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Patent pools after Tesla and Panasonic

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:30:27 +0200

3rd Circ. Nixes Fee Award, Allowing Lontex-Nike TM Deal

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:57:22 +0200

Cytek Hit With $56M Verdict For Infringing Cell-Sorting Patent

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:51:30 +0200

Amazon Uses Twitch Streamers’ Content To Train AI, Suit Says

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:13:12 +0200

Pharma Co. Loses Challenge To $3M Acne Drug Arb. Award

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:10:43 +0200

Fed. Circ. Tosses Suit Over ‘Misleading’ Patent Language

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:05:18 +0200

Right vs. Remedy: No Standing to Challenge the Patent Cover’s ‘Right to Exclude’ Promise

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:57:45 +0200

DC Circ. Voids Block On OMB Funding Freeze

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:53:51 +0200

Dish Says Media Co. Gaia Infringed Streaming Patents

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:31:32 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 21: US Inventor Lacks Standing for Patent Language Challenge; D.C. Circuit Upholds CMS’ Single-Source Drug Interpretation; and Ninth Circuit Deepens Split on Attorney’s Fees Under Lanham Act

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:15:25 +0200

How To Structure Protective Order AI Provisions In IP Disputes

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:09:04 +0200

USPTO wins US Inventor’s appeal over patent covers’ “right-to-exclude” wording

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200

USPTO wins US Inventor’s appeal over patents’ ‘right-to-exclude’ wording

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0200

Motorola Rival Blasts ‘Rush’ To Add Latest Radio To IP Fight

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:57:00 +0200

Ex-Google Engineer Wins Partial Acquittal After IP Theft Trial

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:42:45 +0200

Rising Star: Gibson Dunn’s Andrew Robb

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:26 +0200

Suno Loses Bid To Dismiss Artists’ AI Copyright Claims

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:49:07 +0200

CAFC Rejects Inventors Groups’ Bid to Clarify Patent-Cover Language Post-eBay

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:48:50 +0200

WWE Sanctions Ruling Pins Down Spoliation Lesson

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:30:05 +0200

Painter, Sotheby’s Sued Over ‘Slavish Copy’ Of Oasis Photo

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:59:07 +0200

Calif. High School NIL Limitations Survive Antitrust Challenge

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:20:14 +0200

Munich judges provide FRAND guidance: 13 key takeaways

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:43:27 +0200

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

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:56:42 +0200

Fujitsu joins Anthropic, Canon, Microsoft in royalty-free AI licensing network 

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Mavyret Patent Abandonment Does Not Open the Field for Hepatitis C Generics

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:01:03 +0200

How to build an AI trade secret strategy with teeth

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200

FTC Slams Amgen’s Antitrust Shield Argument At 4th Circ.

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:40:42 +0200

AI security firm and HR software giant end trade secret fight

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:24:31 +0200

11th Circ. Denies YouTube Bid For Atty Fees In Copyright Fight

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:55:01 +0200

Magistrate Report Draws Fire From Both Sides In LIV TM Feud

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:31:36 +0200

How AI is Taxing the Legislative Process

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:16:55 +0200

USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. ‘Settled Expectations’ Is Constitutional

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:29:13 +0200

Judge Tosses Sports Scoring System Patent Case

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:24:14 +0200

Snap Must Face YouTube Creators’ DMCA AI Scraping Suit

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:13:04 +0200

Latest Squires Order Grants 2 Patent Petitions, Denies None

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:07:01 +0200

Estee Lauder’s TM Suit ‘Full Of Detail,’ Judge Tells Walmart

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:00:21 +0200

Fed. Circ. Rulings Emphasize Adjudicative Access And Review

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:56:02 +0200

Problem Statements and the Scope of Prior Art

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:35:42 +0200

Motorola Wants Rival Hytera’s Latest Radio Added To IP Fight

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:27:09 +0200

Amazon V. Perplexity Ruling Limits CFAA Reach Over AI Tools

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:17:05 +0200

CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:49:35 +0200

Mitigating The Risk Of Antiestablishment Jurors

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:43:15 +0200

Patent Holders Sue Data Center Co. Over Cooling Tech

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:25:52 +0200

When the Quantum-AI Invention Stack Speeds Up Discovery, Patent Practice Has to Move Upstream

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:15:04 +0200

Rising Star: Tyz Law Group’s Ciara McHale

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:00:26 +0200

3 Count: Self-Leak

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:26:11 +0200

The ‘Captain Obvious’ Approach: What the Nielsen Decision Reveals About the U.S. Obviousness Inquiry

