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Saturday Opinion: The US is finally fighting back for American innovators

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +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

IPBC Global 2026 sets new benchmark for business, insight and connection

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:02 +0200

China’s PCT filing powerhouses pull further ahead as ZBSD posts record growth

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:01:26 +0200

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

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

The clock is already ticking: a practical guide to turning your patent into a product

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Eli Lilly Weight Drug TM Deal Too Secretive, Ind. Judge Says

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:31:34 +0200

‘Mortified’ Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:29:10 +0200

Once Dominated By Patent Claims, IP Suits Now More Diverse

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:19:25 +0200

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

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

German Co. Defends Audio Patents In Dispute With Lenovo

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:04:04 +0200

​She Has A Point: Porter Hedges’ Sarah Ring

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:52:15 +0200

Fed. Circ. Again Revives Valve Bid To Ax Patent In $4M Verdict

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:45:20 +0200

Full Fed. Circ. Skips DePuy Bid To Redo Spine Patent Dispute

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:30:14 +0200

The Passion Translation Accused of Plagiarism

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

Anthropic Faces New Copyright Suit From Authors

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:16:42 +0200

Patent-heavy Florida court edges closer to new judge

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:55:27 +0200

‘Honeypot’ Suit Spotlights Nuances Of Trade Secret Law

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:12:21 +0200

Senate Judiciary Moves NO FAKES Act One Step Closer to Passage

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

Senate Panel Advances Revised College Sports Reform Bill

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:03:32 +0200

News Orgs Must Give Cohere AI Use Policies

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:08:26 +0200

Bill For AI Deepfake Reporting System Clears Senate Panel

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:56:51 +0200

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

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

Starbucks Sues To Block Union From Using Name And Logo

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:14:07 +0200

3 Count: Termination Expansion

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

Patent Claims On Novartis Unit Drug Invalid, Del. Judge Says

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:24:08 +0200

Founding An Autism Academy Made Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:22:13 +0200

Nokia-Lenovo patent cross-licence renewed in multi-year agreement 

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:58:56 +0200

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

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

Qualcomm’s Ann Chaplin says 6G SEP value will hinge on foundational innovation, not portfolio size

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Eve Legal Accused By AI.Law Of Infringing AI Drafting Tech

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:46:43 +0200

Eli Lilly Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Scrap Teva’s $177M IP Win

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:55:12 +0200

Acer Can’t Nix Texas Jury’s $10M Verdict Over Monitor Patents

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:15:04 +0200

Hikma Ruling Raises Patent Pleading Bar Beyond Drug Cases

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:04:18 +0200

Huawei announces Wi-Fi 7 patent licensing rates at IPBC Global 2026

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:42:42 +0200

Sen. Committee Clears Drug Disclosure, Biosimilar Bills

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:40:12 +0200

ITC, Masimo Tell Full Fed. Circ. To Skip Apple Watch Review

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:29 +0200

Amazon Urges Fed. Circ. To Halt Patent Suit In Texas

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:58:22 +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

Del. Court Invalidates Patent Claims In Bioscience Co. Row

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:14:41 +0200

When Do Murals Qualify For IP Protection?

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:10:35 +0200

Fed. Circ. Affirms No Block On Stryker Spine Device In IP Fight

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:53:23 +0200

Adobe Faces Derivative Claims For AI Copyright Infringement

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:51:54 +0200

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

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

Nasdaq Private Market Says Rival Poached Staff And Secrets

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:11:57 +0200

Trump’s AI Order Is Strategic, Not Merely Deregulatory

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:54:57 +0200

Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. ‘Integrity’ On The Line

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:43:33 +0200

Meta Trims But Can’t Toss Eminem Publishers’ $109M IP Suit

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:35:57 +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

Justices Asked To Review ‘Headscratching’ Copyright Ruling

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:49:27 +0200

BMW restrains Zync’s ITC trade secret complaint as Munich forum clause takes centre stage

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:33:35 +0200

Sunoco Tells High Court It Was Denied Fair Patent Damages

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:28:07 +0200

Why the USPTO Should Introduce an Automatic Allowance Option

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

Pickleball Paddle Maker Settles With Rival In ITC Patent Probe

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:34:07 +0200

Tesla, BYD join First Solar USITC patent fight over solar imports

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:42:00 +0200

Rule Of Law Requires Gov’t Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:10:19 +0200

May’s US patent transactions signal fresh litigation risk in telecoms, networking, data storage 

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200

How US courts are addressing fair use questions in AI training and copyright disputes

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Analytics deep dive indicates new shape of AI patent risk

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +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

Midjourney Faces Discovery Limits Into Studios’ AI Use

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:55:46 +0200

FIFA Mural Suit, Other Fights Showcase ‘Obscure’ Art Law

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:34:06 +0200

THC Drink Co. Hid Auto-Renewal Fee, Calif. Suit Claims

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:00:16 +0200

IPBC Global 2026: AI is forcing a reset of patent eligibility and the USPTO is leaning in, says Squires

