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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Pulse Law bets on tech-powered IP model

The Canadian boutique’s new IP lead says he wants to build a tech-enabled IP practice aimed at giving startups senior expertise away from the traditional ‘big law’ set-up

Sanjana Mishra, September 25 2026

Patents

Weekly take: The PE debate in IP may already be settled

Qantm IP’s acquisition of Henry Goh & Co shows shifting attitudes towards private equity, with firms increasingly viewing external backing as a normal route to expansion rather than a source of concern

Sukanya Sarkar, September 25 2026

Boies Schiller deepens AI bench as firms compete for specialist talent

The firm’s involvement in prominent AI cases drew litigator Christian Mammen to join from Womble Bond Dickinson, as US firms continue to bolster AI-focused practices

Sanjana Mishra, September 24 2026

Patents

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UPC update: New judges inducted | firms test pan-European limits

Two judicial appointments confirmed in Paris and Mannheim, while cross-border injunctions and high-profile procedural rulings keep major patent practices occupied

September 24 2026

Patents

UK IP profession welcomes Michael Tappin's move to the High Court

Patent and trademark practitioners say new arrival will help maintain the UK's reputation as a leading forum for complex IP disputes

September 23 2026

Patents

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Exclusive: Qantm IP acquires Malaysia’s Henry Goh & Co

Qantm CEO speaks to Managing IP about the business's first deal since it was acquired by a private equity firm and explains why top-tier Malaysian firm Henry Goh & Co was the group's ‘plan A, B and C’

Sukanya Sarkar, September 23 2026

Patents

Serving up IP wisdom: from patents to ping pong

György Pintz, founder of Pintz & Partners, talks through the challenges of founding a firm and explains why lawyers and table tennis players have more in common than you might expect

September 22 2026

Patents

Winning on non-analogous art: one doctrine, two outcomes

Kate Nuehring Su, partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, explores a successful PTAB appeal and why the Federal Circuit reached an opposite outcome on the same doctrine

Kate Nuehring Su, September 22 2026

Patents

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Riding Korea’s wave: Yoon & Yang’s pioneer spirit

From BTS to Squid Game and kimchi to memory chips, the Korean wave is reverberating around the world and IP work is also seeing a boom, say two Yoon & Yang partners

James Nurton, September 22 2026

Patents

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Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2026: shortlist revealed

Managing IP will host a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on November 5 to reveal the winners

Charlie Wong, September 21 2026