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:15:48 +0200

Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:49:18 +0200

Latest Section 101 Cert Petition Before SCOTUS Says CAFC Answered Two-Step Test with Single Inquiry

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:15:34 +0200

German judges lay out approach to video streaming SEP licensing disputes

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:04:03 +0200

Aerospace Co. Ends ‘Copycat’ Trade Secrets Suit

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:14:56 +0200

SpicyIP Tidbit: CGPDTM Calls for Comments and Suggestions on New Draft Patent and Trademark Manuals (2026)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:54:09 +0200

Canadian Supreme Court clarifies dosing regimen patentability

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:07:16 +0200

Pleading Licensee Marking After VDPP v. Volkswagen

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:08:55 +0200

Firms Cut From $101M Anthropic Atty Fees Appeal To 9th Circ.

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:03:55 +0200

Double Patenting Ripe For Fresh Fed. Circ. To Clarify Things

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:26:04 +0200

Federal Circuit backs Volkswagen’s $207,500 fees against NPE, lawyer William Ramey 

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:20:00 +0200

Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB’s Ax Of 10x Genomics Patent Claims

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:08:32 +0200

Pro-Business Foundation Backs J&J’s Stelara Antitrust Win

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:25:00 +0200

Polsinelli Can’t Rep Doctor In ‘Bad Faith’ IP Suits, Cos. Say

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:01:35 +0200

Netflix Hit With Band’s TM Suit Over ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:37:49 +0200

Papa Johns Can’t Avoid Arbitration In Fight With Franchisee

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:23:47 +0200

CAFC Says NPE Must Show Licensees Complied with Patent Marking Provision

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:15:29 +0200

Expert Witness Caught Using AI to Write Report

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:12:23 +0200

Fed. Circ. Rejects Patent Marking Immunity For NPEs

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:42:54 +0200

Rethinking Corporate Travel Rules After Device Search Cases

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:41:44 +0200

OpenAI Opposes Early Discovery In Apple Trade Secrets Suit

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:20:18 +0200

10th Circ. Ruling Undermines False Ad ‘Two Clicks’ Rule

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:48:18 +0200

Bradley Arant Adds SCP Health In-House Vet In Atlanta

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:29:41 +0200

Rising Star: Fenwick’s Jon McMichael

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:00:25 +0200

3 Count: Good Grief

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:23:05 +0200

Fresenius Says to Congress, ‘Do as I Say Not as I Do’ on Drug Patents

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:16:54 +0200

Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB Obviousness Rulings Against Single Cell Sequencing Patents

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:15:55 +0200

Law School’s Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:23:36 +0200

Dolby pays $37 million, acquires 680 VVC patent assets

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:14:32 +0200

Dolby pays $37 million for 680 VVC patent assets

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:14:32 +0200

What US founders must learn from $50-million patent verdict reversal at the Federal Circuit

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:22:22 +0200

InterDigital prevails as Delhi High Court orders pro tem security measures 

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Transsion faces AVC suit by IP Bridge in Brazil

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:32:24 +0200

The UPC’s third year in action: Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:44 +0200

Lady Gaga Beats Surf Brand’s ‘Mayhem’ TM Infringement Suit

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:41:03 +0200

Feds Bring New Charges Over $3.4B Iran-Backed Cybertheft

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:28:17 +0200

At DC Circ., Pharma’s Latest Pricing Loss Has Silver Linings

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:54:28 +0200

Boeing Is Pressed For Financial Records In NASA IP Row

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:57:56 +0200

Big Tech, PTAB Attys Urge Justices To Fix USPTO Power Grab

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:55:06 +0200

Squires Says RPIs Must Be Named If They Can Control Cases

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:21:54 +0200

Netflix Says Tyra Banks Signed Away Editorial Control Of Doc

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:40:56 +0200

Author Says Consulting Firm Stole Leadership Programs

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:23:01 +0200

FAA Contractor Says Ex-VP, Competitor Cannot Use Its IP

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:02:01 +0200

The Copyright Fight Over Medical Billing Codes

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:52:03 +0200

PE Music Rights Co. Sues Anthropic, Suno Over AI Training

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:26:25 +0200

Sofia Vergara’s Underwear Co. Moves To Nix AI Deepfake Suit

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:46:56 +0200

Fed. Circ. Won’t Revive PTAB Challenge Of Westport Patents

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:42:32 +0200

A Deepening Patent-Trademark Divide Over Irreparable Harm

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:34:28 +0200

Sandy Hook Families Say Alex Jones Co. Can’t Dodge Bond

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:23:18 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Decisions Upholding Fuel Injector Patent Claims

