October 18, 2018
NDAs, exit interviews, the DTSA and best practices were some of the trade secrets issues on which speakers offered advice at the Trade Secrets Forum 2018
Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme and Giovanna Marchese explore the circumstances under which jewellery may qualify for protection under US copyright and trade mark laws and discuss the shortcomings associated with each
October 17, 2018
The Delaware chief judge's ruling in Power Integrations v Fairchild Semiconductor means the Federal Circuit may soon rule on the scope of the Supreme Court’s WesternGeco decision on patent damages for foreign sales
October 12, 2018
A new Docket Navigator report assesses the impact of TC Heartland on the most popular districts for patent litigation, the number of patent cases and which districts are being affected by venue challenges
October 11, 2018
Are US hashtag marks registrable, enforceable, or worth it? Ellie Mertens investigates
October 10, 2018
The final rule changes the claim construction standard used by the PTAB to the Phillips standard used in district courts. Practitioners predict a surge in filing before it becomes effective in November
October 08, 2018
The Supreme Court has already taken on one patent case and two copyright cases. We preview those and ask what other intellectual property cases have a chance of being granted cert
October 04, 2018
In Rimini Street v Oracle, the definition of “full costs” awarded to prevailing parties by the Copyright Act is disputed. IP practitioners weigh in on whether the court will decide it includes only taxable costs or non-taxable costs as well
The owner of an internet connection used for copyright infringement through file-sharing cannot escape liability by naming a family member who may have used the connection, the CJEU holds
IP Europe and a number of 5G developers have revealed six best practice principles for conducting FRAND licensing negotiations, as well as providing supplementary guidance on practices in the ICT sector
October 16, 2018
Managing IP rounds up some of the biggest developments from the 2018 AIPPI World Congress in Cancun at the end of September
IP practitioners explain the must-haves in technology licensing agreements and why TIER could be a potential source of trouble
2018 is on course to have the lowest petition filing rate since 2013. The third quarter included the impact of SAS on institution decisions, an update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide, the departure of the PTAB chief judge and the creation of a Precedential Opinion Panel
Vincent Violago and Nikko Quevada discuss the various types of bias in machine learning algorithms and the data used to train the algorithms. They also analyse patents directed to bias mitigation, as well as the reasons machine bias is difficult to identify and eliminate
AWA Asia’s IP strategy and patent team in Beijing looks at the China FinTech market, discusses available IP protection mechanisms and considers how revised guidelines could provide opportunities to protect technology in this rapidly developing sector
Dmitry Andreev discusses issues in patenting blockchain-related technologies, and explains how to avoid the most common grounds of rejection
European in-house IP counsel tell Patrick Wingrove about the prospects and problems of individual treatments, particularly as AI plays a bigger role in making them
New data reveals that findings of invalidity have dropped since Berkheimer, the most important US subject matter eligibility case of 2018. Ellie Mertens and Michael Loney investigate
Patrick Wingrove analyses the most-important recent trade mark-related rulings from the CJEU, including cases involving Nestle, Puma, Louboutin and Red Bull
David Stone discusses the difficulties of registering and enforcing shape trade marks in the European Union
Higher patent damages may be more achievable in the US now. Ellie Mertens reveals the highest awards so far this year
September 2018
Switching to MIP International