The week in IP – Nokia, Apple, Spotify, PTAB, Abbvie, BlackBerry, Qualcomm, IP Czar, Trump budget, Uber, District of Delaware

June 01 2017

Nokia and Apple ending their dispute, a $43m Spotify settlement, the PTAB invalidating a Humira patent, an increase in Blackberry’s award from Qualcomm to $940m, the intellectual property czar’s nomination hearing, the Trump budget requesting $3.6bn for the USPTO, Uber firing the engineer involved in its trade secrets dispute with Waymo, and the District of Delaware inviting four Pennsylvania judges to handle cases were in the recent IP news

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Patents

Law firm founder on AI, patent drafting and changing client expectations

Cabinet M Oproiu’s Raluca Vasilescu explains why AI is changing what clients expect from patent attorneys, where the technology is overhyped and what the next generation will need to do differently

November 09 2026

Patents

Beyond the headlines: AI is changing IP pricing, but don’t expect a revolution yet

As clients demand more flexible fees and AI-driven efficiencies, IP firms are rethinking pricing without abandoning the value of their work

Sukanya Sarkar, November 09 2026

Patents

‘Eyes wide open’: Ropes spin-out HG Law applies Fish & Neave lessons to Lathrop deal

HG Law was formed largely by ex Fish & Neave lawyers who left after the latter's merger with Ropes & Gray; now those experiences are shaping its latest combination

Sanjana Mishra, November 09 2026

Trademarks

Before distress hits: protecting and maximising IP value

David Rodrigues and Evan Lazerowitz – attorneys at Robinson & Cole – offer practical guidance on the steps a business might consider to preserve and maximise IP value before entering financial distress or insolvency

Evan Lazerowitz, November 09 2026

Patents

‘Not the heiress, but the successor’: a new vision for a family firm

Daniel Law CEO Alicia Daniel-Shores may have stepped into a family business, but she has spent two decades building her own vision around technology and litigation

Sanjana Mishra, November 06 2026

Patents

Weekly take: Law firms can’t bluff their way to IP expertise

Law firms don't particularly like saying no to clients. Perhaps they should get better at it

November 06 2026

Patents

Taylor Wessing’s France office minded to shun proposed merger

The office, which has a relatively new patent litigation team as well as a wider ‘soft’ IP offering, would remain independent if the rejection is rubberstamped

Max Walters, November 05 2026

Patents

MBHB makes hardware play with new practice group

The IP boutique is betting that growing investment in quantum and semiconductors will fuel demand as technology shifts toward physical systems

Sanjana Mishra, November 05 2026

Designs

‘Balanced and broadly positive’: lawyers react to UK designs overhaul

Lawyers say the overhaul better reflects commercial reality, with changes spanning novelty searches, digital designs and access to a small claims track, but stopping short of criminalising unregistered design infringement

Max Walters, November 05 2026

Patents

UPC update: Firms build for growth | Carpmaels digs deeper

Carpmaels & Ransford hires its fourth partner of the year and wins access to UPC files, as fresh orders address costs, confidentiality and the use of divisional patents

November 05 2026