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:15:17 +0200

DSW, Sony Strike Deal In Social Media Music Copyright Fight

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:10:26 +0200

Rising Star: Steptoe’s Robert Kappers

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:00:28 +0200

3 Count: Suno Up, Suno Down

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:58:00 +0200

ITC Probing Transformers Over Trade Secrets Theft Claim

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:54:11 +0200

From Testimony to Action: Proposed Legislation to Address Issues Raised by Rights Owners During Recent House Hearing

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:15:31 +0200

Fla. Jury Sides With Condo Owner In Marco Beach TM Trial

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:08:15 +0200

AI Won’t Replace Patent Lawyers—But it is Coming for Commodity Patent Work | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:32:21 +0200

Allowable, Not Allowed: What the First Action Predicts

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:27 +0200

Jack Daniel’s IP Atty Returns To Baker McKenzie In Dallas

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:14:14 +0200

InterDigital’s arbitration tactics have paid off – but it’s no quick fix

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:09:19 +0200

Sagemcom hit with six-patent lawsuit asserting Siemens wireless technology

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Rare China licensing dispute tests limits of trust between agents, rightsholders

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:40:37 +0200

Altria Tells 4th Circ. ITC Patent Cases Are Unconstitutional

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:29:59 +0200

DOI Settles ‘Peanuts’ Music Infringement Claim For $20K

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:26:08 +0200

Moderna, Arbutus Clash On Gov’t Venue For Vax IP Claims

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:30:23 +0200

Apple Hit With Derivative Suit Over AI Copyright Infringement

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:03:24 +0200

USPTO Backs Double Patent Policy Squires Wants Reviewed

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:51:55 +0200

JPMorgan Loses State Trade Secret Claims In Data Suit

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:54:56 +0200

Judge Suggests Narrowing Patent Suit Against Southwest

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:33:19 +0200

Medtech Group Faults Fed. Circ. Trade Secret Timing Rule

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:58:28 +0200

New York Mag Fires Ross Barkan Over Plagiarism

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:25:51 +0200

Judge Flags NASCAR’s ‘Thorny Problems’ With Counterfeiters

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:20:03 +0200

Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB Obviousness Finding Against Nielsen Audience Measurement Patent

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:15:37 +0200

Latest Squires Patent Review Order Grants 1, Denies 3

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:36:16 +0200

Young Athletes Are Wising Up, But Attys Say They’re Still Kids

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:55:46 +0200

Doctor Seeks Almost $10M Fees After NJ Copyright Win

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:51:46 +0200

Rising Star: Covington’s Nicholas Evoy

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:03:15 +0200

Rejected, With a Road Map: Allowable Subject Matter in the First Action

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:12:27 +0200

3 Count: Second Look

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:54:51 +0200

Whiskey Business: Parsing The 9th Circ. Jack Daniel’s IP Toss

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:22:26 +0200

Rebel Creamery Hits Ch. 11 After $24M Loss To Van Leeuwen

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:51:25 +0200

Philips asserts battle-tested Qi patent against Baseus in latest UPC suit

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:32:40 +0200

In Win for Gilead, Fourth Circuit Affirms Injunction Blocking Drug Importation Scheme

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:15:45 +0200

Coke Stewart Appointed to Lead C4IP Weeks after Abrupt USPTO Departure

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:07:32 +0200

Reel Justice: ‘Disclosure Day’ Teaches Attys To Listen

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:04:35 +0200

One Atomic Substitution, Two Giant Hurdles of Disclosure and Efficacy

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:08:32 +0200

Samsung faces new ITC probe as Maxell expands patent enforcement campaign

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:58:27 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 10- August 16)

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:11:11 +0200

Stewart Taking Over IP Advocacy Group After Leaving USPTO

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:25 +0200

Philippines: inventorship and patentability of AI-assisted inventions

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Japan: AI and extraterritoriality dominate patent landscape as JPO refines examination practice

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Specialist article: Common pitfalls for foreign applicants in Chinese patent prosecution and practical avoidance strategies

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

China: claim construction in patent litigation: rules, principles and comparative perspective

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Philippines: questions on patent prosecution in the AI age

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Vietnam: key eligibility and regulatory considerations for foreign applicants

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Specialist article: Patenting Artificial Intelligence-related inventions in China: the emerging examination trends

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

India: patent courts come of age amid key rulings and stronger enforcement

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Specialist chapter: Emerging examination trends on patenting AI-related inventions in China

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Specialist chapter: Common pitfalls for foreign applicants in Chinese patent prosecution and practical avoidance strategies

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Japan: a new era for SEP litigation

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Erich Spangenberg’s SIM IP tops H1 deal rankings with nearly 1,200-patent acquisition

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Can Harassment Risk Alone Support Obviousness-Type Double Patenting?

