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

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

Why Ericsson and Nokia don’t charge patent licensing royalties to MNOs

Sat, 09 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Fed. Circ. Doubts Ability To Review Sanctions From VLSI Saga

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:31:53 +0200

Coinbase Stole Patented Blockchain Network Tech, Co. Says

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:16:37 +0200

Sixteen Years of §101: What Actually Moves Examiners

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

10x, Curio Settle Genomics Patent Suit Before Trial

Fri, 08 May 2026 21:11:57 +0200

Fed. Circ. Considers Amazon’s Alice Appeal Of $673M IP Loss

Fri, 08 May 2026 21:01:02 +0200

Amazon Wins Partial Trim Of Video Streaming Patent Suit

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:21:06 +0200

TTAB’s ‘Selective’ Approach Spurs Drop In Precedents

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:06:15 +0200

Sports Tech Co. Says Judge Made Own Patent Eligibility Case

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:01:39 +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

10x, Harvard Sue Sequencing Co. Over Biology Patents

Fri, 08 May 2026 18:16:21 +0200

ITC Bars Import Of Innoscience Chips Made Before Redesign

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:18:11 +0200

Squires Says Yes To 7 Patent Petitions, No To A Dozen More

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:14:36 +0200

‘Good Day’ To Toss Song Credit Suit, Nappy Roots Says

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:00:09 +0200

How 10 Years Of Case Law Have Shaped The DTSA

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:57:48 +0200

The Ethics And Practicalities Of Representing AI Agents

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:34:11 +0200

Publishers Seek Default, $19.5M From ‘Shadow Library’

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:31:20 +0200

Paramount, Special Effects Co. Resolve ‘Scream’ Mask Cases

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:47:23 +0200

Cardiac Device Co. Says Ex-Manager Took Secrets To Rival

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:35:37 +0200

Squires Says Fitness Tracker Patent Date Key To PGR Ruling

Fri, 08 May 2026 14:44:43 +0200

Squires rattles Meta, Google IPR with PTAB warning tangled up in $170M GoDaddy verdict

Fri, 08 May 2026 12:37:19 +0200

Genentech, TD Bank innovation leaders reveal why they back AI defensive patent organisation 

Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200

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

Fri, 08 May 2026 11:11:19 +0200

$739 million Xoma Royalty buyout is a landmark for patent monetisation strategies

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

AI, policy and the push for quality: expert views on the forces reshaping China’s IP market

Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 +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

Taylor Swift Says Vegas Artist Sought ‘Showgirl’ Confusion

Thu, 07 May 2026 23:19:34 +0200

Ye Used Infringing Song As Listening Party ‘Lure,’ Jury Told

Thu, 07 May 2026 23:11:54 +0200

Fed. Circ. Judges Stuck On Drug Efficacy’s Role In Patents

Thu, 07 May 2026 22:23:07 +0200

How Successful Patent Practitioners Are Putting AI to Work

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

Bloomberg, RPX Want Ramey’s Defamation Suit Tossed

Thu, 07 May 2026 21:00:23 +0200

How Litigation Funding Disclosure Could Affect ITC Cases

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:57:18 +0200

Google, Verizon Hit With IP Suits Over Auto-Reply Features

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:45:23 +0200

SAG-AFTRA Wants Out Of Singer’s ‘Furious 7’ Royalties Suit

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:40:24 +0200

Course Hero Operator Wants ‘Whopping’ $75M IP Verdict Cut

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:28:13 +0200

Judge, In ‘Difficult Position,’ OKs Rare Patent Defense

Thu, 07 May 2026 19:57:51 +0200

Netlist Backs DOJ Stance On Essential IP In Samsung Case

Thu, 07 May 2026 19:25:40 +0200

Womble Bond Atty’s ‘Draconian’ Penalty Gives 4th Circ. Pause

Thu, 07 May 2026 19:23:18 +0200

Judge Knocks Out Pfizer Partner’s Vax Case Against GSK

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:57:56 +0200

Conn. Investment Firm Settles $70M Client Poach Suit

Thu, 07 May 2026 18:23:07 +0200

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

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

ZoomInfo Must Face Apollo Antitrust, False Ad Claims

Thu, 07 May 2026 17:56:43 +0200

USPTO Tells Fed. Circ. Verizon Can’t Appeal Ax Of IPR Win

Thu, 07 May 2026 16:31:15 +0200

IAM’s No 1 Market Maker and his push to simplify video codec licensing 

Thu, 07 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200

Gilead Accuses Pharmacies Of Selling Counterfeit HIV Drugs

Thu, 07 May 2026 15:17:52 +0200

US Trade Representative challenges China, India and Vietnam to close trade secret protection loopholes 

Thu, 07 May 2026 14:16:31 +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

Non-Nicotine Vape Maker Accuses Rival Of Patent Infringement

Thu, 07 May 2026 12:51:25 +0200

Speed Jigsaw Puzzling Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Thu, 07 May 2026 12:13:57 +0200

New MPEG-DASH disputes add heat to streaming patent licensing wars

Thu, 07 May 2026 07:18:03 +0200

From raw AI output to reliable patent infringement intelligence

Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200

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

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

Disney, James Cameron Sued Over Actress’ ‘Avatar’ Likeness

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:14:20 +0200

Ye Testifies In IP Suit That People ‘Take Advantage’ Of Him

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:45:15 +0200

J&J, Tolmar Settle Patent Case Over Antipsychotic Drug

Wed, 06 May 2026 22:17:41 +0200

Trulieve Twists Patent Pleading Standard, Cannabis Co. Says

Wed, 06 May 2026 21:38:19 +0200

Igloo’s Ads ‘Uncool’ But Not Unlawful, Split 9th Circ. Says

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:46:33 +0200

Battery Patent Award Has Fed. Circ. Perusing Remand Options

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:33:40 +0200

OpenSky Appeal In VLSI Dispute Postponed At Fed. Circ.

