericsson wins first ever African SEP injunctions; gets Verifone deal done

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:32:56 +0200

Supreme Court reins in service provider copyright liability in Sony Music case 

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

US judge dismisses patent suit against Amex over loyalty awards programmes

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:42:26 +0200

Egypt’s Culture Minister Resigns After Losing Plagiarism Lawsuit

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:07:00 +0200

Federal Circuit Finds Deep Learning Patents Ineligible

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:15:16 +0200

3 Count: Wedding Present

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:03:33 +0200

CAFC Denies Mandamus Relief to Overturn Stay Pending Ex Parte Reexam

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:15:43 +0200

Whole or Apportioned: Sunoco Asks the Supreme Court to Rethink Lost Profits

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:14:41 +0200

Accidental co-ownership: how AI tools create uninvited patent partners

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:01:57 +0200

In a Patent Dispute, Where You Fight Often Matters Most | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:19:43 +0200

Google, AMD, Bull sued at UPC as ParTec ramps up supercomputer licensing campaign

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:58:50 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (07.07.2026)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:19:44 +0200

Transsion ordered to pay security deposit in Indian InterDigital spat

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:13:30 +0200

AI Comes to the Ivy League

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:58:29 +0200

Raskin Calls Trump’s Abandonment of BOARD OF PEACE Trademarks ‘Necessary Course Correction”

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:42:22 +0200

3 Count: AI Turnabout

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:18:41 +0200

CAFC Dismisses Appeal Against Trustpilot as Moot Following Settlement

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:15:05 +0200

Federal Circuit Finds Representative Claim Error Harmless, Affirms Section 101 Dismissal

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:15:14 +0200

Nokia licensing boss Patrik Hammarén’s first interview since taking top job

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:29:00 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (29 June – 5 July)

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:11:57 +0200

Aspen’s $190 million win against Verizon leads US Q2 2026 jury verdicts

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

CAFC Vacates Indefiniteness Ruling on TrackTime Patent, Affirms Invalidity Finding on Related Patent in Amazon Dispute

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:15:33 +0200

Three Is Company, Two’s a Trial: Reference Counts in Federal Circuit Obviousness Appeals

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:08:52 +0200

UK SEP policy setback; Caterpillar v Bobcat patent wars; Google combination trade secret case; AI at patent offices; IPBC Global photo highlights; plus much more

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 09:30:30 +0200

IPBC Global 2026: IAM’s photo highlights

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, July 3: Google White Paper Says Only AI Outputs Infringe Copyright; CJEU Upholds €4.1B Fine for Android Abuses; and CAFC Orders Remand to Review Indefiniteness Ruling Under Dyfan

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:15:09 +0200

House Marks without a Doctrine: The Unsettled Law Behind Flipkart vs. Marc

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:47:01 +0200

UPC Court of Appeal gives important guidance on urgency in PI proceedings

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:43:17 +0200

Three lessons on trade secret strategy from IPBC Global 2026

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:41:46 +0200

The Risk of a Preliminary Answer: Injunction Bonds and the Generic Launch

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:28:03 +0200

Adeia’s RPX deal adds 10 e-commerce licensees as Fubo suit follows

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Why US Government Works are Public Domain

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:49:37 +0200

3 Count: Shopify Shopline

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:59:58 +0200

The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 2

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:42:30 +0200

The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 1

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:37:06 +0200

House IP Subcommittee, Witnesses Urge Action on Site Blocking Mechanism, NO FAKES

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:15:54 +0200

SEP Litigation Trends Show Why Brazil Remains a Serious Patent Enforcement Venue

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:15:34 +0200

Samsung suit suggests Touchstream leveraging Google win in broader licensing campaign

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:09 +0200

Avanci, Sisvel, Via developments end extraordinary six months for patent pools

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:02:01 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (02.07.2026)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:42:18 +0200

Black-box Medicine and Indian Patent Law: Why India’s Disclosure Framework Struggles with Black-box AI

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:18:36 +0200

The En Banc Queue for July-2026

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:15 +0200

Patent Bots is Seeking a Product Specialist

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:15:30 +0200

AI at the world’s patent offices: from experimentation to infrastructure 

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:07:06 +0200

The Copyright Side of Stop Killing Games

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:50:40 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Ruling Blocking Generic Nuedexta