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:04:53 +0200

Every Patent Is a Spy Report: How Patent Filings Are Now the World’s Largest Open-Source Intelligence Database

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:15:08 +0200

ALNG exclusive; chip IP licensor revenues; Alan Albright interview; SpaceX IP playbook; IBM-Circle blockchain deal; plus much more

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:30:00 +0200

Countdown to IAM Live: China IP Forum 2026

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:31:01 +0200

Solar Rival Is Filching Shoals’ Customers, Exec Tells Jury

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:42:39 +0200

Attys Looking To Justices To Resolve Design Patent ‘Mess’

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:36:35 +0200

NC Law Firm’s ‘Personal Goodwill’ Not Marital Property

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:33:22 +0200

Bad Bunny Says Judge Made Bad Call On Reggaeton IP Suit

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:04:58 +0200

Corteva To Pay $3.1M In Ark. AG’s Pesticides Antitrust Suit

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:48:08 +0200

Cubs, Nationals Say WNBA’s ‘The W’ TM Bid Risks Confusion

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:43:34 +0200

ITC Revives Juul Case Against Altria, Scrubs Invalidity Ruling

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:19:45 +0200

ITC Fights Bid To Force Baby Carrier Co. To Drop Case

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:00:43 +0200

Not Before Us: The Federal Circuit Sidesteps Schedule A in Jacki Easlick

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:43:22 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 14: Pakistan Applauds Basmati Ruling in Australia; Grassley-Hassan Counterfeit Bill Unanimously Passes Senate; and Nvidia Announces $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Financing Plan

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:15:44 +0200

USPTO Wants Input On Southwest Outreach Office

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:01:44 +0200

Nielsen Loses At Fed. Circ., Fights Verdict In Patent Row

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:57:54 +0200

Other Transaction Authority May Change Military Construction

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:43:30 +0200

Fed. Circ.’s Thermostat Ruling Holds Patent Jury Trial Lessons

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:41:01 +0200

OpenAI Fights Sanctions Bid In News Copyright MDL

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:06:10 +0200

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:46:45 +0200

Eli Lilly sues Mounjaro/Zepbound generics as GLP-1 disputes multiply

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:49:55 +0200

IBM sells Circle nearly 1,000 patents in blockchain portfolio deal

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Japan eyes expansion of corporate IP disclosure mechanism 

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:22:30 +0200

Serena Williams Loses Bid To Register ‘Serena Ventures’ TM

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:37:57 +0200

Netlist Targets Micron, HPE After Huge Samsung IP Deal

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:36:08 +0200

Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor’s Suit

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:52:51 +0200

Why Claude’s Watermarking Won’t Fix Anything

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:49:25 +0200

3 Count: Faster Fashion

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:32:57 +0200

New ‘Patent Friction Index’ Ranks USPTO Last Among Five Peer Offices

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:15:52 +0200

Structuring IP and Legal Teams in Conglomerates: Missteps and Masterstrokes

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:05:42 +0200

Departing Judge Alan Albright urges US Congress to fix Section 101 before “tsunami of AI cases” 

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200

Genevant/Arbutus file UPC long-arm actions against Pfizer/BioNTech

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:29:36 +0200

Patents for Starlink, secrets for rockets: SpaceX’s IP playbook

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:04:20 +0200

Knobbe Martens is Seeking a Patent Scientist – Physics

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:15:47 +0200

India’s ISP Copyright Problem – Self-Inflicted?