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:35 +0200

‘You’re In The Weeds!’ Fed. Circ. Grapples With Gun IP Decision

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:07:43 +0200

Amazon Smart Devices Accused Of Infringing AI Co.’s Patents

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:23:19 +0200

Mr. America Owner Claims Bodybuilder Ripped Off Brand

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:13:01 +0200

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

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

EDTX Urged To Deny Samsung New Trial After $78.5M Verdict

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:37:34 +0200

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

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

Judge Won’t Certify Minn. Fraud Question In Cancer Drug MDL

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:12:02 +0200

PTAB’s Fast-Track Appeals Program Extended 2 Years

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:44:43 +0200

Pro Codes Act Does Not Pose Constitutional Concerns

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:38:00 +0200

Texas Co. Accused Of Stiffing Subcontractor On Navy Project

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:27:39 +0200

High Court’s Cox Ruling Leaves ISP Copyright Rules Intact

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:24:26 +0200

Joe Gibbs Racing Adding To Claims Rivals Stole Trade Secrets

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:56:27 +0200

Nvidia Must Face Most Of Authors’ AI Copyright Suit

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:23:12 +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

Curiam Capital Atty Launches New IP Litigation Funding Firm

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

Fed. Circ. Backs Atty Fees In Bicycle Design Patent Case

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:05:05 +0200

Justices Asked To Review ‘More Than An Athlete’ TM Fight

Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:40 +0200

Fed Circ. Affirms DraftKings’ PTAB Loss Wasn’t ‘Clerical Error’

Wed, 06 May 2026 14:27:32 +0200

Womble Bond Adds Moore & Van Allen IP Trio in Charlotte

Wed, 06 May 2026 14:23:19 +0200

AT&T Finds ‘Thousands Of Use Cases’ For AI In-House

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:45:51 +0200

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

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:49 +0200

English High Court ZTE-Samsung ruling says major “non-FRAND factors” at play in SEP licences

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:08:58 +0200

FBI warns of AI‑enabled trade secret threats, calls for industry collaboration

Wed, 06 May 2026 11:28:51 +0200

Does the ITC’s proposed disclosure rule boost transparency or burden patentees, favour big tech?

Wed, 06 May 2026 07:06:38 +0200

DJ Khalil Hit ‘Dead End’ With Ye Over Song Use, LA Jury Told

Tue, 05 May 2026 23:50:37 +0200

Musk Sought Control Of OpenAI To Fund Mars City, Jury Told

Tue, 05 May 2026 23:37:17 +0200

Sanofi Unit Gets Backup In Fed. Circ. Double Patenting Appeal

Tue, 05 May 2026 22:30:40 +0200

Fed. Circ. Doubts It Can Hear T-Mobile Settlement Scuffle

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:24:16 +0200

Bike Trainer Co. Accuses Rival of ‘Hallucinations’ In Brief

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:18:31 +0200

Apple Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Undo Original Watch Import Ban

Tue, 05 May 2026 21:17:16 +0200

11th Circ. Revives Annie Leibovitz ‘Star Wars’ Photo IP Dispute

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:58:03 +0200

Democrat Calls Squires’ Board Of Peace Answers ‘Incoherent’

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:53:37 +0200

OpenAI Accused Of Giving ChatGPT User Info To Meta, Google

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:31:48 +0200

As Congress Considers PERA, It Should Allow the Frustrated Inventor to Be Heard

Tue, 05 May 2026 19:15:01 +0200

Va. Judge Clears Amazon On 4 Of 5 DivX Video Patents

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:49:52 +0200

Sportswear Co. Seeks To Flunk Schools’ Copyright Win Bid

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:43:40 +0200

4th Circ. Says USPTO Doesn’t Have To Cough Up PTAB Docs

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:31:55 +0200

Santander Says Ex-Adviser Poached Lions’ Share Of Clients

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:21:45 +0200

3 Suits Say Meta, Anthropic Pirating Books In AI ‘Arms Race’

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:19:50 +0200

Tiger King and the Unpredictability of Fair Use

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

Federal Circuit Affirms 101 Dismissal for Google in Distracted Driving Patent Suit

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:05:43 +0200

X, Startup Clash Over Fate Of Twitter Brand

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:49:24 +0200

NCAA Insists Athletes Must Arbitrate NIL Deal, Not ‘Rewrite’ It

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:34:22 +0200

9th Circ. Upholds Chip Injunction In Google Contract Case

Tue, 05 May 2026 17:27:18 +0200

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

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

Apple Says Webcam IP, Antitrust Suit Belongs In Calif.

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:57:47 +0200

Duane Morris Integrates Gambling, Sports Industry Groups

Tue, 05 May 2026 16:23:51 +0200

Building Codes Ruling May Inform AI Copyright Arguments

Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:44 +0200

3 Count: Hurricane Trial

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

Fed. Circ. Sides With Google In Mobile Device Patent Suit

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:13:42 +0200

ABKCO, Behr Settle ‘Paint It Black’ Ad Copyright Suit

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:10:19 +0200

Trademark Claims Against Netflix Dismissed Due to One-Letter Typo in Court Order

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:08:29 +0200

4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In April

Tue, 05 May 2026 13:45:26 +0200

Chinese court says ZTE’s $731 million Samsung offer is FRAND – what we know so far

Tue, 05 May 2026 11:33:13 +0200

Fast injunctions and growing dockets: Brazil’s role in global SEP enforcement dynamics

Tue, 05 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Xiaomi ordered to deposit $28.7M security in Delhi spat with Malikie 