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:15:04 +0200

Reforming 35 U.S.C. § 132(a): Why New Matter Amendments Shouldn’t Require a New Application

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:15:13 +0200

3 Count: The Skin is a Lie

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:20:42 +0200

MON AMI Too Similar to AMÌ, Affirms CAFC

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:15:03 +0200

Google AI engineer case sharpens guidance on combination trade secrets

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:12:09 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (15 June-28 June)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:50:29 +0200

Supreme Court Takes Up Whether Trademark Strength Belongs to Judge or Jury

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:05:05 +0200

Recent Nokia, Samsung and Amazon disputes put SEP arbitration in focus

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Announcing the Results of  SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:58:07 +0200

Caterpillar, Bobcat raise stakes in global construction equipment patent fight

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:30:30 +0200

Why I’m Giving Up on Blocking AI Bots (For Now)

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:35:30 +0200

Locked In at the Lectern: How the Federal Circuit Uses Oral Argument

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:08:59 +0200

SCOTUS Scraps Trump’s Bid to Oust Perlmutter for Now, Following Slaughter and Cook Rulings

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:15:45 +0200

3 Count: Migration Dispute

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:00:25 +0200

Patent Monetization Reality Check: Can Your Patent Portfolio Survive Due Diligence? | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:18:57 +0200

High Court Grants Cert in Apple’s Challenge to Ninth Circuit Contempt Ruling in App Store Dispute

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:15:33 +0200

Philips’s UPC suits against TP-Link end a busy six months for SEP cases at the court

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:37:25 +0200

LinkedIn senior patent counsel urges businesses to get “comfortable with risk” in the AI era

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:21:43 +0200

Japan: trade secrets – litigation, policy and latest developments

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

European Union: trade secrets – litigation, policy and latest developments

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Japan: trade secret management strategy in the semiconductor industry – ROHM’s approach

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Kathi Vidal, Airbnb and Lenovo leaders turn career setbacks into IP success

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The Mystery of the Max Planck Retractions

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:35:27 +0200

SCOTUS Denies Hyatt Petition on Prosecution Laches, Among Other Patent Denials

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:16:18 +0200

SCOTUS Grants Cert Petition on Trademark Strength Inquiry Over SG Brief Urging Denial

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:15:53 +0200

3 Count: Redact, Refile

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:09:15 +0200

Be Prepared to Navigate the Law of Website Images

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:15:46 +0200

How low can you go? Courts lower marking defence burden, raising patent damages risks

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200

UK delays SEP policy announcement following prime minister resignation

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:41:03 +0200

AI doesn’t rewrite trade-secret law, but it is rewriting how legal departments protect it

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:31:04 +0200

ArentFox Schiff LLP is Seeking a Patent Agent / Patent Attorney – Biotechnology

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:15:02 +0200

China: trade secrets – litigation, policy and latest developments

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

United States: trade secrets – why California will continue to lead the way

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

United States: trade secrets – litigation, policy and latest developments

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

China: trade secrets – litigation, policy and latest developments

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Squires Denies Apple IPR Under Revvo for Inconsistent Position on Limiting Preambles

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:15:54 +0200

US OLED litigation data; DRAM, NAND disputes surge; Ericsson CIPO at IPBC Global; Oppo-Verifone SEP deal; Optis-Apple preview; plus much more

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:29:22 +0200

Chinese courts’ national favouritism reinforces need to limit US patent system access

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0200

When Reputation Travels but Goods Do Not: The Delhi HC on Transborder Reputation in the ‘Whistler’ Dispute

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:47:57 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, June 26: EPO Study Shows Courts Moving from Defining to Applying FRAND; FTC Files Amicus in J&J Stelara Antitrust Case; and EUIPO Working Group Endorses IP-Backed Finance Roadmap

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:12:37 +0200

Apple and Optis to face off in crucial UK Supreme Court FRAND appeal

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:26:33 +0200

SCOTUS refusal to revisit rulings locks in $213m payout in landmark DXC-TCS battle

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:06:24 +0200

Wenderoth Lind & Ponack LLP is Seeking a Biotechnology Patent Prosecution Attorney

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:15:28 +0200

Oppo licenses SEPs to Verifone in point-of-sales IoT deal

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:30:59 +0200

Beyond the ‘Actual Invention’: A Closer Look at Canada’s 2026 Updated Subject Matter Framework Compared with U.S. Practice