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:07:11 +0200

IAM’s 2026 Strategy 300 recognising global IP leaders now live

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:50:41 +0200

Magistrate Judge Recommends Denying Motion to Dismiss Trade Secret Case Against SAP

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:07:23 +0200

Renesas-Navitas GaN chip fight expands from trade secrets to patents

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:40 +0200

Bangladesh’s 325-Paper Retraction Crisis

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:47:57 +0200

AI Chatbots and Trademark Confusion: No Human Means No Confusion, and No Confusion Means No Case

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:15:11 +0200

3 Count: AI Overview

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:27:06 +0200

USPTO Expands Category A Patent Bar Admission Criteria to Include Biomedical Science Degree

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:24:11 +0200

Chip IP licensor Ceva hits three-year licensing revenue high from shift towards complete AI, connectivity platforms

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:31:00 +0200

Closing the gaps in Brazil’s trade secrets framework

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:22:55 +0200

Wolfspeed sues Navitas for patent infringement over gallium nitride and silicon carbide technologies 

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:20:00 +0200

China revises Regulations for the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Asus faces risk of US import ban in battle over former Netgear Wi-Fi patents

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:33:32 +0200

How to Prove That Your Writing is Not AI

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:03:42 +0200

The Trail Guide Problem: Judge, Jury, and Design Patent Claim Construction

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:45:37 +0200

Fractured CAFC Denies En Banc Rehearing in Case on Proper Test for Design Patent Infringement

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:59:43 +0200

Weeding Out the Vague: What Gompert Teaches About Trade Secret Identification

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:15:56 +0200

3 Count: Alien Superstar

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:40:13 +0200

Patent Count vs. Patent Value: Patent Strategy in the Age of AI | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:44:42 +0200

New UPC Snapchat suit adds to wave of video streaming patent disputes

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:27:21 +0200

Playing by Different Rules: Why Equating Section 3(m) to European Patent Law Doesn’t Hold Up

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:11:55 +0200

Coke Morgan Stewart explains the USPTO’s sweeping PTAB policy overhaul

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Novo Nordisk expands semaglutide patent fight in India as generics flood market

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:14:36 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (11.08.2026)

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:26:32 +0200

How Much Evidence Is Enough? The Evidentiary Threshold for Interim Injunctions in Saregama v. Ilaiyaraaja

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:11:40 +0200

CAFC Rejects ‘Ministerial Requirement’ Standard for Non-Provisional Patent Application Priority Dates

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:32:07 +0200

Provisional Prior Art

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:25:17 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Win for Netflix

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:15:05 +0200

The Hank Green AI Controversy

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:29:01 +0200

3 Count: Dancing Shoes

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:30:59 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of WAG Streaming Media Patent Claims

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:15:27 +0200

EXCLUSIVE: Automotive Licensing Negotiation Group on the scrap heap

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:10:25 +0200

Women in IP: Coke Morgan Stewart reveals how USPTO reversed its patent backlog crisis

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 3- August 9)

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:37:34 +0200

Chinese companies and the UPC: from enforcement targets to strategic users

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Ex parte Baurin and the Anti-Harassment Rationale for Double Patenting

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:13:49 +0200

Federal Circuit Holds There is No ‘Presumption of Irreparable Harm’ on Preliminary Injunction Motions: What Took So Long?

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:15:14 +0200

Examiner Allowance Rates Under Director Squires

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:01:03 +0200

Old Rule New Amnesia: A 6 Month Old Takedown Rule Rebranded as “Breaking News”

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:02:04 +0200

First UPC Ozempic patent suit; Hisense, TCL take antitrust action; Netlist inks $897M Samsung deal; BMS suffers Opdivo loss; Japan’s changing spy paradise; plus much more

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:30:24 +0200

Rise of AI Patents and their Corresponding Eligibility Rejections

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:20:28 +0200

Japan can no longer afford to be a ‘spy paradise’

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:30:00 +0200

SCOTUS: Patent Owner Joins the Section 314(d) Cert Queue

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:07:57 +0200

Rise of OpenAI in the Patent System

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:29:17 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, August 7: PTAB Precedential Ruling Clarifies OTDP Examination Practices; Eleventh Circuit Says Keyword Bidding Isn’t Trademark Infringement; and Buc-ee’s Expands Trademark Enforcement Campaign

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:15:30 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Invalidation of Crossbow Patent, Rejects Patent Owner’s Narrow Claim Construction Argument

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:13:57 +0200

UPC denies Vectis, Dolby stay of Acer’s pool rate-setting counterclaim

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:15:00 +0200

Can Silicon Valley keep pace? Experts warn against shutting the door in US-China tech race

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:14:32 +0200

Judge Newman’s Name may soon be on the Bench, Even if she is Barred from Entry

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:11:59 +0200

PTAB ARP Issues Precedential Decision on Obviousness-Type Double Patenting, Asks CAFC for More Clarity

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:39:22 +0200

USPTO Policy On Discretion to Deny Ex Parte Reexamination Is Contrary to Statute and Precedent

