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Exclusive: Ericsson’s patent assertion chief on Lenovo suits, the UPC and global litigation strategy

Robert Earle speaks about enforcement in Brazil and India, and his hopes for a US shift on SEP injunctions

Brazilian Supreme Court issues new guidance on landmark patent term adjustment decision

The watershed 2021 ruling has raised several important questions which Brazil's courts are now beginning to answer

Right-to-repair bills push chief IP offers to adjust patent strategies in Canada

IP-owning companies need to re-evaluate their patent strategies in the wake of Quebec’s right-to-repair bill and a Canada-wide bill on technical protection measures

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Some gold nuggets for patentees in the PTAB reform proposal

Saturday Opinion: Discretionary denial of IPRs with co-pending litigation will benefit IP owners but some provisions contradict statutory authority

29 April 2023

US PTAB reform proposal comes under fire at House hearing

Congress members grilled USPTO Director Kathi Vidal for rule-making proposals that they view as outside the statutory authority of the America Invents Act

28 April 2023

European Commission proposes unitary SPC as part of mixed bag of pharma IP reforms

Planned change will make UPC more attractive to life sciences companies

28 April 2023

Commissioner Breton takes aim at “bad faith” patent licensors as final SEP policy proposal released

Vague provision to exempt certain ‘use cases’ from the new framework last-minute addition

27 April 2023

Chinese IP theft is a problem, but is not to blame for US tech woes

Until policy makers in Washington DC fully recognise the extent of the self-harm that has been done to American interests, serious recovery is a forlorn hope

27 April 2023

PTAB experts react to discretionary denial reform package

Various provisions in the USPTO’s rulemaking proposal favour patent owners and others lean towards petitioners, yet one thing is certain: chief IP officers must make their voices heard

26 April 2023

IP court annual report breaks down valuable statistics on appeals cases

China’s Supreme Court’s IP branch has released its 2022 annual report, providing statistics on caseload and closure. These numbers highlight the longer wait times for appeals, as well as varying chances of success.

26 April 2023

New draft European Commission SEP regulation shows tweaks but no rewrite

Ahead of the anticipated official announcement now set for Thursday, an updated version has leaked - but the substance remains the same

25 April 2023

The European Commission’s SEP regulation would be a geostrategic liability for the EU

Saturday Opinion: As ESTI and key US players move to intervene, the geopolitical ramifications of the proposal start to show

22 April 2023

Patent owners will welcome parts of USPTO’s PTAB reform proposal

Director Kathi Vidal’s proposed rules would expand discretionary denial into new categories, but heightened disclosure requirements might pain patentees and petitioners alike

21 April 2023

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