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:24:57 +0200

Anchor’s Final Goodbye Sparks Plagiarism Controversy

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:38:08 +0200

Senate Finance Committee Hears from ITC Nominees

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:15:26 +0200

Squires Vacates-in-Part PTAB Decision Due to Board’s Failure to Address Jury Verdict in Parallel Litigation

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:15:23 +0200

ITC nears full bench as Senate considers patent-savvy Foley and Pappas

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:06:43 +0200

3 Count: Global Fight

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:46:45 +0200

PTAB chief judge tells patent challengers how to navigate tougher IPR institution regime

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:01:27 +0200

What businesses need to know about monopoly agreements in China’s pharma sector following issuance of new guidelines

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The Long Overdue Downfall of Étienne Klein

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:24:56 +0200

USPTO Clarifies Approach to Double Patenting and Patent Term Adjustment in Continuation Families

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:00:15 +0200

CAFC Affirms Dismissal of Pro Se Inventor’s Suit Against USPTO For Rejected Wearable Thermal Device Application

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:15:57 +0200

3 Count: Winamp? In 2026?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:04:04 +0200

Mormon Stories Podcast Counters LDS Church with Cancellation Claims Against Church’s Mormon Marks

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:15:35 +0200

Provisional Typo Spoils Priority Date

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:23:07 +0200

Three Is Company: New Data on § 103 Reference Counts

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:19:18 +0200

SCOTUS Must End Prosecution Laches Before It Becomes a Patent Killing Machine

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:15:30 +0200

TikTok Artist Devon Rodriguez Accused of Plagiarism

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:50:42 +0200

CAFC Affirms Enanta Coronavirus Patent Invalid for Lack of Written Description Support in Provisional Application

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:15:33 +0200

Found vs. Findable: Judge Stark Maps the Skilled-Searcher Test

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:56:54 +0200

America’s Patent System Was Built for a Different Century | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:15:43 +0200

3 Count: Ultima Battle

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:54:23 +0200

Squires Waives Deadline for Director Review Requests of Institution Decisions

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:56:24 +0200

How Telegram Imports Copyright Doctrine Into Public Law

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:24:17 +0200

En Banc Ninth Circuit to Reconsider Copyright’s Total Concept and Feel Test

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:41:27 +0200

SCOTUS Declines Case on Right of Patent Owners to Identify RPIs

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:15:36 +0200

Justices Deny Cert in Case on Common Law Trademark Priority

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:15:20 +0200

When Trade Secret Claims Become Non-Competes by Another Name

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:15:54 +0200

Same Direction, Different Engines: FY2026 Utility and Design Grant Projections

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:17:35 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, June 19: Senate Finance Committee to Consider ITC Nominees; U.S. Bills on Likeness Rights Head to Senate Floor; and Director Squires Declines Discretionary Denial Over U.S. Manufacturing Considerations

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:21:08 +0200

SpicyIP Summer School 2026 Starts Tomorrow!

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:55:52 +0200

Pre-Negotiated: How Continuations and Art Units Shape the First-Action Allowance

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:24:21 +0200

Federal Circuit Reverses IPR Estoppel Ruling Against Valve, Finds Insufficient Search Evidence and Hindsight Bias

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:05:16 +0200

The Passion Translation Accused of Plagiarism

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:38:23 +0200

Senate Judiciary Moves NO FAKES Act One Step Closer to Passage

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:06:18 +0200

The Real-World Implications of the Supreme Court’s Cox Decision

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:36:14 +0200

3 Count: Termination Expansion

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:00:47 +0200

SpicyIP Tidbit: PPL Registered as a Copyright Society for Sound Recordings

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:41:51 +0200

Judge Sanctions Both Sides for AI Usage

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:50:39 +0200

Anti-Pharma Patent Bills Advance During Senate HELP Committee Hearing

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:23:30 +0200

The First Offer Accepted: First-Action Allowances and the Track 1 Premium

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:49:57 +0200

CAFC Affirms Denial of Preliminary Injunction for Boston Scientific in Spinal Ablation Patent Dispute Against Stryker

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:15:54 +0200

3 Count: Jumping the Baby Shark

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:58:29 +0200

Why the USPTO Should Introduce an Automatic Allowance Option

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:15:29 +0200

India–Brazil TKDL Access Collaboration: The Next Phase of Global Biodiplomacy?

