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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

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

The Beijing Measure: whether data should be a registered and protected form of intellectual property in China

Shenzhen, the Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces and Beijing have enacted data IP registration-related legal documents, responding to calls for the establishment of a data property rights system. Beijing’s efforts highlight it as a pilot area for national data IP work.

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Exclusive: Vidal on discretionary denials, director review changes and Section 101 action

In the first of a two-part interview with IAM, the USPTO director opened up about the most pressing issues facing the US patent system

22 February 2023

Unitary SPCs necessary to attract pharma to UPC/UP system, says Bayer IP chief

Joerg Thomaier also shares his thoughts on the UPC and EPO patent quality in an exclusive IAM interview

22 February 2023

Indian patent office budget hike bodes well but spending is the real issue

A 15% boost could help bolster staffing and shorten timelines but smarter use of funds is essential

20 February 2023

Vidal’s ruling in Samsung v Netlist IPR may help unveil real-parties-in-interest

It’s a win for the patent owner seeking to reveal who is behind the IPR petitioner, and may deliver estoppel benefits in underlying district court litigation

17 February 2023

It is confirmed: the UPC will begin on 1 June of this year

Germany ratifies agreement, Sunrise Period to start on 1 March

17 February 2023

IAM insight panel analysis Q2 2022

Featured in Community Insight

IAM’s latest panel report surveyed sentiment of senior in-house and private practice patent professionals across a range of topics

16 February 2023

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