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:39:05 +0200

Eli Lilly Settles Mounjaro TM Suit Against Seattle Area Clinics

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:32:08 +0200

Congress Must Not Rewrite Patent Rules Without Evidence

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

Amazon Says YouTubers’ DMCA Suit Rests On ‘Guesswork’

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:13:17 +0200

Del. Judge Won’t Touch Jury’s $83M Diagnostics IP Verdict

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:08:27 +0200

Justices Asked To Revive $77M In Trade Secret Damages

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:41:43 +0200

Game Maker Seeks $13.5M Over Alleged Counterfeits

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:37:23 +0200

ITC To Review Hoverboard Patent Infringement Decision

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:29:32 +0200

Judge Allows Pfizer, Moderna Defenses In GSK Vax IP Dispute

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:17:40 +0200

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

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

‘Peanuts’ Copyright Gag In Colbert Finale Ends In Donation

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:47:26 +0200

Book Publishers Want WeLib ‘Shadow Library’ Dismantled

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:46:24 +0200

Carnegie Mellon, LSI Settle Ahead Of Memory Patent Trial

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:27:42 +0200

Guitar Shape Controversy Highlights Nuances Of IP Protection

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:25:54 +0200

Monolithic Wins Bid To Send Patent Case From WDTX To Calif.

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:56:08 +0200

Ex-Wine Exec Says Privilege Covers Atty Emails With Spouse

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:20:02 +0200

The Federal Circuit’s Expanding Grip on Dismissed Patent Claims

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

4th Circ. Turns Down Bacardi Challenge To Rum TM Renewal

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:22:54 +0200

OpenAI defeats Elon Musk’s xAI in trade secret battle over AI engineer hiring

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:45 +0200

Software Co. Says Exec Is Taking Trade Secrets To Rival

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:24:41 +0200

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

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

Pauline Newman loses SCOTUS bid to revive Federal Circuit suspension challenge

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200

BREAKING: Oppo wins injunction against Asus in China over fast-charging case

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:13:07 +0200

These Firms Secured The Most Damages In the Last 3 Years

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:04:08 +0200

The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can’t Bill For It

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:15:23 +0200

What EDTX’s judge reshuffle means for Sherman and Marshall patent dockets

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Tyra Banks Sues Netflix For ‘False Narrative’ In ‘Top Model’ Doc

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:46:27 +0200

Newman’s Appeal Loss Shows Limits On Suspension Reviews

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:44:17 +0200

Cognizant, Infosys Can’t Shield Execs From Depositions

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:04:33 +0200

Squires Rejects 7 AIA Cases, Explains Earlier Tesla Decision

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:50:32 +0200

Fed. Circ. Declines To Revive Medmix’s Dentistry Patent

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:27:09 +0200

Judge Tosses XAI Trade Secret Case Against OpenAI

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:04:22 +0200

CareFirst Says Intent Standard Was Misread In Stelara Case

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:56:03 +0200

Ex-Google Worker Can’t Get AI Secrets Retrial Over Jury Picks

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:21:35 +0200

BREAKING: Quince Invalidates Uggs Boot Maker’s Design Patent At Trial

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:04:48 +0200

Home Depot, Macy’s, Others Targeted In Patent Suits

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:56:37 +0200

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

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

Carlton Fields Pushes To Be Involved In Miss America Hearing

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:47:19 +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

Stinson Accused Of Failing To Pay Fees On Indian Patent

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:04:25 +0200

9th Circ. Cooler Ruling Chills 1st Mover Lanham Act Claims

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:39:36 +0200

Has the Late-Continuation Surcharge Shifted Filing?

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

‘Mr. America’ Suit Claims Former Bodybuilder Hijacked Brand

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:46:28 +0200

TTAB’s Everwise Decision Highlights Token-Use Pitfalls

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:35:25 +0200

CAFC Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling for Fluid-Mixing Patent

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

Pool moves: Sisvel hires AI head, Via Licensing boosts senior leadership

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:15:01 +0200

Reel Justice: ‘Tuner’ And Modern Juror Sympathy

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:23:13 +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

Supreme Court Skips Challenge To $168M Trade Secret Award

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:03:21 +0200

April 2026 US patent transactions

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Verizon, Siemens, Adeia feature in April’s US patent deals spanning 5G, networking, IoT

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Justices Turn Down Judge Newman’s Suspension Case

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:43:17 +0200

Thompson Patent Law is Seeking a Patent Agent

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

Standards, innovation and the case for getting IP policy right

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +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

Exclusive Avanci interview; Access Advance retains VCL pool; Squires RPI crackdown long read; trade secrets top IP risk concerns; InterDigital-Amazon arbitration clash; plus much more