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:11:47 +0200

The Copyright Reversion Right India Refused

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:02:03 +0200

Congress Must Not Rewrite Patent Rules Without Evidence

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:15:25 +0200

America’s Broken Patent System Must Return to First Principles | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:15:26 +0200

The Federal Circuit’s Expanding Grip on Dismissed Patent Claims

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:38:48 +0200

When Does a Parody Become a Trademark Problem? Lessons from the Patagonia-Pattie Gonia Dispute

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:15:49 +0200

High Court Denies Judge Newman’s Case Against CAFC Chief Judge

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:18:49 +0200

Squires Says Tesla IPRs on Vehicle Gear Selection Control Patents Can Proceed Due Partly to U.S. Manufacturing Activities

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:15:28 +0200

Has the Late-Continuation Surcharge Shifted Filing?

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:48:07 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling for Fluid-Mixing Patent

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:15:30 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (15.06.2026)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:20:41 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 8-June 14)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:50:56 +0200

Thompson Patent Law is Seeking a Patent Agent

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:15:10 +0200

Hooked on Differences: Design Patent Doctrine and Schedule A Litigation at the Federal Circuit

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:42:23 +0200

Global U.S. Patent Standing Falls Due to Judicially-Created Patent Law

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:15:52 +0200

Fact-Checking the Assertions of the Parties in Hyatt v. Squires

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:15:10 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, June 12: Republican Lawmakers Urge USITC to Block TSMC Chips; Bipartisan Bill Targets Digital Platform Abuses; and Most EU Consumers Would Pay More for Better Design

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:04:55 +0200

Witnessing the Miracle of Innovation in Real Time

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:19:57 +0200

The Legal Fight Against Dupe Culture

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:17:17 +0200

CAFC Affirms Dismissal of Infringement Case Against Bank of America

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:15:52 +0200

3 Count: Don’t Be Evil

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:55:42 +0200

It’s Not You, It’s Your Claims: Disclosed but Unclaimed Embodiments at the Federal Circuit

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:49:03 +0200

Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act Would Limit Patent Rights of National Security-Designated Entities

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:15:58 +0200

Trading Claims for Speed: USPTO Sweetens the Streamlined Claim Set Pilot

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:40:48 +0200

Something That Gives Me Hope with AI

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:51:29 +0200

IPWatchdog Patent Masters Urge Stakeholders to Unite for Change in the Next Cycle of U.S. Patent Reform

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:55:59 +0200

3 Count: Substantially Similar

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:40:47 +0200

The Register of Copyrights Is Wrong About Cox v. Sony

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:15:23 +0200

Arbitrator Rules USPTO Violated Federal Labor Law by Eliminating Non-Patents Employee Telework Without Bargaining

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:15:37 +0200

[Sponsored] 300 to 30 to 5: A Three-Pass Funnel for Patent Searches Under Deadline

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:04:51 +0200

Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB Findings of Unpatentability for Google’s ‘Hotword’ Patents

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:22:47 +0200

Why Audiobooks Are Now a Major Piracy Target

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:37:04 +0200

3 Count: Unsealed Data

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:07:15 +0200

Enforceable, but Not Reviewable: A Breached Sotera Stipulation and § 314(d)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:32:25 +0200

Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume X, Issue II (Submit by July 15, 2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:21:55 +0200

When AI Policies Collide: A Case Study

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:58:21 +0200

Six Petitions, Six Placeholders: The Patent Docket Awaiting the Supreme Court

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:18:39 +0200

3 Count: Tentative Opinions

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:27:43 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 25-June 7)

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:32:26 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (08.06.2026)

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:23:02 +0200

Integrity Versus Repose: When Claim Preclusion Bars Fraud on the Court

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:37:20 +0200

What the Verdict Might Have Said: Jury Black Boxes in Ollnova v. ecobee

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:46:10 +0200

Why You Can’t Fact-Check AI

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:53:38 +0200

Foreseeable Is Not Inducing: Hikma v. Amarin

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:32:42 +0200

3 Count: Forgiveness is Divine

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:59:10 +0200

Wine Railway and the Patent Marking Statute: Is a Covenant Not to Sue a Patent License?

