These major disputes have taken important steps forward over recent weeks and it will be real people, not faceless companies, who decide what happens next. The calls they make could be worth tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars
TwinStrand co-founder’s grandfather famously didn’t patent the polio vaccine, but Dr Jesse Salk believes that protecting inventions is key to getting products to reach the market
The challenge of correctly identifying a trade secret is highlighted in a case involving a group of defendants, including Kansas State University’s philanthropic arm
The US Department of Justice antitrust division under the Trump Administration had intervened in the pair’s 2019 dispute but did not make its voice heard in this year’s lawsuit
17 August 2023
In hiring the former USPTO director and Federal Circuit judge, the firm has two expansion goals – handling more IP litigations and offering expert patent policy guidance
17 August 2023
Since Judge Alan Albright’s patent cases started being randomly assigned, filings dived 51% in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, the latest IAM-Docket Navigator litigation report shows
14 August 2023
Despite unusual circumstances of the fingolimod disputes, the cases highlight some of the potential pitfalls facing pharma patentees in Germany and elsewhere in Europe
14 August 2023
Most existing IP funding agreements are no longer enforceable in the United Kingdom
10 August 2023
The deal was facilitated by Purplevine IP Group and brings an end to lawsuits in Japan, the US and Germany
10 August 2023
If the current trajectory continues, the new court could see over 100 filings by the end of this year. However, a lot more data will be required before any definitive conclusions can be reached about its pulling power
10 August 2023
The dispute between failed purchaser Slingshot Technologies, new buyer Acacia Research Group, and patent seller Transpacific IP Group involves allegations of trade secret misappropriation
09 August 2023
But new WIPO funding programme seeks to encourage companies from the region to embrace mediation
08 August 2023
Docket Navigator data shows the firm has a good record defending its patents in the PTAB with a 52% full and partial win rate
07 August 2023
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