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:30:48 +0200

Ye Ripped Off Artists’ Track And ‘Ghosted’ Them, LA Jury Told

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:44:16 +0200

OkCaller Tells 11th Circ. Its Google Suit Wasn’t ‘Incoherent’

Mon, 04 May 2026 23:00:33 +0200

Squires Orders Review Of Patent Ax In $170M GoDaddy Case

Mon, 04 May 2026 22:15:41 +0200

Lee & Hayes Wins Liability Ruling In Fee Fight With Ex-Client

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:53:30 +0200

Adeia CEO Paul Davis to resign this year

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:12:00 +0200

Patents, Drug Prices, Clinical Trials and the Economics of Medicine | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:10:57 +0200

Ricoh’s Work Tech IP Suit Survives Zoom Alice Dismissal Bid

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:06:31 +0200

Calif. Court Axes Communication Management Patent Claims

Mon, 04 May 2026 20:37:00 +0200

NFLPA Sues Trading-Card Maker For Using Unlicensed Images

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:58:48 +0200

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

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

Aptiv Trims Automotive USB Patent Claims In Delaware Suit

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:54:15 +0200

Egg Roll Food Truck To Cease Use Of Kellogg’s ‘Eggo’ TM

Mon, 04 May 2026 19:20:26 +0200

Still More Magic: The Gathering Plagiarism

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

Orrick Partner Jumps To Pillsbury IP Team In LA

Mon, 04 May 2026 18:49:06 +0200

Engineer Says Carnegie Mellon Stole Credit For AI Inventions

Mon, 04 May 2026 18:17:07 +0200

Benjamin Moore Wins $4.2M In Royalties Fight With Greek Co.

Mon, 04 May 2026 18:00:34 +0200

Rooftop Bar Owner Can’t Beat Chicago Cubs’ Ticket Claims

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:20:32 +0200

Judge Shuts Down Invalidity Theory In Abiomed IP Case

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:12:30 +0200

CAFC Says ‘Words of Approximation’ in Patent Claims Must Be Sufficiently Explained to Avoid Indefiniteness

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:59:13 +0200

DOJ’s Stance On Antitrust And Patent Law Reflects Balance

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:17:16 +0200

2 AI Snafus Show Why Attys Can’t Outsource Judgment

Mon, 04 May 2026 16:01:29 +0200

3 Count: The Darkness Continues

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

Fed. Circ. Won’t Restore Poultry Treatment Patent Suit

Mon, 04 May 2026 14:54:25 +0200

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

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

Vertical Aerospace hits back at Archer Aviation over air taxi patents

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:40:26 +0200

EU Returns to Special 301 Report’s Watch List for First Time Since 2006

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:29:44 +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

Lobby group representing Dolby, InterDigital, Qualcomm applauds SEP focus in USTR Special 301 report

Mon, 04 May 2026 10:01:13 +0200

Mind the gap: Driving value with the right commercialisation structure

Mon, 04 May 2026 07:00:00 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 27- May 3)

Mon, 04 May 2026 06:00:42 +0200

What the USPTO’s Reexamination Remand for HID Means for Estoppel, Timing and Strategy

Sun, 03 May 2026 16:15:56 +0200

New energy Special Report; CureVac sues Moderna; landmark Hikma hearing; EU on USTR watchlist; Samsung v ZTE ruling; plus much more

Sun, 03 May 2026 09:30:00 +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

The jurisdictional tug-of-war in SEP disputes is rewriting strategy playbooks

Sat, 02 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200

International Sanctions and the FRAND Framework

Fri, 01 May 2026 18:45:52 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 1: EU Lands on USTR’s Special 301 Watch List; Battery Recycling Patent Families Increase Seven-Fold in Past Decade; and Google Cert Petition Challenges Settled Expectations Doctrine

Fri, 01 May 2026 16:59:07 +0200

English High Court rules $392 million lump sum payment by Samsung is FRAND for ZTE cross-licence

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:46:36 +0200

UNC Charlotte Highlights the Power of Invention at 2026 Invention of the Year Awards

Fri, 01 May 2026 12:15:23 +0200

The UPC’s Fujifilm v Kodak decision significantly qualifies its long-arm jurisdiction over the UK

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:30:00 +0200

Vodka startup dispute shows how dealmaking can cost commercial trade secrets

Fri, 01 May 2026 06:59:03 +0200

EU lands on USTR watch list for first time in 2026 Special 301 report

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:10:03 +0200

The Latest Attempt to Expose SAWS Highlights Structural Flaws at the USPTO

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:15:45 +0200

The Porcelain Pigeon Poop Plagiarism Pickle

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:02:18 +0200

Hot Takes: What the Oral Arguments in Hikma/ Amarin Revealed

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:15:07 +0200

3 Count: Dark and Done-r

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:12:11 +0200

InterDigital nears $500m smartphone ARR after Xiaomi renews, new deals land

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:25:32 +0200

These legal fault lines make Google’s ‘settled expectations’ challenge a long shot at SCOTUS 

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:26:53 +0200

The Thin Margin Between “Generic Vascepa” and Active Inducement

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:21:58 +0200

SCOTUS judges favour fact-specific approach to landmark ‘skinny label’ dispute

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:17:31 +0200

Launching the SpicyIP Academy Research Clinic (SPARC)!