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:20:31 +0200

Which AI is the Best at Citing its Sources?

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:53:11 +0200

3 Count: John Slick

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:05:25 +0200

Cheap Text, Expensive Claims: Fee Asymmetry and the Growing Patent Document

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:43:27 +0200

Is Using AI Autocomplete Cheating?

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:48:51 +0200

3 Count: Country Grammar

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:58:47 +0200

Plain, Ordinary, and Unresolved: Woodway’s Two-Front Claim Construction Fight

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:07:28 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (02.06.2026)

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:14:26 +0200

A United Front Against “Settled Expectations”

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:53:04 +0200

Pixar Accused of Plagiarism in Toy Story 5

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:54:38 +0200

3 Count: Breaking News

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:50:18 +0200

One more shot at Keyword Advertising……. aaaannndd Hit Wicket!

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:00:34 +0200

Pay to Cite: Applicant Disclosures Drop After the January 2025 IDS Surcharge

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:53:24 +0200

Part II: From the Archives: When Oxford Sent a Letter to Amend the Indian Copyright Law in 1901

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:56:40 +0200

Part I: From the Archives: When Oxford Sent a Letter to Amend the Indian Copyright Law in 1901 

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:48:36 +0200

Old Soil, New Clock: The DTSA Discovery Rule After Insulet v. EOFlow

Fri, 29 May 2026 22:40:46 +0200

The Copyright Strike as a Commercial Weapon: What Anamika Sood v. Saregama Does Not Say But Should

Fri, 29 May 2026 13:44:27 +0200

Public Squares vs. Private Estates: The Delhi High Court’s Doctrinal Shift in Keyword Advertising

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:29:23 +0200

The Myth of Patent Growth

Thu, 28 May 2026 20:55:20 +0200

The Copyright Mystery Over a JFK Photo

Thu, 28 May 2026 19:42:29 +0200

3 Count: World Cup Access

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:42:32 +0200

Why SCA Hygiene Doesn’t Reach Hyatt: A Structural Distinction the Briefs Miss

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:45:58 +0200

Copyright Drama Over Saddle Blankets

Wed, 27 May 2026 19:25:19 +0200

A Brief History of the Official Language(s) of International Copyright Law

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:14:48 +0200

3 Count: Cookie Crumbl

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:04:19 +0200

AI and the Future of Lies

Tue, 26 May 2026 19:05:22 +0200

Revisiting Sixteen Years of §101 After a Data Correction

Tue, 26 May 2026 18:28:58 +0200

3 Count: Snoopy Mystery

Tue, 26 May 2026 15:57:39 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (26.05.2026)

Tue, 26 May 2026 12:19:26 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 18 – May 24)

Mon, 25 May 2026 11:44:49 +0200

In the Aftermath of Parle: Unsettling Questions for Trade Mark Law

Mon, 25 May 2026 10:04:53 +0200

Defragmenting the “Work” : A Critique of Ivy Entertainment’s “Hook” Injunction

Sun, 24 May 2026 18:06:49 +0200

Inter Partes Review in 2026

Sun, 24 May 2026 14:40:59 +0200

What’s in a Name? The Quintessential Misnomers That Are Untested SEPs: Thoughts on the Division Bench Judgment in Bansal v. Philips

Sun, 24 May 2026 11:42:33 +0200

The Unjust Enrichment Option: A Trade Secret Plaintiff’s Choice of Remedy

Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:54 +0200

A Personality Too Spiritual for Satire?

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:09:37 +0200

Ready, Set, Enclose? India’s Sports-IP Waiver and the Problem of Turning Play into Property

Fri, 22 May 2026 07:56:15 +0200

From Blueprints to Bistro: Rethinking Culinary Creativity After Cryogas

Fri, 22 May 2026 07:10:31 +0200

Can the Indian Copyright Act Accommodate Fully Autonomous AI Generated Output?

Fri, 22 May 2026 05:45:41 +0200

Borrowing from the Board: District Court Obviousness in the Post-IPR Era

Thu, 21 May 2026 22:06:18 +0200

Did AI Just Win a Literary Prize?

