Qualcomm, antitrust guidelines, AAP, motions to transfer venue, Biogen, TTAB, Samsung v Apple – the week in IP

January 18 2017

An FTC complaint against Qualcomm, new antitrust guidelines for the licensing of intellectual property, Maria Pallante's new job at the Association of American Publishers, data on motions to transfer venue in patent cases, and Biogen’s $1.25 billion settlement and licence agreement deal with Forward Pharma were in the recent IP headlines

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Patents

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Invention leadership in the AI age: Insights from the world’s top innovators

Arun Hill at Clarivate assesses the Top 100 Global Innovators 2026 list, including why AI has assumed a strategic importance for innovation

Arun Hill, February 02 2026

Managing IP Awards

Managing IP EMEA Awards 2026: shortlists to be revealed in February

Practitioners and law firms should keep their eyes peeled for the shortlists for our annual awards

Max Walters, February 02 2026

Patents

View of a crowd with a network of connections. Big data, smart city, wifi concept.

Talent Tracker 2025 review: Morgan Lewis tops list for US partner hires

Despite a broader slowdown in US IP partner hiring in 2025, litigation demand drove aggressive lateral expansion at select firms

Sanjana Mishra, January 30 2026

Patents

Partners greenlight Winston & Strawn-Taylor Wessing merger

Winston Taylor is expected to launch in May 2026 with more than 1,400 lawyers across the US, UK, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East

Noemi Distefano, January 30 2026

Patents

This week on MIP: Ex-Google employee convicted of trade secrets theft | India proposes design reform

News of White & Case asking its London staff to work from the office four days a week and a loss for Canva at the Delhi High Court were also among the top talking points

Sukanya Sarkar, January 30 2026

Patents

‘A next generation boutique’: Anand & Siu seeks to fill market gap

With boutiques offering an attractive alternative to larger firms, former Gilbert’s partner Nisha Anand says her new firm will be built on tech-smart practitioners, flexible fees, and specialised expertise

Sanjana Mishra, January 30 2026

Two IP barristers among latest group to ‘take silk’

IP specialists Jonathan Moss and Jessie Bowhill, who worked on cases concerning bitcoin, Ed Sheeran, and the Getty v Stability AI dispute, received the KC nod

January 29 2026

Patents

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Weekly take: AIPPI’s Dubai decision shows DEI is a ‘tick box’ exercise

Hannah Brown, an active AIPPI member, argues that DEI commitments must be backed up with actions, not just words

Hannah Brown, January 29 2026

Patents

A lot of Kodak film cartridge. :Latvia, Talsi, february 5, 2024

UPC update: Kodak hit with €1.7m penalty | CoA judges take oath

A ruling in the Kodak v Fujifilm dispute and a win for Google were among the major recent developments

Max Walters, January 29 2026

Trademarks

A 3D cartoon soccer player in a white uniform with "Beckham 23" kicks the ball on a vibrant green field.

Brand it like Beckham: the rights to celebrity names

Nick Aries and Elizabeth Louca at Bird & Bird unpick the legal questions raised by a very public social media spat concerning the ‘Brooklyn Beckham’ trademark

Nick Aries, January 28 2026