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:28:31 +0200

Jason Arday Resigns Amid Plagiarism Scandal

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:52:36 +0200

3 Count: Watering Hole

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:18:49 +0200

Issa Introduces Bill to Name Main CAFC Courtroom after Judge Pauline Newman

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:11:16 +0200

Bristol-Myers Squibb suffers another EPO Opdivo patent loss

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:16:06 +0200

Pantech settles with smartphone makers following mammoth patent enforcement effort

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:44:09 +0200

Pantech settles with five smartphone makers following mammoth patent enforcement effort

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:44:09 +0200

China’s FRAND rate-setting regime being tested by implementers and licensors alike

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Federal Circuit clarifies that eBay extends to preliminary injunctions 

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0200

Partial Retreat: Ten Months of § 101 Data After the Surge

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:20:42 +0200

Author Loses $2 Million Book Deal Over AI Allegations

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:11:32 +0200

Nike Loses to Lululemon at CAFC in Appeal of PTAB Decision Invalidating Adaptive Watch Patent Claims

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:15:42 +0200

The Patent Enforcement Economy Is Leaving Inventors Behind/ IPWatchdog Unleashed

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:15:54 +0200

Ninth Circuit Again Reverses Jack Daniel’s Trademark Win Due to Bad Spaniels’ Successful Parody

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:15:20 +0200

3 Count: Walking Away

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:41:23 +0200

BREAKING: Netlist’s $897M five-year Samsung deal ends long-running patent war

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:04:43 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Ruling in Lidocaine Patch Patent Dispute Over ZTlido Generic

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:22:29 +0200

Will this patentee’s appeal against Samsung reset patent injunctions in the US?

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0200

Patentee urges Federal Circuit to reset patent injunction standard in Samsung dispute worth $445.5 million

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0200

Analog AI: Many patents point to markets. Fewer claim them.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:28 +0200

Inventor network analysis highlights opportunities and risks in Danaher’s acquisition of Masimo

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:20:00 +0200

What every fast-hiring start-up must take on board: trade secret lessons from Apple v OpenAI

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Dynamic Injunctions, Website Blocking, and the Limits of Section 79 of the IT Act: Analysing the Delhi High Court’s HBO Order

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:40:55 +0200

Anaqua acquires Unified Patents to expand patent risk management capabilities

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Latest USPTO Study on IP-Intensive Industries Shows Increasing GDP and Job Levels Attributable to IP Rights

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:47:09 +0200

Back to 1789: Collision Asks the Federal Circuit to Rewrite the eBay Factors

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:02:54 +0200

Star Trek Fan Film Debuts, Quickly Removed

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:43:49 +0200

CAFC Vacates Preliminary Injunction, Reiterates That eBay Abolished Presumption of Irreparable Harm

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:14:18 +0200

3 Count: Infinite Dismissal

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:22:11 +0200

Pappas Sworn in as ITC Commissioner

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:47:36 +0200

Disney designs around InterDigital’s UPC injunction, reintroduces 4K UHD

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:14:06 +0200

Apple seeks injunction against OpenAI, claims trade secret misuse threatens hardware ambitions

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:37:50 +0200

CAFC Reverses IPSec Claim Construction, Revives Patent Owner’s Infringement Case Against Apple

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:15:31 +0200

Bearing the Burdens of Bolar

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:21:58 +0200

Hisense, TCL file antitrust actions against InterDigital in Brazil, China

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:04:44 +0200

Adeia targets $600 million revenue on AI-fuelled semiconductor patent licensing growth

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:04:36 +0200

Boilerplate or Not: Reading “Secure” Broader Than IPSec in MPH v. Apple

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:48:22 +0200

AI-Generated News Site Tied to PR Firm

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:48:01 +0200

Amazon Loses CAFC Mandamus Bid for Stay Due to ‘Customer Suit Exception’

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:57:32 +0200

3 Count: Expensive Cravings

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:22:15 +0200

Risky Business: Patent Term Adjustment in the Post- Forest Era

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:49:41 +0200

Sandoz files UPC’s first Ozempic patent case, seeks order preventing “divisional game”

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:45:17 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Noninfringement Finding on Claim Construction Grounds in Fluorescence Detection Patent Case

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:15:06 +0200

Beyond Prius? The DHC’s ALPHARD Decision on Trans-Border Reputation

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:39:40 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (03.08.2026)

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:06:19 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (27 July-2 August)

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:54:26 +0200

Toyota drives further ahead as Japan’s patent filing giants continue to put the brakes on

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Top Japan filers 2025

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Has Patent Term Adjustment Peaked?