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:15:55 +0200

Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB Obviousness Determination and Holds Real Party in Interest Challenge Unreviewable

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:15:42 +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

Thompson Patent Law is Seeking an Associate Patent Attorney

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:15:06 +0200

Justices Voice Concern that Upholding CAFC’s Hikma ‘Skinny Label’ Ruling Will Harm Generics Industry

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:40:10 +0200

Pinterest: How NOT to Handle AI

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:13:28 +0200

USPTO uncovers its gen AI approach for patent examination

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:01:08 +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

As Judge Albright Prepares to Leave the Bench, A Look Back on His Patent-Friendly Tenure

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:15:10 +0200

IP Innovators: Closing the Gap: Emily Teesdale on IP Strategy, Collaboration, and the Fractional Model

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:15:02 +0200

Taiwan’s national security turn in trade secret prosecutions: why the Tokyo Electron-TSMC ruling redraws the IP enforcement map

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:50:54 +0200

Harrity & Harrity is Seeking a Remote Patent Attorney / Patent Agent Electrical & Mechanical Technologies

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:15:24 +0200

Human authorship remains cornerstone requirement for copyright registration as Supreme Court denies certiorari in Thaler case

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

Chinese courts underscore importance of compliance with moral rights in brand collaborations following high-profile copyright dispute

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

Patents are getting pricier – and policy is the reason

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0200

How Much Does it Cost to Purchase Authorship in an Academic Paper?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:35:49 +0200

Federal Circuit narrows patent eligibility in LG dispute over ATSC 3.0 SEPs

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:16:42 +0200

CAFC Distinguishes ‘Results-Oriented’ Claims from Claims with ‘Specificity and Structure’ in Eligibility Analysis

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:52:22 +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

Doctor’s Orders: The Search for a Workable Pleading Standard in Hikma v. Amarin

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:15:20 +0200

Proactive IP Risk Management: A Patent Litigator’s Perspective | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:24:26 +0200

AI infrastructure boom lifts Rambus’ licensing and silicon IP outlook

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:35:43 +0200

IP Litigation Insider: HP’s secret to no-surprise litigation budgets: risk, options, trade-offs

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:41:16 +0200

‘Venetoclax’ at the IPO: Why Generics Need More than Patent Refusals

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:43:48 +0200

Moderna sued by CureVac, continuing covid jab maker’s highly eventful start to 2026

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:50:03 +0200

Surat Cut GI tag for Diamond and Terroir: an Unfinished Love Story

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:43:37 +0200

Eckert Seamans Seeks a Patent Agent or Patent Attorney for Pittsburgh Office

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:15:26 +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

SCOTUS Denies Petition Challenging Monetary Sanctions Against Counsel Absent Bad Faith

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:24:33 +0200

When Trade Secret Injunctions Become Patent Noncompetes

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:15:09 +0200

3 Count: Cox Fallout

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:01:37 +0200

Operationalizing AI: From Passenger Experience to Orbital Logistics

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:15:03 +0200

Streaming giants call out Access Advance, ask UK Supreme Court to find patent pools have FRAND obligations

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:49:15 +0200

Self-driving cars: IP execs urge AI adoption but warn on data, trade secrets

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:10 +0200

Journalistic Expression or Commercial Shaming? When Media Criticism Meets Commercial Disparagement Law

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:56:31 +0200

New IAM Special Report unpacks IP considerations at the heart of the energy revolution

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:54:00 +0200

China’s solar giants form industry-first patent pool 

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:10:49 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (27.04.2026)

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:07:22 +0200

Roundtable: How IP is propelling battery race frontrunners

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

China’s clean energy innovation landscape

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Innovation governance: A framework for managing energy patent risks

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

From new innovations to patents: how intellectual property reveals a shift in the battery technology landscape

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Foreword

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The cost of inaction as standardisation comes for the EV and battery industries

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Executive summary

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Renewed reshuffle in the PV industry driven by IP enforcement

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The energy transition through the IP lens

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The battery race is an IP race

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Further reading

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The forum of choice? Energy at the UPC

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

The industrial logic of the energy transition

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Shining a light on solar

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

China shines brightest in solar photovoltaic patent race

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

TOPCon v back-contact solar cells: The technology race fuelled by patent strategy, enforcement and licensing

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 20- April 26)

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:08:33 +0200

World IP Day 2026 Spotlights IP Issues in Sports

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:15:28 +0200

EC rows back LNG “soft safe harbour”; Ericsson proposes ETSI IPR Guide changes; EPO AI invention data; US IP theft hearing; SEP Summit Asia; plus much more

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +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

Five reasons why courts should not set rates for patent pools

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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 24: Judge Albright to Leave Federal Bench in August; China Rejects 1.27 Million Deceptive Trademark Applications; Music Labels Voluntarily Dismiss Verizon Copyright Suit

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:50 +0200

It’s the time to Pisco: Delhi HC Dismisses Peru’s GI Hopes Again!

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:40:14 +0200

InterDigital/Avanci to face off against Tesla in UK Supreme Court – here’s what you need to know

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:55:35 +0200

Is AI distillation a chink in the armour of American innovation? 

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:13:32 +0200

Unpacking Squires’ recent discretionary denial guidance focusing on American manufacturing

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:10:22 +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

CAFC Affirms Ineligibility Holding for AR Patent Claims

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:15:51 +0200

Federal Circuit In Part Reverses PTAB Ruling that Some Centripetal Network Threat Detection Patent Claims are Non-Obvious

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:15:41 +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

Gamevice Considers SCOTUS Cert Petition Over Alleged Procedural Improprieties in Nintendo Switch Patent Case

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:15:33 +0200

Nokia unveils 10% Q1 patent revenue jump, but predicts “largely flat” licensing net sales for 2026

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:27:09 +0200

Nokia unveils 10% Q1 patent revenue jump, but predicts “largely flat” net licensing sales for 2026

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:27:09 +0200

SEP Summit Asia: Interim licences, shifting mindsets, the future of pools and more

