Apple, WARF, Qualcomm, Google, Richard Prince, CLASSICS Act, STRONGER Patents Act, Tam – the week in IP

July 26 2017

A judge more than doubling WARF’s damages award, Qualcomm taking its Apple dispute to Europe, Google filing for a US injunction against its Canada Supreme Court loss, a judge allowing the Richard Prince copyright suit to proceed, the CLASSICS Act being introduced, the chances of success for the STRONGER Patents Act and applications for offensive trade marks were in the recent intellectual property news

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Patents

Baker Botts leads Netflix to victory in fraudulent patent transfer claim

The US decision marks a rare grant of a request under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act in a patent case

Sukanya Sarkar, March 25 2026

Trademarks

IP law firm contempt of court battle heats up

Stobbs has applied to strike out a contempt of court application filed against the firm and two of its lawyers

Max Walters, March 25 2026

Trademarks

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From reactive clearance to AI-powered brand intelligence

With trademark volumes surging, trademark teams need to think beyond traditional clearance searches, towards a continuous, intelligence-led workflow, says Meghan Medeiros of Corsearch

Meghan Medeiros, March 25 2026

Patents

‘Invisible benefits’: tech push by Brazilian law firms leaves clients unconvinced

Brazilian in-house counsel say law firms’ technology investments have not translated into tangible benefits, meaning tech use is a minor factor when selecting advisers

Sanjana Mishra, March 25 2026

Trademarks

Weekly take: Why diversity mandates won’t lead to inclusivity

A lack of comfort among some salaried partners shows why law firms must actively foster inclusion, not merely focus on diversity mandates

Sukanya Sarkar, March 24 2026

Trademarks

ECIJA hires 12-lawyer TM team from Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Arrival of Laura Alonso, alongside a team of 11, will bring ‘significant value’ to ECIJA clients, says CEO

March 24 2026

Patents

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Overturning Chinese invalidation decisions: timelines and procedures

In the first of a two-part article, lawyers at Spruson & Ferguson and Marshall Gerstein provide an overview of China’s system for appealing against patent invalidation decisions

Siqi Wang, March 23 2026

Patents

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‘Always work in tandem’: how IP is driving corporate deals

Lawyers and corporate leaders at INTA’s Business of M&A conference in New York discussed how cross-practice collaboration and early in-house involvement can help deals

Sanjana Mishra, March 23 2026

Patents

Preservation and persuasion: inside Morrison Foerster’s ITC victory against GoPro

Lily Li, partner at Morrison Foerster, shares how her litigation team helped secure victory at the ITC in a patent infringement case

Sanjana Mishra, March 23 2026

Trademarks

This week on MIP: WTO to vet China’s royalty-setting practices | OpenAI, Anthropic sued again

Top talking points also included news of an appellate ruling concerning ‘Pisco’ and Indian drugmakers gearing up to launch generic versions of Ozempic as Novo Nordisk’s patent expires

Sukanya Sarkar, March 20 2026