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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Why counsel see a new opening for copyright owners in AI battles

The Third Circuit’s decision in Thomson Reuters v ROSS marks the first appellate-level decision addressing AI and fair use, prompting copyright counsel to consider arguments around potential licensing markets

Sanjana Mishra, October 22 2026

Patents

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UPC update: Skechers slips up | Court puts firms on notice

Injunctions for HandsFree Labs and Align Technology come as the Court of Appeal warns that busy teams must have the staffing and resources to meet UPC deadlines

October 22 2026

Patents

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Mewburn Ellis creates CTO role amid AI drive

The chief technology officer remit, which has been created as the firm is building its litigation team, will include expanding the use of AI in patent and legal work and automating manual processes

Max Walters, October 21 2026

Trademarks

Six months in: new ECIJA partner plots IP team growth

Former Hoyng Rokh Moneiger partner Laura Alonso, who brought her team to ECIJA in March, discusses plans to expand further and why ECIJA’s ‘IP DNA’ is helping broaden her work

James Nurton, October 21 2026

Trademarks

‘IP and tech no longer separate problems’: Stephenson Harwood IP head

Amita Haylock discusses building an integrated Asia practice as clients increasingly demand that firms combine IP, technology and data expertise

Sukanya Sarkar, October 20 2026

Patents

August Debouzy partners to defect to Winston Taylor

François Pochart, Grégoire Desrousseaux and Lionel Martin, long-standing figures in the firm’s patent litigation team, are set to help launch a Paris-based litigation offering

Max Walters, October 19 2026

Patents

Unitary Patents reach 100,000—but have we hit the ceiling?

The Unitary Patent has passed 100,000 registrations, but new data raises the question of whether 30% uptake is a ceiling or a staging post for further growth, say Michael Nielsen and Darren Smyth of EIP and Andrew Samm at Patently

Michael Nielsen, October 19 2026

Trademarks

Beyond the headlines: IP leaders rethink what they value in outside counsel

The new generation of in-house IP leaders want commercial judgment, accessibility and flexibility, with AI raising expectations around both fees and delivery

Sukanya Sarkar, October 19 2026

Patents

‘Bullish on California’: Haynes Boone expands foothold in the Golden State

The firm launched a San Diego office earlier this month, but California investment and expansion is far from complete

Sanjana Mishra, October 16 2026

Patents

Weekly take: Law firms can’t crack AI alone

The industry’s response to AI requires an unfamiliar ingredient as firms battle to shape their futures

Ed Conlon, October 16 2026