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:00:55 +0200

Cheating Allegations Lead to Chaos at Purdue University

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:56:59 +0200

Broader Concerns Over AI Emerge in Senate Judiciary Hearing on Chinese IP Theft

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:40:05 +0200

‘We’re in a race with China’, Senator Tillis warns in IP theft hearing

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:05:19 +0200

3 Count: Major Leak

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:55:48 +0200

Congress is Lagging on Innovation Policy; Americans Are Paying the Price

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:15:57 +0200

Nokia granted anti-interim-licence injunctions against Geely by UPC, German regional court

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:50:30 +0200

Leading US patent judge Alan Albright set to retire in August

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:46:55 +0200

Federal Circuit Dismisses Patent Eligibility Appeal as Moot After Finding Settlement Terms Amounted to ‘Side Bet’

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:15:50 +0200

Fresh data on AI related inventions at the EPO gives reason for optimism

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200

USPTO introduces pre-order papers for patent owners in ex parte re-examinations

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

USPTO introduces pre-order papers for patent owners in ex parte re-examinations

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

Strategies for patent owners and requesters using new USPTO ex parte reexam request procedure 

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Squires promises clear PTAB discretionary denial factors in upcoming ruling

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:35:03 +0200

Retired Judges Tell SCOTUS Justices to Take Newman Case, Citing ‘Grave Threat’

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:15:38 +0200

The Difference Between Authorship, Attribution & Citation

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:37:37 +0200

Despite Growing Number of IP Advocates in Congress, C4IP Scorecard Finds Weak IP Engagement Overall

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:30:45 +0200

3 Count: Spoiler Alert

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:12:49 +0200

SEPs, Patent Pools and the Case for Market-Based IP Solutions | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:33:07 +0200

Still Climbing: PTA Hits 318 Days, Back to 2015 Levels

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:58:01 +0200

Federal Circuit axes $18 million jury award in cosmetic enhancement case, clarifying how patent disclosures end secrecy

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:48:03 +0200

Uber, ZF, Schaeffler IP execs urge proactivity to deal with shifting IPR, economic policy

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200

The DTSA’s Missing Preemption: Does § 1835(b) Bind State Courts?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:56:19 +0200

Ericsson proposes changes to ETSI IPR Guide to address perceived SEP licensing problems

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:47:17 +0200

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (21.04.2026)

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:32:25 +0200

Sisvel seeks closer ties with China’s increasingly IP-savvy market with new Shenzhen office

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +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

Strike Two for CPC at High Court in Rule 36 Challenge

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:47:34 +0200

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Rapunzel Trademark Case

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:15:09 +0200

3 Count: 120,000 Authors

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:17:33 +0200

The Supreme Court Picks the Wrong Patent Fight in Hikma v. Amarin

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:15:52 +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

European Commission rows back on LNG “soft safe harbour” plans

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:22:58 +0200

Ericsson’s Gabriele Mohsler on building patent quality, leading global teams and preparing for 6G

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200

Federal Circuit Reverses Trade Secret and Patent Invalidity Rulings in Penile Implant Dispute

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:15:09 +0200

Repair, Remove, Replace: DHC saves the Repair Industry

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:23:06 +0200

China foreign overreach regulations; VLSI v Intel; Anthropic leak lessons; LNG long read; SEP Summit Asia; plus much more

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0200

VVC’s commercial reality check

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

Same Problem, Same Solution: Reading Trade Secrets Across Fields

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:36:09 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 17: CAFC Reverses District Court Rulings in Penile Implant Patent Case; CJEU Clarifies Scope of ‘Pastiche’ Copyright Exception; Stanford AI Index Shows Tech Gap Between U.S. And China Nearly Gone

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:30:18 +0200

Strong case filings in Q1 2026 show growing confidence in DTSA enforcement  

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:34:14 +0200

Ericsson maintains record high patent run-rate but makes slow progress in key streaming, IoT markets

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:13:44 +0200

Ericsson maintains record high patent run-rate but slow progress in key streaming, IoT markets

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:13:44 +0200

Embattled Transsion boosts R&D spending, patent royalty provision 

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:57:48 +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

Federal Circuit Distinguishes Amgen in Reversal of Invalidation of Teva Headache Treatment Patents

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:39:54 +0200

3 Count: Spa Day

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:41:35 +0200

USPTO Pushes for More ASAP! Search Pilot Participants with Extended Deadline

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:15:11 +0200

CRISPR Cas9 wars – what you need to know following UCal’s latest PTAB loss

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:08:39 +0200

Schedule A Litigation: Strategies and Best Practices for Online Enforcement

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:15:43 +0200

Panasonic’s chief IP counsel on licensing philosophy, shifting landscape and UPC lessons

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:43:11 +0200

Unpacking Dolby v Roku – the first HEVC SEP-based European preliminary injunction 

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200

Consumer, Patient Groups Push for Fast Markup of ETHIC Act

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:47:16 +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

Antitrust fault lines: will licensing negotiation groups reshape SEP licensing?

