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Senate IP subcommittee appointments inspire cautious optimism for patent owners

Senators Chris Coons and Thom Tillis – both pro-patentee – take the lead but it doesn’t mean bills will pass

14 March 2023

OpenSky: ending another round of IPR abuse whack-a-mole

Saturday Opinion: USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s sanctions are a good start, but more must be done to curb untoward behaviour going forward

11 March 2023

EPO staff endorse industry patent quality complaints

Response to IPQC continues a long-running and bitter feud between leadership and staff

10 March 2023

A roadmap for industry-academia collaboration to advance IP policy

Ethical and transparent partnerships can help resolve pressing issues all while furthering a company’s goals and interests

08 March 2023

US commenters warn of ‘unintended consequences’ in pharma patent crackdown

Potential initiatives to limit continuation practice are causing deep divides in the life sciences patent community – causing technology licensors and Big Tech to take sides

07 March 2023

Square peg in a round hole: the dangers of expanding the TRIPS waiver

Saturday Opinion: Disseminating covid diagnostics and therapeutics is critical, but attempting to do so via the TRIPS waiver extension is rife with unintended consequences

04 March 2023

UK Supreme Court becomes highest court to consider DABUS/AI inventorship dispute

The country’s highest court grappled with questions that are fundamental to the future of patent law

03 March 2023

Public criticisms of pharma patents are “way overstated”, Kathi Vidal tells IAM

The USPTO director shares her thoughts on life sciences IP rights and ongoing collaboration with the FDA

02 March 2023

A comeback for injunctions would help to revive US patent leadership

Without significant reforms that restore the right to exclude, lower costs and clarify eligibility, SMEs will remain second class citizens and the big calls on FRAND and SEPs will be made in Europe

02 March 2023

No such thing as ‘wait and see’ approach, warns UPC’s top judge as sunrise period begins

Court of Appeal President Klaus Grabinski speaks exclusively to IAM as three-month countdown to the Unified Patent Court gets underway

01 March 2023

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