Thu, 21 May 2026 19:54:28 +0200

3 Count: Bad Spaniels

Thu, 21 May 2026 16:56:32 +0200

AI Ruins Multiple Graduation Ceremonies

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:52:54 +0200

3 Count: Whale Tale

Wed, 20 May 2026 15:50:31 +0200

Categorical Rules Cut Both Ways: Originalist Equity, NPE Status, and the Symmetry of eBay’s Four-Factor Test

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:34:39 +0200

Williamson Found Its Mark: New Data on Functional Claim Language, 1976-2026

Tue, 19 May 2026 23:14:05 +0200

Sports Illustrated Accused of AI Plagiarism

Tue, 19 May 2026 19:04:07 +0200

The Survivors: Post-IPR Claims, the Presumption of Validity, and the Limits of § 285

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:05:52 +0200

3 Count: Hair Dress

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:50:53 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 11 – May 17)

Tue, 19 May 2026 02:26:50 +0200

Justice Up Close: The Federal Circuit Opens Its Doors for America 250

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:29:34 +0200

New York Magazine Reporter Accused of Plagiarism

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:50:59 +0200

3 Count: Delayed Approval

Mon, 18 May 2026 15:46:09 +0200

Breaking: Breakthrough for India’s SEP Jurisprudence in new Philips v. Rajesh Bansal ruling!

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:53:03 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (18.05.2026)

Mon, 18 May 2026 09:01:08 +0200

Remembering Mr. Guruswamy “Nutty” Nataraj (1970-2026)

Mon, 18 May 2026 07:25:51 +0200

Drafting Fixable vs. Amendment Created: A Tale of Two §112 Rejections

Sat, 16 May 2026 17:37:19 +0200

Amazon as Prior Art: The Rise in Design Patent §102 Rejections

Sat, 16 May 2026 15:33:21 +0200

Polar Electro’s New § 101 Cert Petition: When Courts Do the Challenger’s Job

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:57:35 +0200

Keep the ‘Technical’, Let’s Bring Consistency in 3(k)

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:32:28 +0200

Zee v Nykaa: The $210,000 Worth Instagram Reels

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:23:07 +0200

Is it Time to Rewrite US Copyright Law?

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:15:28 +0200

After LKQ: The Boilerplate Changed; The Rejection Rate Did Not

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:05 +0200

3 Count: Samstunk

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:55:29 +0200

So Near, Yet So Far: A Look at India’s Vaccine Push Caught Between Promise and Policy

Thu, 14 May 2026 12:58:29 +0200

Shamnad at 50: Still Lighting the Way

Thu, 14 May 2026 04:22:56 +0200

Twice Ambiguous: Actelion v. Mylan and the Contextual Reading of pH 13

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:47:45 +0200

Researcher Ordered to Repay Grants Over Alleged Plagiarism

Wed, 13 May 2026 19:24:55 +0200

3 Count: Sampling Error

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:18:06 +0200

Micro-Entity Traps for Inventors Who Also Own Their Employer

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:05:42 +0200

Remains Disabled: How a Firmware Rewrite Defeated Bissell’s ITC Exclusion Order

Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:13 +0200

Looking for a FRANDly Precedent? DHC missteps in Malikie v. Xiaomi pro-tem order

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:38:39 +0200

Another brick in the wall for the Continuing Rights of Authors

Tue, 12 May 2026 09:27:46 +0200

Copyright Enforcement in the Gaming Industry: Key Takeaways from the University of Geneva’s 2026 IP Conference from an Indian Observer’s Perspective

Tue, 12 May 2026 09:12:22 +0200

Prior Art Rejection Rates in Design Patent Prosecution

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:56:47 +0200

When Fashion ‘MET’ Culture: But Saving Traditional Craft Takes More Than A Red Carpet Tribute!!

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:41:48 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (11.05.2025)

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:05:34 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 4 – May 10)

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:31:34 +0200

Time Machines, Cold Fusion, and a Glucose Problem: A 2026 Report on § 101 Utility

Sat, 09 May 2026 22:17:27 +0200

Sixteen Years of §101: What Actually Moves Examiners

Fri, 08 May 2026 21:46:31 +0200

Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 16 (Deadline: August 1)

Fri, 08 May 2026 06:44:08 +0200

The $1 Oscar: Can Contract and IP Quietly Create Illusory Ownership?