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:30:05 +0200

Japan’s bid to redefine role on the patent stage enters test phase

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0200

1st Circ. Revives Ricky Martin Song Suit Over Discovery Issue

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:37:19 +0200

Google Sues Phishing Ring Over Using AI To Build Scam Sites

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:38:44 +0200

X Corp. Says Music Publishers’ Copyright Case Must Be Axed

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:50:26 +0200

PTAB Again Invalidates Centripetal Patent In Cisco Case

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:38:20 +0200

Caterpillar Says Startup Ripped Off Autonomy Tech Patents

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:32:56 +0200

9th Circ Tells Serial Litigant App Developer No More

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:44:58 +0200

Jury Tells Amgen To Pay $20.2M In Antibody Patent Trial

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:40:15 +0200

Upper Deck Beats Game Co.’s Bid For $4M Fees After IP Loss

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:39:17 +0200

4 Key Takeaways From 3rd Circ. Arguments Over AI Training

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:21:22 +0200

Insta360 Hits Back At Drone Giant DJI With Patent Suits

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:44:12 +0200

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

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

PTAB Cites Oscar, Emmy In Upholding Zaxcom Recording IP

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:01:48 +0200

Patent Ruling Highlights Risks Of Late Inventorship Fixes

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:00:32 +0200

Chinese E-Bike Seller Agrees To Stop Using UL Seal

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:25:27 +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

InterDigital Patent Suit Against Disney Paused For Dolby Feud

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:34:47 +0200

Woman’s Clothing Co. Wins Part Of Textile Patterns Suit

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:53:26 +0200

Atty Faces Sanctions Over Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:32:58 +0200

Adjusting IPR Tactics As Google Fights ‘Settled Expectations’

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:30:10 +0200

Salesforce Dodges Full Fed. Circ. Review Of IP Win

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:34:42 +0200

Amazon, InterDigital clash over video codec SEP deal status

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:12:54 +0200

Jury Rejects Nielsen’s TV Audience IP Case Against TVision

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:07:06 +0200

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

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:25:05 +0200

US legislation targets China pharma IP licensing following multi-billion Pfizer, BMS deals

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:46:41 +0200

Sunwoda takes licence to LG, Panasonic battery patents 

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:29:16 +0200

Trade secrets overtake patents as top IP risk for US firms in China, survey finds

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0200

Meta Must Face Porn Studio’s IP Suit Over AI Training

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:17:25 +0200

Fed. Circ. Won’t Trade Detailed Verdicts For Efficiency

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:59:08 +0200

OpenAI Says High Court Curbed Some News Org IP Claims

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:12:39 +0200

Altria Can’t Halt ITC Patent Case It Calls Unconstitutional

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:37:46 +0200

Corteva Strikes $85M Deal In Farmer Pesticide Antitrust MDL

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:29:38 +0200

Judge Throws Out ‘The Love Zone’ TM Suit Against Amazon

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:44:27 +0200

Sports Tech Company Calls Rival’s Licensing Claims False

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:24:55 +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

Bank Alleges Former VP Took Trade Secrets To Competitor

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:11:46 +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

InterDigital says Amazon litigation nearing end as patent licence terms head to arbitration

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:21 +0200

Litigation over in InterDigital-Amazon dispute as patent licence terms head to arbitration

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:21 +0200

ITC institutes Xockets’ patent complaint against NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon over AI chip infrastructure

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:20:03 +0200

Nokia’s elevator patent deals signal new IoT licensing strategy phase

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:58:02 +0200

USPTO telework ruling exposes labour risk in patent return-to-office push

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200

LG Display, Tianma Microelectronics ink licensing deal  

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:05:47 +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

A look at streaming standard MPEG-DASH’s patent landscape

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:45:00 +0200

The Register of Copyrights Is Wrong About Cox v. Sony

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

Realtek drops IPValue ‘sham litigation’ allegations but MediaTek antitrust fight continues

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +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

Delhi High Court reinforces that FRAND obligations are reciprocal in latest SEP spat

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:33:37 +0200

What inventors need to know about the patentability of AI-assisted inventions in the United States

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Squires’ RPI crackdown is reshaping PTAB challenges, but transparency gaps remain

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +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

The AI Arms Race Runs Through the Patent System | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:15:54 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Rejection of Automated Kitchen System Patent Application

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:15:31 +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

CAFC Reverses EDTX Infringement and Damages Rulings, Upholds Denial of JMOL on Section 101

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:15:22 +0200

Dominion Harbor’s Edison Innovations rides LED market shift, securing five Q2 KSF licences

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +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

Access Advance hangs on to VCL pool; NY Supreme Court weighs in on HEVC royalties

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:33:49 +0200

Trade secret, patent row engulfs former oilfield technology partners

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:14:28 +0200

Industry perspective: Collaboration drives the standards success and sustainable IP ecosystem

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Legislation to safeguard Brazil’s ‘jurisdictional sovereignty’ in SEP suits faces tough pathway

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +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

Patents Don’t Monetize Themselves: Turning Portfolios from Cost Centers into Revenue Assets