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:42:56 +0200

CAFC Affirms District Court Invalidation of Controller Patent

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:15:51 +0200

Navigating the Global SEP Toll Road: From Judicial Arbitrage to the Willingness Test

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:15:46 +0200

DHC Stunts the Growth of Dynamic Injunctions, Demands the Legislature to Step In

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:46:19 +0200

HEVC licensing chaos: who holds the leverage and what it costs

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Anthropic source code calamity brings hard lessons on secrecy, copyright limitations 

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:36:45 +0200

USPTO revises guidance on design patents for computer-generated interfaces and icons

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

Patent cases down 64% YOY at PTAB, up 70% at ITC in Q1 2026

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

High Performance, Hidden Struggles: Law Firm Culture and the Human Side of IP Law / IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:15:52 +0200

VLSI Scores Reversal of Noninfringement Rulings Against Intel at CAFC

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:15:21 +0200

Mind the Gap: The Middle Layer of Obviousness Doctrine

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:34:27 +0200

Optis’ Post-Trial Motions in Apple Case Demand Serious Attention

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:15:35 +0200

Federal Circuit partly revives VLSI’s infringement claims against Intel

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:22:04 +0200

Sony joins Via Licensing’s Qi pool

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0200

Enhancing Transparency in SEPs: The Sisvel–WIPO PATENTSCOPE Initiative

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

UPC issues Spanish injunction in latest long-arm jurisdiction decision

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:27:17 +0200

Studebaker Brackett PLLC is Seeking a Patent Attorney (Electrical Engineering / Physics Background)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:15:21 +0200

New China regulations aim to block, punish measures deemed as foreign overreach 

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:01:05 +0200

EUIPO Report on IP-Backed Finance Makes Policy Recommendations to Unlock Up To €580 Billion in Innovation Financing

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:45:32 +0200

Why I’m Adding an AI Disclosure to My Site

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

Stop Telling Yourself China’s Patent Boom Doesn’t Matter

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:15:41 +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

IPWatchdog Announces Leadership Promotions to Support Continued Growth and Strategic Expansion

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:15:01 +0200

OpenAI hit with a trade secret suit seeking billions over “foundational” technology 

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:19:46 +0200

AI is Raising the Stakes on Intellectual Capital and IP Rights

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:15:58 +0200

Biogen, Vertex among latest licensees in fast-growing drug delivery patent licensing space

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:39:16 +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

The Reexamination End-Run: When Second Bites at the Apple Become Strategy

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:15:44 +0200

IPBC Europe 2026: IAM’s photo highlights

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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 10: DISH Wins Copyright Appeal Over Arabic TV Retransmissions; Fifth Circuit Awards Google Transfer on Mandamus; and Third Circuit Says Online Publication of Copyrighted Building Codes is Transformative

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:15:40 +0200

Marked for Trouble: Settlement Licenses and the § 287 Trap for NPEs

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:48:50 +0200

WIPO is Seeking a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) External Consultant

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:15:16 +0200

AI Imposters and Copyright Trolls

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:23:56 +0200

Professors Push Back in Review of PTAB Rehearing Decision on ODP

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:09:53 +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

Your AI Is Saving You Time: So What?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:19:32 +0200

CAFC Affirms TTAB Finding of No Likelihood of Confusion Between Vape and Cigar Marks

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:15:40 +0200

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

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

Arnold & Porter is Seeking a Senior Manager of IP Prosecution

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:15:45 +0200

DOJ Again Pushes Back Against Antitrust Claims Filed Over Allegations of SEP Abuse, False RAND Promises

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:52:16 +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

USPTO Stats Show IPR Institution Rate Has Plummeted by 43%

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:10:44 +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

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Finding Information Exchange Patent Application Claim Ineligible Under Section 101

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:15:18 +0200

Moving Target: When Amended Claims Outrun Your Standing Declaration

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:21:11 +0200

CAFC Says Appellant Declaration Failed to Tie Planned Product Features to Challenged Substitute Claims

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:43:48 +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

Disney Deal Shows the Way for Responsible AI Development

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:15:40 +0200

Patent Monetization: Markets, Misaligned Incentives, and the AI Inflection Point | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:13:48 +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

Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Refusal to Block Import of Marine Air Conditioner Products

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:16:45 +0200

3 Count: Good Luck…

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:42:06 +0200

SCOTUS Says Fifth Circuit Must Reconsider Contributory Infringement Ruling for Record Labels after Cox v. Sony

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:17:06 +0200

How the Federal Circuit Is Rebuilding Inventorship Law After the AIA

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:15:48 +0200

Is Your AI Investment Actually Paying Off? What Every IP Professional Needs to Know in 2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:15:49 +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

Navigating Recent Developments in Generative AI and Trade Secret Protection

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:15:44 +0200

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, April 3: Trump EO Sets 100% Tariffs on Patent Pharmaceutical Imports; Squires Vacates TikTok IPRs Under Tianma Microelectronics; and Kallay Voices DOJ’s Preference for FRAND Obligations

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:05:38 +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

Federal Circuit Upholds District Court’s View That Omission of Coinventor Invalidates Patent

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:11:43 +0200

USPTO Life Sciences Listening Session: Remarks of Peter-Anthony Pappas and Henry Hadad

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:30:23 +0200

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Finding that Centripetal Patent Claims are Unpatentable as Anticipated

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:15:21 +0200

Policymakers Are Falling for a Drug-Pricing Myth

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:54:58 +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

The USPTO is Trying—But the Most Abusive Practices to Kill Patents Are Still in Play

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:58:04 +0200

USPTO’s April Fool’s Prank Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:58:58 +0200

As ‘Pro Codes Act’ is Reintroduced, Opponents Warn of Threats to Standards Development System

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:15:05 +0200

A Very Brief History of Plagiarism

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

USPTO Solves U.S. Patent Eligibility Problems

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:19:01 +0200

3 Count: Sniffing Victory

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:59:01 +0200

Mainstream Media Attention for Judge Newman Suspension Grows as Saga Continues

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:15:10 +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

How to Draft AI Patents That Survive the Next Guidance Cycle, and the One After That

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:15:36 +0200

Guest Post: Improving PERA’s Eligibility Exclusions

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:13:43 +0200

Tesla Partially Succeeds at CAFC with Ruling Finding Some EV Charging Claims Obvious