Thu, 07 May 2026 05:21:26 +0200

Jurisdiction-If-We-Win: T-Mobile v. KAIFI and the Gunn Boundary Line

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:01:20 +0200

3 Count: Personally Authorized

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:07:27 +0200

Tiger King and the Unpredictability of Fair Use

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:06:49 +0200

Pairing Down: Federal Circuit Affirms § 101 Dismissal of Vehicle-Mode Notification Patent

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:58:06 +0200

3 Count: Hurricane Trial

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:37:08 +0200

Words of Approximation: Why “About” and “Substantially” Are Slipping Out of Patent Claims

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:56:39 +0200

Still More Magic: The Gathering Plagiarism

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:00:50 +0200

3 Count: The Darkness Continues

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:56:00 +0200

Shooting The Second Suit: Castrol v Sonavane & The Application of Order II Rule 2

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:51:01 +0200

An Unreasoned Refusal and a Wrongly Used Provision: Huntington v Union of India and Atomic Energy Patents

Mon, 04 May 2026 12:33:55 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (04.05.2026)

Mon, 04 May 2026 10:41:45 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 27- May 3)

Mon, 04 May 2026 06:00:42 +0200

Decimation: Ex Parte Reexamination Eclipses the IPR

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:54:58 +0200

Six on the Bench: The Federal Circuit’s Pending En Banc Patent Petitions

Sat, 02 May 2026 19:35:58 +0200

International Sanctions and the FRAND Framework

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:45:52 +0200

The Porcelain Pigeon Poop Plagiarism Pickle

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:02:18 +0200

3 Count: Dark and Done-r

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:12:11 +0200

The Thin Margin Between “Generic Vascepa” and Active Inducement

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:21:58 +0200

Launching the SpicyIP Academy Research Clinic (SPARC)!

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:15:55 +0200

Dead Marks, Live Assets – The Case for a Registry Supervised Auction of Lapsed Trademarks in India

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:30 +0200

Pinterest: How NOT to Handle AI

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:13:28 +0200

SCOTUS: IP Cases in the Pipeline

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:38:18 +0200

3 Count: Fraudulent Love

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:54:51 +0200

How Much Does it Cost to Purchase Authorship in an Academic Paper?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:35:49 +0200

Range of Motion En Banc Petition: The Plainly Dissimilar Test and the Functionality Question

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:10:45 +0200

3 Count: Jimi Hendrix Rights

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:24:06 +0200

‘Venetoclax’ at the IPO: Why Generics Need More than Patent Refusals

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:43:48 +0200

Surat Cut GI tag for Diamond and Terroir: an Unfinished Love Story

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:43:37 +0200

The Director’s Non-Statutory Statute of Limitations

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:39:43 +0200

Mississippi Publication Accidentally Publishes AI Article

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:46:46 +0200

3 Count: Cox Fallout

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:01:37 +0200

Journalistic Expression or Commercial Shaming? When Media Criticism Meets Commercial Disparagement Law

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:56:31 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (27.04.2026)

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:07:22 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 20- April 26)

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:08:33 +0200

Crashing the Game, Not the Law: Ambush Marketing and IP Law

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:06:50 +0200

The Cox Shadow Over Hikma: Three Questions for Wednesday’s Argument

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:38:42 +0200

It’s the time to Pisco: Delhi HC Dismisses Peru’s GI Hopes Again!

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:40:14 +0200

AI, Plagiarism and Public Relations

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:29:49 +0200

Fun While It Lasted: Judge Albright to Leave the Bench

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:23:14 +0200

3 Count: Mr. Roboto

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:19:07 +0200

Recalibration: Seven Months of PTAB § 101 Data

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:34:47 +0200

Part II: Flower Nahi, Fire: Delhi HC Waters the Wrong Rights (Again!) 

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:08:21 +0200

Part I: Flower Nahi, Fire: Delhi HC Waters the Wrong Rights (Again!) 

