Google, HTC, TTAB, PTAB, Judge Michel, Apple, Acacia, Microsoft – the week in IP

September 21 2017

Recent news included Google receiving a licence for HTC intellectual property, the TTAB again finding “Pretzel Crisps” to be generic, the PTAB designating a decision as informative, Judge Paul Michel suggesting seven ways to improve the US patent system, Apple settling with Acacia following a $22m verdict, and Microsoft extending its Azure programme to China

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Latham adds star power to booming ITC practice

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‘Global profit pool is critical’: Pinsents plots UPC growth

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Trademarks

Beyond the headlines: Stephenson Harwood-Taylor Wessing could be neat fit for IP growth

Stephenson Harwood’s trademark prosecution push and patent ambitions could complement Taylor Wessing’s remaining but depleted European IP strength following its UK arm’s departure

Max Walters, October 05 2026

Trademarks

How ‘doing a bit of everything’ created a path to partnership

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Trademarks

Weekly take: This city is ours – but should it be?

INTA has a right to protect its Annual Meeting, but making it harder for others to hold similar events risks leaving delegates with a bigger travel bill

Max Walters, October 02 2026

Patents

Gibson Dunn stacks Texas patent bench with McKool Smith duo

The firm says it hopes to capture patent litigation work in Texas by arming itself with experienced trial lawyers with venue expertise

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Patents

Exclusive: RnB IP stacks up on Pizzeys talent after Griffith Hack merger

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Patents

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The UPC and life sciences three years in: medtech’s early success, pharma/biotech’s selective bet

McDermott Will & Schulte lawyers explore why the UPC is seeing rapid adoption by medtech for fast-moving disputes, while pharma and biotech take a cautious, selective approach over revocation risks

Charles Larsen, September 29 2026

Patents

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Beyond the headlines: PE isn’t the problem. The exit might be

IP firms may be growing more comfortable with external capital, but uncertainty over who could ultimately own the business is complicating the investment pitch

Sukanya Sarkar, September 29 2026

Patents

The IP Lounge: From Texas trials to marathon miles with Alan Albright

The former Western District of Texas judge addresses perceptions of his courtroom, reveals what comes next as he returns to practice at A&O Shearman and explains why marathon running is ‘cathartic’

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