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US patent case filings are falling – but the Eastern District of Texas bucks trend

The Marshall-based court would regain its crown as the country’s top patent court if these Docket Navigator case projections hold true

Northern District of Texas judge cautions against ChatGPT-generated legal briefs

US District Judge Brantley Starr may oversee only small numbers of patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright cases, but what if other judges follow suit?

Embrace IP disruption or get left behind

The launch of the Unified Patent Court today is the latest development in a revolutionary period that is only just getting started and from which there is no escape

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Samsung takes licence to settle US 5G patent suit

NPE 5G IP Holdings secures a settlement with the Korean giant in dispute over assets previously owned by Taiwanese R&D lab with links to Foxconn, Sharp

20 September 2022

Oakley, Canon among operating companies asserting most patents in US courts

Docket Navigator data shows top firms filed between 14 and 30 infringement complaints in 2021 and year-to-date

19 September 2022

Samsung, TSMC, Qualcomm hit with new offensive by NPE wielding Intel patents

Daedalus Prime is asserting 22 patents in six complaints in a US district court, the US International Trade Commission and a German forum

16 September 2022

Halliburton v USWS is a rare patent battle in the energy sector

Data shows that 32 of the largest oil and gas producers and oilfield services companies have filed only 45 US suits since 2017 – and that just one is responsible for 51% of them

14 September 2022

Meet 2022’s IP Hall of Fame inductees

Following a selection process that ran between March and May, IAM announced that four new individuals had been chosen to join the IP Hall of Fame in 2022: Pravin Anand, Justice Stephen Breyer, Louis Foreman and James Malackowski. They were officially inducted at this year’s IPBC Global in June.

14 September 2022

Novartis Entresto lawsuit underlines growing importance of cocrystals for patent strategy

US university litigation seeks damages and ongoing royalties over blockbuster heart failure drug which generated $2.22 billion in 2H 2022

13 September 2022

How the pandemic has hit patent procurement

Featured in Special Report 2022 Q3: Patent Portfolio Management

Dr Michael A Sartori and Sarah Hassan of Baker Botts explore the impact that covid-19 has had on new application filings and application abandonments, revealing some interesting contrasts with previous financial disruptions

13 September 2022

Strategic continuation practice: an under-used litigation tool

Featured in Special Report 2022 Q3: Patent Portfolio Management

Andy Harry and Shao Hou of Xsensus use real-world data – including a deep dive into Canon’s strategy – to determine whether claims developed from continuations can better withstand competitor challenges

13 September 2022

Time-to-trial lags in top five US patent courts as pandemic effects continue to bite

Covid has triggered long-lasting delays in the busiest courts, reducing the chance of the PTAB issuing Fintiv discretionary denials in IPRs with parallel litigation

12 September 2022

German and Dutch IP powerhouses create one-stop UPC practice

Law firms Vossius and Brinkhof join forces to offer clients a pan-EU service for the new court when it gets underway next year

12 September 2022

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