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:32:34 +0200

3 Count: Tentative Opinions

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

Automating the Patent Process at the USPTO to Save Inventors Money

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:15:25 +0200

CAFC Rejects Inventor’s Sotera Stipulation Challenge against LG, Affirms Google and Microsoft Win at PTAB

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:53:45 +0200

Inform jury of abstract idea before step two of Alice, says US Federal Circuit

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:30:26 +0200

New NPE launches networking licensing programme with 1,000 Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent assets

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 25-June 7)

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

EXCLUSIVE: Avanci’s Michael Jian talks China strategy as 4G, 5G platforms show momentum

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:36:36 +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

Readers React: What to Expect After the Supreme Court’s Hikma Ruling

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:15:53 +0200

Moderna seeks Arbutus payout immunity; March patent transactions; Trump unveils ITC picks; UPC provides long-arm guidance; Hikma SCOTUS ruling; plus much more

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:30:00 +0200

An ongoing commitment to leadership in the patent profession

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, June 5: Trump Auto Industry Comments Bolster REPAIR Act; House IP Subcommittee Debates Generics Legislation Following Hikma; and X Seeks Modification of FTC Order on Account Security

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:41:18 +0200

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

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

South Korea dangles cash rewards for cross-border trade secret leak whistleblowers

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:47:27 +0200

What SCOTUS’s landmark Hikma skinny label ruling means for pharma patent strategies

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:19:06 +0200

Harrity & Harrity is Seeking a Patent Prosecution Attorney/Agent for 5G/6G

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:15:06 +0200

IP Litigation Insider: Access Advance’s John Kinton on SEP disputes, patent pools, US injunctions

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:38:26 +0200

Hikma Ruling Looms Large in House IP Subcommittee Hearing Debating Legislation Favoring Generic Drugmakers

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:07:03 +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

US lawmakers debate ‘skinny label’ reforms as SCOTUS delivers Hikma precedent

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:05:51 +0200

SCOTUS’ Hikma Ruling Changes the Game for Induced Infringement Pleadings

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:40:49 +0200

NCLA Reply Brief Argues Statutory Bar Cannot Shield Review of Judicial Council’s Suspension of Judge Newman

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:15:37 +0200

3 Count: Forgiveness is Divine

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

USPTO Updates Its SMED Guidance — and Signals That It’s Working

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:15:18 +0200

UPC Court of Appeal provides crucial guidance on long-arm jurisdiction in landmark decision

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:13:59 +0200

Boston trade secrets litigator on how companies should respond as non-competes lose ground

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:27:03 +0200

ArentFox Schiff LLP is Seeking a Patent Attorney/Patent Agent

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:15:34 +0200

Oppo sued by Celerity IP at Delhi High Court 

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:42:47 +0200

Biopharmaceutical Innovation: The Patent Imperative

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:30:23 +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

USPTO ties faster patent examination to standards work, but Ofinno says key SMEs excluded

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:53:04 +0200

Turning Patents Into Revenue-Ready Assets

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:12:44 +0200

3 Count: John Slick

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

What the GoDaddy Verdict Still Illustrates About Patent Risk

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:15:06 +0200

Longhorn IP NPE posts $8 million bond in Idaho anti-patent-troll law test case

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:26:54 +0200

US Federal Circuit precedent keeps attorney fee pressure on patent plaintiffs

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:09:15 +0200

USTR Section 301 clash over Brazil IP rules enters high-stakes phase

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200

USPTO director signals continued pro-patent discretionary denial policy at the PTAB

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Bombay High Court insists on reasoned refusals in atomic energy patent application appeal

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Schiff brand prevails after Supreme Court concludes 13-year trademark squatting saga 

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Australian inventor-led NPE Portus targets Samsung, LG in expanded US campaign 

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0200

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

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

Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Ineligibility of Farming Data Collection Patents

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:19:04 +0200

Is Using AI Autocomplete Cheating?

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

Trump Nominates Peter-Anthony Pappas to ITC

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:15:17 +0200

Trump unveils three ITC picks as powerful US patent forum moves towards full bench

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:18:11 +0200

3 Count: Country Grammar

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

Efficient Infringement Rewards Copycats and Erodes Competition | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:09:37 +0200

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

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

The Business-First IP Playbook: David Hyams on Mapping Business Value and the Limits of General LLMs

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:15:49 +0200

Federal Circuit Insulet ruling narrows DTSA time-bar window, prompting concerns over rushed claims    

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:51:33 +0200

New UPC ADR centre could have major implications for patent disputes

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:27:53 +0200

Samsung, Panasonic, NXP, TCL drive major March patent deals in chips, video, display tech

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0200

March 2026 US patent transactions

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +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

Computer and Automotive Industries Urge SCOTUS to Eliminate the PTAB’s ‘Settled Expectations’ Doctrine

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:15:05 +0200

Pixar Accused of Plagiarism in Toy Story 5

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

Patent Pruning Is Not Optional: Why Portfolio Discipline Must Be a Core IP Function

