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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The firm’s recent IP hire and launch of a new robotics industry group signal an effort to capture work emerging from AI entering the physical world

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Patents

Finnegan joins growing wave of firms moving into Texas

Another firm sets up shop in Dallas, bringing its patent disputes capabilities to one of the US’s busiest litigation venues

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Weekly take: Is 'boutique' becoming a meaningless label?

Entrepreneurial IP lawyers are still launching specialist firms, but increasingly with larger teams, broader coverage and greater infrastructure than the boutique model once implied

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Patents

Bringing value to business: Shook Lin & Bok’s IP offering

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From zero to 500: NTD’s 40-year journey

An increase in instructions from domestic companies and litigation for international clients are driving success for the Chinese IP firm, according to two lead partners

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Patents

Ex-Khaitan equity partner bets on scale with IP boutique launch

Ankur Sangal said he wants his team, nearly 30-strong already, to respond to a growing demand for specialist, commercially focused IP advice in a ‘rapidly evolving’ Indian market

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Patents

What AI really asks of IP leaders

As AI adoption accelerates across corporate IP departments, Simon Webster, president of IP at Clarivate, argues that success will depend less on technology alone and more on data quality, workflow design, and organisational readiness

Simon Webster, September 02 2026

Patents

US judge Albright returns to ‘big law’ with A&O Shearman move

After months of speculation over his next move, former Texas patent judge Alan Albright has found a new home at the firm’s Austin office

Sanjana Mishra, September 01 2026

Patents

Managing IP’s 2027 awards and rankings research is underway

Law firms can now participate in the research for the Managing IP Awards and IP STARS rankings

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Patents

Hoffmann Eitle builds deep-tech platform with NRF partner hire

The firm has hired former Norton Rose Fulbright patent prosecution leader Ronak Kalhor-Witzel as it seeks to strengthen its position in high-value technology, UPC and international patent matters

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