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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?

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

Start-ups can gain design protection faster with new accelerated examination programme

TIPO’s new pilot programme allows certain applicants to swiftly secure protection for their design patents, facilitates rapid responses to counterfeit designs and assists award winners and start-ups to obtain patent rights.

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‘IP is a long game’ – an interview with Breville’s head of corporate development

Jarred Twigg, who stepped down as head of IP last July, talks to IAM about the sometimes ‘uncomfortable truth’ of intellectual property and ‘winning the moments’

05 September 2023

Important US patent judges celebrate milestone anniversaries

Docket Navigator shows the patent litigation track records of Federal Circuit Judge Tiffany Cunningham on her two-year anniversary and Delaware US District Judge Gregory Williams after one year of service

04 September 2023

Unitary Patents increasingly popular with Asian innovators

But European firms still dominate as the number of UPs requested passes the 8,000-mark

04 September 2023

It’s time to make consideration of IP value in lending mainstream

Saturday Opinion: Martin Brassell, Co-founder and CEO of Inngot, counters Joff Wild’s case about the problem with IP valuation, pointing to the worth of intangible assets in situ and the need to deliver reliable, comparable and affordable valuations

02 September 2023

The world’s rising patent powerhouse: new IAM Special Report released

Available to subscribers, our latest report offers a window into the key drivers and developments shaping the Asia-Pacific IP landscape

01 September 2023

IP consulting group laid off in KPMG’s summer cuts

Intellectual property staff were let go in the Big Four firm’s second round of 2023 layoffs, stemming from the poor economic conditions

31 August 2023

From lab to fork: IP strategy at a pioneering cultivated meat company

Head of IP Mark Chadwick speaks to IAM about balancing patents and trade secrets in a nascent market with a bumpy regulatory landscape

31 August 2023

Ericsson and Huawei show how cooperation drives the connectivity patent world

The cross-licensing deal announced by the two companies last week came just days after a piece in the Financial Times which painted the picture of a complex system “defined by vicious litigation”

31 August 2023

USPTO director takes greater control of agency’s post-grant proceedings

Kathi Vidal’s recent director review rulings of PTAB institution decisions – following new agency guidelines – shows that her aggressive approach to review is intensifying

30 August 2023

BlackBerry sued for refusal to pay its own IP advisors in 32,000-patent sale

Tech+IP Advisory alleges it spent ‘thousands of hours’ from May 2020 to March 2023 on selling the huge portfolio yet $1.3 million invoice unpaid

29 August 2023

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