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:37:52 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Denial of Motions to Amend Remaining Pfizer Claims Invalidated by Sanofi

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:15:05 +0200

UK grants Tesla appeal; Sisvel AI licensing exclusive; India’s top patent filers; Maxell interview; Dolby reveals pool sale value; plus much more

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:30:17 +0200

IP shifts automotive leaders cannot ignore in 2026

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:30:02 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, July 31: EU Customs Seizes 1.7 Million Goods on Joint Action Day; Grassley-Coons Anti-Counterfeiting Month Resolution Passes Senate; and More IPWatchPuppies Arrive!

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:02:38 +0200

Apple-OpenAI lawsuit opens new front in AI trade secret litigation

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:58:51 +0200

BMW uses forum-selection clause to shut down ITC trade secret investigation

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200

Access Advance, Dolby sued in UK by Snap Inc as video distribution spat escalates

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:19:23 +0200

Rejection Is Not Denial: What a Final Office Action Actually Costs

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:46:16 +0200

Part II: Small Fines, Big Platforms: The CCPA on PhysicsWallah, McAfee, and the Cost of Getting Caught

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:45:22 +0200

Part I: Small Fines, Big Platforms: The CCPA on PhysicsWallah, McAfee, and the Cost of Getting Caught

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:43:48 +0200

Panasonic’s trailblazing IP executive on harmony in patent business

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0200

Dolby reveals $25M price of Via Licensing, Access Advance patent pool sale

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:21:31 +0200

Bricks & Minifigs Sends Threat to The BAM Map

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:31:20 +0200

Four Petitions, One Question: Tesla Joins the Supreme Court’s IPR Reviewability Docket

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:17:35 +0200

Squires Nixes PTAB Decision for Petitioner Due to Failure to Explain Inconsistencies with ITC

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:15:37 +0200

CAFC Reverses Indefiniteness Ruling, Revives Preliminary Injunction in Firearm Magazine Patent Dispute

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:15:02 +0200

3 Count: Victorious Peppa

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:04:26 +0200

InterDigital books Amazon revenue as arbitration sets final licence value

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:59:45 +0200

Announcing the book “Fractures in IP, Trade, and Health: Centering a Public Health Framework”

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:44:44 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Win for Samsung Invalidating Signal Transmission Patent

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:15:24 +0200

Nokia v Acer/Asus arbitration details revealed in first-of-its-kind UK confidentiality decision

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:54:26 +0200

Digital Archiving: The MVP!

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:31:01 +0200

AI security firm accuses Rippling of trade secret theft

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:38:36 +0200

Maxell’s IP head on recipe for patent licensing success

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:40:58 +0200

ANI v. OpenAI: User Rights, Fair Dealing, and the Future of AI in Indian Copyright Law (Part II)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:18:11 +0200

ANI v. OpenAI: User Rights, Fair Dealing, and the Future of AI in Indian Copyright Law (Part I)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:16:50 +0200

InterDigital v. Transsion: A ‘Comparatively’ Better Pro-Tem Order?

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:40:18 +0200

Qualcomm patent licensing revenue slips 3% despite resilient margins

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:03:04 +0200

‘Settled Expectations’ Challenges Heat Up at SCOTUS as Doctrine’s Author Exits USPTO

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:10:45 +0200

Copyright Claims Board Awards Attorneys’ Fees to Respondent

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:06:13 +0200

Outdated Protective Orders are Impeding Software Code Analysis in Copyright and Trade Secret Cases

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Anne Mendez Named Acting USPTO Deputy Director Following Stewart’s Departure

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:15:16 +0200

Yale trade secrets win reinforces universities’ commercial IP playbook

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:33:23 +0200

3 Count: Spider Leak

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:27:53 +0200

Global AI Patent Grants Top 100,000 for First Time as Agentic AI Filings Accelerate

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:15:47 +0200

Part II: To CL Or Not To CL: That Ought Not Be The Question

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:10:35 +0200

Analog AI: Who’s positioned when the market arrives?