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:28:06 +0200

CAFC Upholds Ineligibility of Targeted Ad Claims in Win for TikTok

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:14:23 +0200

3 Count: Anime Pay

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

WIPO in Focus: Beyond Treaties, Toward a Market-Driven IP System | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:56 +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

Amicus, Sanofi Urge USPTO Appeals Panel to Uphold Ex Parte Baurin’s Approach to ODP Analysis

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:48:51 +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

IP Litigation Strategy: The Art of Winning Before Trial

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:15:21 +0200

Ninety-Eight Percent of Apple, Nvidia, Costco, Lilly and MasterCard Market Value are IP-Related Intangible Assets

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:15:16 +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

Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB is Seeking an U.S. Patent Attorney

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:15:43 +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

PTAB Upholds Priority Win for Broad Institute in CRISPR Patent Case

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:15:25 +0100

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

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

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 27: Trademarks Evoking Fictitious Heritage May Be Deceptive Under EU Law; March Madness TRO Nixed by District Judge; EU Patent Applications Surpass 200K for First Time in 2025

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:15:54 +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

CAFC Affirms District Court’s Denial of Mandatory Stay for ITC Respondent Who Voluntarily Dismissed Complaint

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:15:03 +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

School Wins $75 Million from Course Hero

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:13:17 +0100

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

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

3 Count: Publishers Unite

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:11:40 +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

(Part III) SO OPEN, YET SO OVERLOOKED: A DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF FOSS

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:03:16 +0100

(Part II) So Open, Yet So Overlooked: A Dive into the World of FOSS

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:53:07 +0100

(Part I) So Open, Yet So Overlooked: A Dive into the World of FOSS

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:46:33 +0100

Soak and Pounce: 1920’s Style Submarine Patents

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

Royalty Raja’s Reformation of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 07:19:21 +0100

Professor Sues Colleague Over Copied Class Material

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:37:48 +0100

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

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

3 Count: Meta Deal

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:01:23 +0100

Two Rejections Per Allowance

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

Thinking Out Loud……Literally: Brains And Boundaries

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:28:59 +0100

Beyond PDFs and Portals: Building ‘Explainable IP’ for a Transparent and Inclusive Indian Innovation Ecosystem

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:58:55 +0100

Green Patents and Climate Governance: What India Can Learn from Global Leaders in Climate-Tech IP

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:57:37 +0100

The Kerly’s Impasse: A Relic of the Past?

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:57:37 +0100

Forthwith, Part II: CIT Orders Refunds for All Importers, Not Just Litigants

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:24:28 +0100

The Law/Fact Lever: How the Federal Circuit Can Control Obviousness Outcomes

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:11:49 +0100

3 Count: No Robot Copyright

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:58:02 +0100

Federal Circuit Dissent Rates Collapse After Newman’s Removal

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:38:34 +0100

Guest Post: Design Patents at the ITC

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:33:59 +0100

Kill it Again – Revoking “Dead” Patents

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:57:37 +0100

Applications Open for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! 

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:32:22 +0100

Infringement Against Contract Manufacturers: Can Patentees Restrain ‘Have-Made’ Rights in India?

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:05:16 +0100

[Sponsored] MIPLC LL.M. 2026/27 Applications Now Open – A Global Program at the Intersection of IP, Innovation, and Technology

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 06:47:27 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (03.02.2026)

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 05:29:35 +0100

Cleaning House: Director Squires Responds to Examiner Conflict-of-Interest Scandal

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:27:53 +0100

Forthwith: Federal Circuit Issues Mandates in V.O.S. Selections, Clearing the Way for $175 Billion Refund Reckoning

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:49:31 +0100

Intitled to Tie Him Up: Can 18th-Century Chancery Practice Restore Patent Injunctions?

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:20:28 +0100

Extension for Submissions to NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. VII) [Final Deadline: March 10]

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:48:46 +0100

The Third Way: Examiner Action Dates and the Allowance Rate Curve

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:25:46 +0100

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

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:37:30 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 23 – March 1)

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:04:02 +0100

The Real-Time View: USPTO Allowance Rate “Dips” to 75%

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:39:30 +0100

Five Petitions, Five Denials: The Federal Circuit’s Mandamus Wall Grows Higher

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:17:06 +0100

No Sunshine, No Standing? The Federal Circuit’s Informational Rights Gap in IPR

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:38:55 +0100

The 20-Year Allowance Rate Arc: From Trough to Peak and Back Again

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:02:15 +0100

Patent Examiner Pays $500K for Financial Conflicts — But the Real Story may be Systemic

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:11:27 +0100

Not So Sure: Federal Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment of Inequitable Conduct Despite Inventor’s ‘Smoking Gun’ Statement

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:28:29 +0100

Unjust Enrichment as a Residual Remedy for Biopiracy? Rethinking ABS Failures Beyond MAT

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:30:38 +0100

Tie Goes to the Runner? Three Months of SMED Practice at the USPTO

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:54:25 +0100

Indian University Plagiarizes Robot Dog

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:56:04 +0100

3 Count: Common Flowers

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:47:07 +0100

Extolling the Virtues: ‘Space-Efficient’ Preamble Fails to Limit

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:50:49 +0100

Kurt Cobain Photo Sparks Copyright Battle

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:31:42 +0100

The Recentive Ratchet: RPI’s NLP Patent Falls to the New-Environment Rule

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:35:31 +0100

3 Count: Let’s Get Physical

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:03:44 +0100

The Bad “Karma” of Interim Measures- Analysing NIPEKM’s Potential Long-term Impacts

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:45:24 +0100

Parts vs. Whole: Federal Circuit Corrects District Court’s Component-Level Section 101 Analysis in Gene Therapy Case

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:38:17 +0100

Student Sues University of Michigan Over AI Allegations

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:21:33 +0100

3 Count: Back in the Hunt

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:42 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (23.02.2026)