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:15:47 +0200

3 Count: Breaking News

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

Moderna seeks immunity to avoid $1.3 billion Arbutus patent payout

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:12:53 +0200

Olympic Games 2028 Preparation Part I: Never Too Soon to Get Your IP Strategy in Order

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:15:01 +0200

Vertex sued in first UPC CRISPR dispute; ToolGen Cas9 patent ruled invalid by EPO Opposition Division

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:44:05 +0200

Unified Patents LLC is Seeking a Senior Patent Counsel

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:15:45 +0200

Zhuhai CosMX, ATL end IP dispute in court-facilitated settlement

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:54:48 +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

Squires Orders Sua Sponte Review of ASUS IPR Due to Potential Sotera Violation

Sun, 31 May 2026 17:15:55 +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

NIH tech transfer head interview; Avanci commercial vehicle traction; IPValue CEO interview; Patent 1000 released; Squires intervenes in Nokia v Asus; plus much more

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:30:16 +0200

Elevating the patent discourse at IAM Live: China IP Forum

Sat, 30 May 2026 07:30:02 +0200

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

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

DOJ tells court seed patent limits risk undermining agricultural innovation

Fri, 29 May 2026 18:56:05 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 29: CNN Files IP Infringement Suit Against Perplexity; EU Fines Temu €200 Million for DSA Violations; and Bipartisan Agreement Struck on New Collegiate NIL Bill

Fri, 29 May 2026 16:07:23 +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

Spotlight on US patent deals from February featuring NXP, InterDigital, AMD 

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200

February 2026 US patent transactions

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200

Sunwoda wins invalidation of German battery patent asserted by Tulip Innovation

Fri, 29 May 2026 10:16:06 +0200

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

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

Appellate rulings raise questions over Brazil’s approach to preliminary injunctions

Fri, 29 May 2026 07:20:21 +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

Squires intervenes after Nokia accuses Asus of violating Sotera stipulation

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:50:11 +0200

3 Count: World Cup Access

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

Split CAFC Issues Precedential Decision on Trade Secret Statute of Limitations Standard

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:15:49 +0200

Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Finding That Expert Testimony on Step Sequencing Was Conclusory

Thu, 28 May 2026 15:15:36 +0200

Despite Recent Changes, the PTAB Remains a Patent Death Squad

Thu, 28 May 2026 14:56:00 +0200

Dolby deflects blow as InterDigital fails to dismiss DJ action

Thu, 28 May 2026 13:30:45 +0200

IAM Patent 1000 2026 edition now live

Thu, 28 May 2026 13:07:36 +0200

Fractus announces asset tracking licensee while dispute with Johnson Controls looms

Thu, 28 May 2026 10:42:14 +0200

Ozempic generics delayed as China rolls out drug data exclusivity rules

Thu, 28 May 2026 08:45:58 +0200

EXCLUSIVE: Fortress acquisition gives IPValue firepower for mega-patent transactions, says CEO

Thu, 28 May 2026 07:00:00 +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

Squires Tells SCOTUS Gil Hyatt’s Conduct Was ‘Extraordinary’, Warranting Laches Denial

Wed, 27 May 2026 18:45:58 +0200

D.C. Court Rules Public Docket Access Does Not Extinguish Copyright in Expert’s Lawsuit Against Jan 6 Attorneys

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:15:50 +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

BREAKING: Fortress acquires long-standing patent licensing platform IPValue

Wed, 27 May 2026 12:40:53 +0200

Fortress acquires long-standing patent licensing platform IPValue

Wed, 27 May 2026 12:40:53 +0200

The cost of waiting: why speed often wins in trade secret disputes 

Wed, 27 May 2026 12:01:05 +0200

Telefónica, América Móvil lead Latin American companies in US IP cases

Wed, 27 May 2026 09:21:00 +0200

What the NO-FAKES Act could mean for AI and federal publicity rights as Taylor Swift files trademark applications to protect voice and likeness 

Wed, 27 May 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Applicants must closely scrutinise refusal orders following Delhi High Court decision to overturn application rejection based on lack of inventive step

Wed, 27 May 2026 08:20:00 +0200

Why judicial rate-setting will fundamentally undermine patent pools

Wed, 27 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Federal Circuit Upholds JMOL of Noninfringement for DISH in ClearPlay Patent Dispute

Tue, 26 May 2026 19:15:09 +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

Patent Law Firms Face an AI Reckoning: The New Economics of Patent Practice | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 26 May 2026 16:14:14 +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

Avanci quietly signs up much of the commercial vehicle market amid fanfare over Chinese automakers

Tue, 26 May 2026 10:59:54 +0200

The Bristol-Myers Squibb case in Venezuela and its impact on pharmaceutical applications  

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:44:16 +0200

How chief IP officers should plan IP strategy amid unpredictable regulatory policy 

Tue, 26 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200

CAFC Finds District Court Erred in Precluding Unjust Enrichment Damages in Trade Secret Case

