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The ‘secret weapon’ of UPC protective letters
The ‘secret weapon’ of UPC protective letters

As the new court starts issuing preliminary injunction decisions, IAM looks at how pre-emptive defences filed by potential infringers have worked to date

Prospect of European SEP regulation looms large in US policy debate
Prospect of European SEP regulation looms large in US policy debate

During a recent Washington DC event, SEP holders and standards implementers clashed about the European Commission’s draft proposal – and how the US should respond

China’s surge in semiconductor innovation
China’s surge in semiconductor innovation

Faced with overseas sanctions and scrutiny, domestic companies are looking to boost their patent portfolios

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IAM pinpoints world’s leading IP strategists for 2023

The IAM Strategy 300 highlights individuals who are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximise the value of IP portfolios

28 September 2023

Meet this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees - Brian Hinman

The winner of the 2023 Q. Todd Dickinson Award for outstanding contributions to IP as a business asset, Brian Hinman is one of the world’s most distinguished patent licensing professionals

28 September 2023

Innovator-implementer divide revealed to US policymakers considering IP, standards strategy

Standards contributors stressed their heavy reliance on licensing income while product manufacturers expressed frustration at the difficulty of calculating total SEP licensing costs

28 September 2023

Huawei joins Sisvel’s Cellular IoT patent pool

The agreement reinforces the relationship the pair have already established and is another demonstration of the power of such programmes to offer transaction efficiency, as well as pricing transparency

28 September 2023

Does the impact of Markman orders vary by technology complexity?

Some patent litigators observe that patent disputes involving less complicated technologies tend to settle faster after claim construction. What does Docket Navigator data say?

27 September 2023

Meet this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees - Margaret ‘Meg’ Boulware

The trailblazer was the first ever woman President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the first woman Chair of the IP Law Section for the Texas State Bar

27 September 2023

Highlights from IAM's 2023 SEP Summit

Expert panellists tackled a range of topics, including the draft SEP licensing regulation, determining FRAND rates, and diversified supply chains

27 September 2023

Meet this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees - Dale Cendali

Our second entrant to the canon this year is an accomplished copyright litigator who has represented a slew of famous clients in high-profile cases, including 20th Century Fox and Victoria’s Secret at the US Supreme Court

26 September 2023

New pair of Federal Circuit precedents add wiggle room for PTAB petitioners

The Axionics and Rembrandt rulings clarify that PTAB petitioners are not limited to their petitions’ arguments; they can adapt arguments to address patent owners’ post-institution claim constructions

26 September 2023

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pivot patent strategy as IP head steps down

The Japanese manufacturing giant looks to IP department to drive its green technology transition

26 September 2023

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