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:46:48 +0200

Cheating Allegations Lead to Chaos at Purdue University

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:56:59 +0200

3 Count: Major Leak

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:55:48 +0200

The Difference Between Authorship, Attribution & Citation

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:37:37 +0200

3 Count: Spoiler Alert

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:12:49 +0200

Still Climbing: PTA Hits 318 Days, Back to 2015 Levels

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:58:01 +0200

The DTSA’s Missing Preemption: Does § 1835(b) Bind State Courts?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:56:19 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (21.04.2026)

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:32:25 +0200

The Inventor is still Human: Indian Patent Office’s DABUS Refusal

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:56:21 +0200

Barry v. DePuy Returns: En Banc Petition Tests EcoFactor’s Reach on Rule 702 Gatekeeping

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:43:43 +0200

A 25-Year-Fight Over a 2-Second Sample

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:13:46 +0200

3 Count: 120,000 Authors

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:33 +0200

AIR-1, Right of Publicity-0: Delhi HC’s CLATastrophic Mix-Up

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:48:37 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 13 – April 19)

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:29:17 +0200

Repair, Remove, Replace: DHC saves the Repair Industry

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:23:06 +0200

Same Problem, Same Solution: Reading Trade Secrets Across Fields

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:36:09 +0200

Extra Credit Not Required: Teva v. Lilly and the Limits of Amgen’s Reach

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:18:28 +0200

Tumblr’s 30-Hour Attribution Riot

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:22:50 +0200

3 Count: Spa Day

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:41:35 +0200

How Reverse Plagiarism Enabled the Theranos Fraud

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:48:36 +0200

Extraordinary by Design: How the USPTO Is Bypassing Its Own Reexamination Rules

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:32:40 +0200

3 Count: Big Guns

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:17:11 +0200

ANI v OpenAI: Not Everything an LLM Does is Copyright Infringement

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:46:35 +0200

DHC Stunts the Growth of Dynamic Injunctions, Demands the Legislature to Step In

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:46:19 +0200

Mind the Gap: The Middle Layer of Obviousness Doctrine

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:34:27 +0200

From Delhi to Bombay, Music Licensing Goes Off the Beat

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:20:34 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (13.04.2026)

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:11:16 +0200

PTAB Inventory Drops Below 2,000 for the First Time in 20 Years

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:37:48 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 6 – April 12)

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:54:22 +0200

Marked for Trouble: Settlement Licenses and the § 287 Trap for NPEs

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:50 +0200

The Dark Matter of Patent Law: Nearly 25% of Office Actions Now Cite Secret Prior Art

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:46:02 +0200

The Symmetry Problem: Printed Matter, Nexus, and the Federal Circuit’s One-Way Ratchet

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:45:08 +0200

X Marks the … Stick Figure? Federal Circuit Says One DuPont Factor Can Outweigh All Others

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:46:20 +0200

(Part II) Right Without Duty: Academic Copyright, the Publisher’s Juridical Fiction, and the Case for an Ex Ante Reading of Section 52

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:43:49 +0200

(Part I) Right Without Duty: Academic Copyright, the Publisher’s Juridical Fiction, and the Case for an Ex Ante Reading of Section 52

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:16:18 +0200

Moving Target: When Amended Claims Outrun Your Standing Declaration

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:21:11 +0200

After Crocs, After Carlsberg: Does Harpic v. Spic Finally Clear the Air?

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:59:51 +0200

How the Federal Circuit Is Rebuilding Inventorship Law After the AIA

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:15:48 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 30 – April 5)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:12:26 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (06.04.2026)

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:38:11 +0200

Missing Coinventors and the Death of a Patent

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:39:34 +0200

Most Common First Names of inventors on US Patents

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:59:07 +0200

Diagnosing the Diagnostic Exclusion: Have Geron and Hirotsu Resolved the Delhi High Court’s Troubles?

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:32:36 +0200

Words That Stick: Prosecution Disclaimer Survives the Examiner’s Rejection

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:40:25 +0200

USPTO’s April Fool’s Prank Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:58:58 +0200

The UKSC’s “Any Hardware” Shortcut: Why Emotional Perception AI Raises More Questions Than It Answers — And Why India’s Framework Does Better

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:41:25 +0200

Guest Post: Improving PERA’s Eligibility Exclusions

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:13:43 +0200

The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:30 +0200

A Course Correction That Wasn’t: The Balkrishna Order and the Persistence of Overbroad Personality Rights

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:36:20 +0200

SpicyIP Tidbit: When The Twist Beats The Script: Supreme Court Quashes Section 63 Proceedings Against Kahaani 2 Director

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:28:55 +0200

Delay Enables Monopoly: How Inaction in the Opposition Proceedings at the Patent Office Undermines Access to Medicines

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:03:11 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (30.03.2025)

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:09:23 +0200