Mon, 25 May 2026 16:15:27 +0200

CAFC Affirms Dual PTAB Rulings Invalidating Pictometry’s Aerial Roof-Measuring Patents

Mon, 25 May 2026 16:15:11 +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

Former federal prosecutor warns companies to act fast on trade secret theft risks

Mon, 25 May 2026 10:01:00 +0200

Aurora Patents is Seeking a Software and Medical Device Patent Agent (Remote)

Mon, 25 May 2026 09:15:10 +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 great IP audit: why 2026 is the year portfolio management gets ruthless

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200

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

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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 22: CAFC Vacates Improper Rejection of Unjust Enrichment in Trade Secret Case; EU Call for Evidence Targets Generative AI’s Impact on Copyright; and Director Squires Argues CAFC’s Lack of Jurisdiction to Hear InComm Appeal

Fri, 22 May 2026 17:05:10 +0200

A Personality Too Spiritual for Satire?

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

Takeda’s $885 million damages verdict highlights patent strategy antitrust risks

Fri, 22 May 2026 10:30:23 +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

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Ruling That Samesurf’s Shared Browsing Patent Claims Are Unpatentable

Thu, 21 May 2026 19:40:46 +0200

3 Count: Bad Spaniels

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

Nokia settles global 5G patent dispute with Chinese automaker Geely

Thu, 21 May 2026 13:02:21 +0200

Re-Spacing Cursor in the AI Stack: The Antitrust Implications of a SpaceX-Cursor Collab

Thu, 21 May 2026 12:15:59 +0200

Patent law’s gender divide: India leads, China slips behind

Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200

The USPTO’s AI Agenda: Examining the Office’s AI Tools and Guidance for Practitioners

Thu, 21 May 2026 11:15:04 +0200

AI Ruins Multiple Graduation Ceremonies

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

Patents, Property Rights, and What Patent Policy Keeps Getting Wrong | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Wed, 20 May 2026 17:21:21 +0200

NO FAKES Reintroduced with More Protections for Libraries and Researchers

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:15:45 +0200

3 Count: Whale Tale

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

Destroying the Intended Purpose of a Reference May Not Be a ‘Golden Ticket’ to Patentability

Wed, 20 May 2026 12:15:44 +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

Bayes PLLC is Seeking a Patent Preparation and Prosecution Attorney or Agent

Wed, 20 May 2026 09:15:53 +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

CAFC Clarifies Statutory Versus Constitutional Standing Jurispridence

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:18:47 +0200

CAFC Reverses Dismissal of Medtronic’s Patent Infringement Counterclaims, Finds Standing Intact Under A.L.M.

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:14:39 +0200

3 Count: Hair Dress

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

Insourcing of Corporate IP Work in the Age of AI: More Reasons to Say Yes

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:42:35 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 11 – May 17)

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

Squires and Stewart Hear Panelist Views on Desired PTAB Changes

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:15:43 +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

SCOTUS Denies Cert to Pharma Industry Challenges to IRA’s Negotiation Program, USAA’s Section 101 Patent Appeal

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:15:22 +0200

3 Count: Delayed Approval

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

Squires’ Latest Precedential Decision Slams Use of IPR for ‘Litigation Leverage’

Mon, 18 May 2026 13:55:42 +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

CAFC Reverses Attorney’s Fees, Sanctions, While Affirming Obviousness in E-Banking Patent Case

Sun, 17 May 2026 16:22:11 +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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 15: PTAB Decisions on Inconsistent Claim Arguments Marked Informative; Bill Moving Copyright Office to Executive Branch Moves to House Floor; CJEU Upholds Right of Fair Compensation for Publishers

Fri, 15 May 2026 17:40:34 +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

Patent Law Firms Face the AI Squeeze as Clients Internalize More Work

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:15:25 +0200

Beware the Siren’s Call of Industrial Policy

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:15:23 +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

Evaluating the Business Case for AI in Patent Practice

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:15:10 +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

The Real Cost of Weakening Drug Patents

Thu, 14 May 2026 12:15:12 +0200

Gerasimow Law is Seeking an Associate Attorney

Thu, 14 May 2026 09:15:27 +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

CAFC Says Generic Hypertension Drug Does Not Infringe Actelion’s Patents

Wed, 13 May 2026 14:15:51 +0200

USPTO Targets Removal of 10,500 Trademarks for Fraudulent Submissions, Scam Billing Practices

Wed, 13 May 2026 14:15:42 +0200

Senators Defend Copyright Office Independence as AI and Executive Overreach Dominate Oversight Hearing

Wed, 13 May 2026 12:15:46 +0200

Wolf Greenfield is Seeking a Patent Agent (Engineering) – Korean Language Fluency Required

Wed, 13 May 2026 09:15:23 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pro Se Inventors’ Suit Challenging USPTO Micro-Entity Denial