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:57:29 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 16 – February 22)

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:02:01 +0100

The Illusion of Innovation: Looking at the Galgotias University Patents

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:18:57 +0100

[Sponsored] Admissions Open: WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint Masters/LL.M., the Post Graduate Insolvency Programme (PGIP), and Ph.D. Programme at National Law University Delhi (April 10, 2026)

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:53:46 +0100

Are You a-live Performer? A Question to Studio Recordist

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:58:22 +0100

SCOTUSGate: A New Portal to the Certiorari Pipeline

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:24:10 +0100

In Defense of Sumitomo, and What It Means for India

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:11:12 +0100

Canva v RxPrism; Analysing How the 3(k) Challenge was ‘Canva’ssed with a Statutory Presumption of Validity

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:52:58 +0100

“Anonymous Work” and the AI Author Fight

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:51:14 +0100

The Hidden Stories From Bangalore Habba: Conversations With Artisans Beyond Legal Frameworks

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:51:47 +0100

An Inexact Art: Willis Electric and the Limits of Damages Gatekeeping

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:14:31 +0100

Regulating Artificially Generated Media: Unpacking the Amendments to the IT Rules

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:24:03 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (16.02.2026)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:07:09 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 9 – February 15)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 01:30:46 +0100

Hot Bench: Speaking Time and Opinion Writing at the Federal Circuit

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:08:18 +0100

Announcing the Finalists of the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025!

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:31:04 +0100

ER Squibb to map Zydus’s product: Does this mean closure?

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:27:02 +0100

Lynk Labs Resource Guide

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:08:14 +0100

The Director Unbound: Federal Circuit Holds NHK-Fintiv Exempt from APA Rulemaking

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:11:35 +0100

SC to decide CCI’s Jurisdiction over abuse of Patent Rights

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:45:43 +0100

Why the Olympics are a Copyright Disaster

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:23:53 +0100

3 Count: Copyright Gift

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:07:22 +0100

‘Pro-tem’ FRAND Deposits: Are temporary orders here to stay?

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:41:25 +0100

Ingevity’s $85 Million Lesson: Antitrust Tying Still Has Teeth

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:25:53 +0100

Adelphi Student Wins AI Plagiarism Lawsuit

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:40:41 +0100

3 Count: Free Skate

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:42:41 +0100

Pre-Alice Patents Keep Falling: Three Section 101 Decisions from the Federal Circuit

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:05:16 +0100

First Possession and Intellectual Property: A Supplement for Property Law

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:50:33 +0100

Privity Without Duty: When Patent Inventors Are Bound but Not Represented

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:11:06 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (09.02.2026)

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:39:07 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 2 – February 8)

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:44:53 +0100

An Old Trick in the Patent Book: Targeted Drafting from 1876 to 2026

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:08:17 +0100

Design Law Reforms: Searching for Justifications

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:22:44 +0100

From the Archives: The Giant, the Dwarf and the Lawyer – An 1847 Trilogue!

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:27:20 +0100

Comments to the DPIIT on their GenAI – Copyright Working Paper 1

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:07:42 +0100

UK University Encouraged Essay Mills, AI

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:46:51 +0100

3 Count: Blade Stunner

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:53:32 +0100

Patent Suit Over NASA’s Mars Helicopter Blocked by Government Contractor Immunity

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:54:35 +0100

The ‘Narrow’ Question That Appears in Half of PTAB Obviousness Decisions

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:17:13 +0100

Megachurch Pastor Accused of Repeated Plagiarism

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:21:55 +0100

When Obviousness Rejections Pile On: Rethinking Multi-Reference Combinations

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:01:10 +0100

3 Count: No Laughing Matter

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:38:56 +0100

Who Are You? YMTC’s Refusal to Identify Its Real Parties in Interest

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:29:36 +0100

If You Don’t Disclose AI, You’re a Plagiarist

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:51:18 +0100

3 Count: Minions Olympics

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:49:31 +0100

The USPTO and the Board of Peace

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:41:38 +0100

Find the Differences vs Substantial Similarity: Chief Judge Moore Challenges Federal Circuit’s Design Patent Infringement Framework

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:13:01 +0100

The Problem with Collecting CCB Damages

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:04:57 +0100

3 Count: Evil Genie

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:19:14 +0100

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (02.02.2026)

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:26:24 +0100

SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 26 – February 1)

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:45:30 +0100

Supreme Court IP Docket February 1, 2026: Hikma Leads, Section 101 and IPR Questions on Deck

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:06:27 +0100

Government Urges Supreme Court to Deny AI Copyright Case, Emphasizing Narrow Question and Statutory Text

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:33:56 +0100

Eurovision’s First Plagiarism Story of 2026

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:05:21 +0100

3 Count: Anthropic Unprincipled

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:26:58 +0100

A 15-Year Long Fight Over Exam Questions

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:52:57 +0100

3 Count: What Did I Miss?

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:56:07 +0100

Every Researcher’s Nightmare

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:23:50 +0100

3 Count: Water Tank Mural

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:04:21 +0100

3 Count: $12.9 Trillion

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:59:06 +0100

Why AI Watermarking Isn’t The Answer

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:33:42 +0100

3 Count: International Edition

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:13:27 +0100

The Fight Over Paid Video Game Mods

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:04:30 +0100

3 Count: NVIDIA in Cahoots

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:11:34 +0100

How to Prevent a Work from Entering the Public Domain

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:24:55 +0100

3 Count: Gambling Problem

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:57:55 +0100

Yet Another Romanian Plagiarism Scandal

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:04:06 +0100

3 Count: Blocking the Blocks

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:14:31 +0100