Genentech, Amgen, SiriusXM, Eastern District of Texas, Donald Trump, BlackBerry, Nokia – the week in IP

February 23 2017

Genentech filing a biosimilars complaint against Amgen, SiriusXM being granted summary judgment in a pre-1972 copyright case in New York, filing in the Eastern District of Texas slumping, Donald Trump being approved for a trade mark for his name in China, and BlackBerry suing Nokia for patent infringement were in the recent intellectual property news

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Breaking: Via bolsters leadership ranks with Atlassian hire

Patrick Zhang, formerly of Atlassian and TiVo, will become Via’s vice president of licensing and commercial strategy, tasked with helping expand client partnerships and licensing deals

Sanjana Mishra, June 15 2026

Patents

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and modern computer technologies concepts. Business, Technology, Internet and network concept.

Exclusive: Lumenci launches AI platform for portfolio analysis

IP services firm says new platform will cut patent portfolio analysis from months to minutes and optimise monetisation efforts

Sanjana Mishra, June 15 2026

Patents

Richard Meade elevated to England and Wales Court of Appeal

New role for the High Court judge will leave a gap for an IP specialist judge at the first instance

June 15 2026

Trademarks

‘Let go of old structures’: founding partner reflects on building a firm

Laura Achával, founder of Achával IP in Argentina, shares how an evolving vision led her to launch her own practice

Sanjana Mishra, June 15 2026

Patents

Artificial intelligence (AI) Machine Learning, robot and human hands touching on big data network connection background, science and technology artificial intelligence, innovation and futuristic.

A new frontier: How AI is reshaping patent monetisation

Monetisation is standing at the forefront of patent development, and one firm says AI is increasingly being deployed

Sanjana Mishra, June 12 2026

Patents

‘Reading the tea leaves’: practitioners predict data centre patent litigation spike

Data centres are being built across the US, prompting patent disputes, but Texas’s thriving tech industry and patent-ready courts make the state particularly ‘ripe’ for litigation

Sanjana Mishra, June 12 2026

Patents

Exclusive: Carpmaels swoops for Simmons & Simmons IP head

Carpmaels & Ransford is set to bolster its UK attorney team with the appointment of Simmons & Simmons’s head of IP in the UK

Max Walters, June 12 2026

Patents

This week on MIP: InterDigital and Amazon sign deal | Padel TM uptick

Updates on Nokia’s licensing strides and a surge in patent activity around battery recycling in Australia were also among the top talking points

Sukanya Sarkar, June 12 2026

Trademarks

Safety Concepts for Online Shopping, Security alert from scammers. Alert of secure online shopping concept, Warning and danger sign, scam and thief in cybersecurity.

Weekly take: The true cost of counterfeiting is impossible to ignore

To mark International Day Against Child Labour, Matteo Amerio at Corsearch says the people inside businesses who can identify counterfeiting risks must be given the tools and authority to act

Matteo Amerio , June 12 2026

Patents

How to become an IP partner in 2026

With genuine equity at IP firms becoming rarer, securing partnership is harder than ever, but increased transparency is also making climbing the ladder more predictable

Sukanya Sarkar, June 11 2026