Tue, 12 May 2026 20:08:37 +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

CAFC Reiterates ‘Exceptional Case’ Awards Don’t Apply to IPRs

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:15:22 +0200

Another brick in the wall for the Continuing Rights of Authors

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

Wolf Greenfield is Seeking a Patent Agent (Engineering)

Tue, 12 May 2026 09:15:57 +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

Winning Patent Prosecution Work: Prove Value or Lose the Business | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Mon, 11 May 2026 21:15:20 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Finding That Redesigned Vacuum Products Do Not Infringe Bissell Patents

Mon, 11 May 2026 18:15:30 +0200

Prior Art Rejection Rates in Design Patent Prosecution

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

Broken Lines are Dashed: USPTO Finally Modernizes Design Patent Guidance for GUIs, VR and AR

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:15:47 +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

Maximizing AI Value Through Smarter IP Strategy

Sun, 10 May 2026 16:15:43 +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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 8: Eleventh Circuit Revives Annie Leibovitz Photograph Case; Split Ninth Circuit Panel Nixes False Representation Claims; Report Says Tencent Removed 250K AI Songs From Streams in 2025

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:24:37 +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

How Successful Patent Practitioners Are Putting AI to Work

Thu, 07 May 2026 21:15:07 +0200

Unjust Enrichment Under the DTSA: A Nascent Circuit Split and Its Practical Implications

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:25 +0200

Fourth Circuit Says USPTO Can Withhold Documents in Repaneled Centripetal Networks IPR Featuring Alleged APJ Bias

Thu, 07 May 2026 12:55:46 +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

CAFC Affirms PTAB Ruling That DraftKings Failed to Prove Unpatentability of Gaming Patent Claim

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:15:32 +0200

Raskin Presses Squires on Motives for Board of Peace Trademark Filings

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:15:28 +0200

3 Count: Personally Authorized

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

Google’s Challenge to PTAB Limits Puts Reliance and Balance on the Line

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:49 +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

Why I’m Adding an AI Disclosure to My Site

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:01:47 +0200

3 Count: Town Too Small

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:57:06 +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

AI Imposters and Copyright Trolls

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:23:56 +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

3 Count: Oh Deere

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:35:15 +0200

The Symmetry Problem: Printed Matter, Nexus, and the Federal Circuit’s One-Way Ratchet

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:45:08 +0200

Custom Maps Create Copyright Headaches

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:27:03 +0200

X Marks the … Stick Figure? Federal Circuit Says One DuPont Factor Can Outweigh All Others

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:46:20 +0200

3 Count: Erasing Liability

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:13:40 +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

Game Developer Falsely Accused of Using AI

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:30:49 +0200

3 Count: Final Photos

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:37:41 +0200

After Crocs, After Carlsberg: Does Harpic v. Spic Finally Clear the Air?

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:59:51 +0200

What Happens When the AI is the Plagiarist?

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:04:10 +0200

3 Count: Good Luck…

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:42:06 +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

Anthropic Has a Copyright Problem

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:18:40 +0200

3 Count: Space Dragons

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:28:50 +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

A Very Brief History of Plagiarism

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:56:58 +0200

3 Count: Sniffing Victory

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:59:01 +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

3 Count: Anime Pay

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:20:37 +0200

The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:27:30 +0200

GW Law Seeking IP Fellow for Frank H. Marks Visiting Position

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:15:59 +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

Wikipedia and the Problem with Banning AI

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:03:54 +0200

Disclosed but Still Secret? The Federal Circuit Weighs Patent Publications Against Trade Secret Claims

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:19:14 +0200

3 Count: Global Termination

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:24:47 +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

The GUI Verdict: A Celebration of Progress, or a Lament for Leadership?

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:02:41 +0200

Let’s IPsa Loquitur: a Quick Rundown of the Major IP Developments from 2025

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:26:04 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 23 – March 29)

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:25:21 +0200

Two Voices on § 101: Agency Guidance Meets Judicial Skepticism

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:37:26 +0200

Bipartisan Skepticism Greets Director Squires at First House Oversight Hearing

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:32:54 +0100

Prototype Enough: Even More Expansion to the ITC Domestic Industry Framework

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:35:34 +0100

The Madras High Court’s Injunction in Sreedevi v. SaReGaMa: Was the Supreme Court Right to Stay It?