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Part I: To CL Or Not To CL: That Ought Not Be The Question

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:25:28 +0200

A refresher on the importance of sound marks as celebrities deploy strategy to protect against unauthorised use of voices 

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Inside the humanoid robotics patent race: China leads on scale, but the US holds a quality edge

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0200

UK Supreme Court Revives Tesla’s Claims That Avanci 5G Vehicle Pool License Doesn’t Satisfy FRAND Obligations

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:37:19 +0200

Race, Cambridge and the Jason Arday Plagiarism Scandal

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:36:29 +0200

The Greatest Threat to IP Is Misunderstanding What It Does | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:15:39 +0200

3 Count: Running Away Balloon

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:06:33 +0200

Are Your Patent Assets Monetizable or Merely Countable?

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:17:07 +0200

The Pre-Dawn USPTO Filing Window

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:46:06 +0200

Who Owns the Tools of Expression? A Copyright Question Across Time

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:58:41 +0200

Before the Sensor: Filter Ordering and Self-Collision in Amsted Rail v. Squires

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:40:12 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (28.07.2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:47:42 +0200

When Patent Appeals Survive but Patents Don’t: Taking a Look at the DHC Sulzer Decision

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:42:31 +0200

Arbitrating IP disputes in China

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Rambus Q2 royalty revenue rises 22% YOY amid AI boom

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:37:07 +0200

Hong Kong Judge Resigns Over Plagiarism

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:26:07 +0200

Coke Stewart Leaving USPTO to Return to Private Sector

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:37:28 +0200

FRAND at the Pool Level

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:48:09 +0200

Two Pages of Testimony: JMOL of Anticipation in Board of Regents v. Boston Scientific

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:18:27 +0200

CAFC Reverses Infringement Verdict, Finds Patent Owner’s Stent Coating Patent Invalid as Anticipated

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:15:04 +0200

3 Count: No More Fees

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:54:33 +0200

The Inventorship Squeeze: Invalidity, Unenforceability, and Why Prosecution Just Got More Expensive

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:16:41 +0200

UK Supreme Court grants Tesla’s appeal in Avanci, InterDigital pool rate dispute

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:55:21 +0200

Anonymity in reexams at risk as USPTO director proposes RPI disclosure rule

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:10 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 13- July 26)

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:42:29 +0200

LG Energy Solution targets US power tool market in continued battery licensing push

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:52:29 +0200

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

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

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

Comments on CDSCO’s Brand Name Extension Policies

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

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

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

5 Legal Steps Self-Published Authors Should Take

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

Federal Circuit Says Expired Patent Warrants Vacatur of ITC Determination

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:15:20 +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

ECI Innovations, LLC is Seeking an Intellectual Property Partner

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

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman Accused of Plagiarism

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

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

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

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

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

3 Count: Lawful VPNs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Fandom/GTA Wiki Plagiarism Scandal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 Count: Done Deal

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

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

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

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

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

Copyright Claims Board Tackles Implied Licenses

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

Congress Said No to Stolen Trademarks; The USPTO Said Yes

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

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

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

3 Count: Backroom Backtrack

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:36:00 +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

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

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

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:40:13 +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

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

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

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

The Supreme Court Broke Patent Eligibility: Congress Can Fix It

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:15:20 +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

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

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

Reflections from the 2nd SpicyIP Summer School! 

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:11:35 +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

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

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

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

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

AI Comes to the Ivy League

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

3 Count: AI Turnabout

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

SpicyIP Weekly Review (29 June – 5 July)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:28:03 +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

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

The Copyright Side of Stop Killing Games

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

3 Count: The Skin is a Lie

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:20:42 +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

Announcing the Results of  SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:58:07 +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

3 Count: Migration Dispute

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

The Mystery of the Max Planck Retractions

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

3 Count: Redact, Refile

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:09:15 +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

Anchor’s Final Goodbye Sparks Plagiarism Controversy

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

3 Count: Global Fight

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

The Long Overdue Downfall of Étienne Klein

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

3 Count: Winamp? In 2026?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:04:04 +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

TikTok Artist Devon Rodriguez Accused of Plagiarism

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

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

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

3 Count: Ultima Battle

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:54:23 +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

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

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:17:35 +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

The Passion Translation Accused of Plagiarism

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:38:23 +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

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

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

3 Count: Jumping the Baby Shark

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:58:29 +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

The Federal Circuit’s Expanding Grip on Dismissed Patent Claims

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

Has the Late-Continuation Surcharge Shifted Filing?

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:48:07 +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

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

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

The Legal Fight Against Dupe Culture

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:17:17 +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

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

3 Count: Substantially Similar

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

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

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:04:51 +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

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

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

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

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:57:05 +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

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

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

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

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

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:56:39 +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 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

SCOTUS: IP Cases in the Pipeline

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:38:18 +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