Qualcomm, Apple, TTAB, High Tech Inventors Alliance, Waymo, Uber, Shipping & Transit, Federal Circuit, PTAB, Humira, Intellectual Ventures – the week in IP

July 12 2017

Qualcomm filing an ITC complaint against Apple, the TTAB’s precedential opinions in 2017, eight technology companies forming an alliance, Waymo dropping patent claims in its dispute with Uber, Shipping & Transit being ordered to pay attorneys’ fees, the Federal Circuit remanding two PTAB cases and the invalidation of an AbbVie patent for Humira were in the recent intellectual property news

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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

Beautiful skyline of Dubai city at night in United Arab Emirates

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

Trademarks

To the next level: Birketts’ new TM lead eyes ‘end-to-end’ service

Michael Conway, who joined Birketts after nearly two decades at an IP boutique, says he was intrigued by the challenge of joining a general practice firm

Max Walters, January 28 2026

Patents

Murgitroyd adds to senior leadership team with Eversheds and DLA hires

The private-equity-backed firm said hires from DLA Piper and Eversheds Sutherland will help it become the IP partner of choice for innovative businesses

January 27 2026

Trademarks

Cooley, Jones Day act on Clorox’s $2.25bn acquisition of Purell-maker

The acquisition is expected to help Clorox bolster its position in the health and hygiene consumer products market

Sukanya Sarkar, January 27 2026