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:05:02 +0100

A New Shield for the “Strike” Era? Analysing the Delhi High Court’s Reasoning in Associated Broadcasting v. Google

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:20:23 +0100

Sahyog or Suppression? The New Architecture of Intermediary Liability

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:53:18 +0100

Revisiting the Orphan Works Debate 20 Years Later

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:29:33 +0100

No Do-Overs: Federal Circuit Blocks Dismiss-and-Refile Tactic to Restart ITC Stay Deadline

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:42:17 +0100

3 Count: Opening a Window

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:54:29 +0100

Knowledge Isn’t Enough: The Supreme Court Rejects Expansive Theory of Secondary Copyright Liability

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:52:40 +0100

Supreme Court Rules for Cox, Weakens DMCA

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:09:32 +0100

3 Count: Disney Exit

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:40:27 +0100

[SpicyIP Tidbit] Patent’s Gone, War’s On: Inside Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide Litigation Blitz

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:07:55 +0100

Cleanroom as a Service: AI-Washing Copyright

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:47:26 +0100

3 Count: Garage Band

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:24:09 +0100

Wonder Drug, Generic Price: What Semaglutide’s Patent Expiry Should Really Mean for India

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:30:11 +0100

Day 61

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:41:22 +0100

The Slow Collapse of “Copyright Trolling”

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:54:57 +0100

3 Count: Bicycle Kick

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:59:39 +0100

Where Were You? Geofence Warrants and the Fourth Amendment’s Day in Court

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:41:29 +0100

The 14-Month Fiction: Only 10% of First Actions Arrive on Time

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:31:45 +0100

TWN- IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Opposition in Pharmaceutical Field (Apply by 31 March)

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:33:50 +0100

University Flags 95% of Theses for Plagiarism

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:48:03 +0100

3 Count: A New Foe Has Appeared

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:38:26 +0100

Patent Law Year in Review: USC IP Institute 2026

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:41:29 +0100

Issued in Public Interest: Your Name is Not a Copyrighted Work

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:30:53 +0100

The Growing Epidemic of Hallucinated Citations

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:28:28 +0100

3 Count: 12 Bars

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:58:05 +0100

3 Count: EncyclopedAI

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:23:36 +0100

The Tinderbox: A Framework for Skinny-Label Inducement Before the Supreme Court

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:08:38 +0100

The Patent Term Distribution, and What it Reveals

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:36:27 +0100

AI: Trading Understanding for Speed

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:22:46 +0100

3 Count: Delayed Launch

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:27:47 +0100

Rest in IP: Posthumous Personality Rights in the Age of Deepfakes

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:15:34 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (16.03.2026)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:52:15 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 9 – March 15)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:55:10 +0100

Are Rising Maintenance Fees Shortening the Effective Patent Term?

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:00:40 +0100

Judge Newman Asks the Supreme Court to Intervene: Framing Judicial Independence as a Constitutional Imperative

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:16:41 +0100

Guest Post: Protectionist PTO Memo is on a Collision Course with TRIPS

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:15:40 +0100

Orange Minds – IPR Lecture Series by CIPAM, DPIIT (16 March 2026 to 10 April 2026)

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:52:15 +0100

Deciphering the ‘Bona Fide’ Notes of s. 52(1)(za): Bombay HC’s Recent Order in PPL v Yashraj Satwara

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:07:07 +0100

Grammarly Sued Over Expert Review Feature

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:14:17 +0100

3 Count: DISH Dismissal

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:07:14 +0100

Untethered: USPTO Loosens the Article of Manufacture Requirement for Digital Designs

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:40:34 +0100

Made in America: Director Squires Ties IPR Institution to Domestic Manufacturing

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:48:21 +0100

[Sponsored] 2026 WIPO – KOREA Advanced International Certificate Course (AICC)(Apply by April 19, 2026)

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:13:22 +0100

From Graham to Gramm: A New Deere Case Arrives at the Federal Circuit

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:02:00 +0100

3 Count: Metadata Battle

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:12:22 +0100

Sufficiency of Disclosure and Patent Rejections

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:53:05 +0100

White Noise: Pantone’s Cloud Dancer, and the Politics of Colour

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:26:49 +0100

The Razor Returns: AIPLA Tells the Supreme Court That Alice Step Two Has Revived the Pre-1952 ‘Invention’ Requirement

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:13:00 +0100

Copyright and the Case of the Hobo Snails

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:17:23 +0100

PTA Keeps Score: Patent Term Adjustment as a Measure of the USPTO Backlog

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:56:19 +0100

3 Count: Letting Off Steam

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:51:05 +0100

India’s Defining Moment on SEPs: The Supreme Court’s Decision Opens the Door for Policy Leadership

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:08:26 +0100

Too Late to Invent an Inventor: Forfeiture and § 256 in IPR Proceedings

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:26:33 +0100

The Expanding Patent Document: Fewer Claims, More Words, and a Trend That Predates Alice

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:31:44 +0100

Dealing Away Fair Dealing: The Curious Case of Fair Dealing and Its Infringement

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:35:13 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (09.03.2026)

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:51:40 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 2 – March 8)

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:10:42 +0100

An Animated History of Patent Claim Counts

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:46:10 +0100

Twenty and Done: The Fee-Driven Collapse of Claim Count Diversity

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:44:07 +0100

Soak and Pounce: 1920’s Style Submarine Patents

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:18:24 +0100

Patently Unreasonable: Hyatt’s Return to the Supreme Court and the Fight Over Prosecution Laches

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:14:57 +0100

Two Rejections Per Allowance

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:38:37 +0100