Tech slams ‘crony capitalist’ PTAB rule fuelling Texas rise Cisco and another of the four plaintiffs in Apple v Iancu, and Facebook and others set out why the 'capricious' NHK-Fintiv rule had to be challenged By Patrick Wingrove September 18 2020
Podcast: Nokia, Audi and Bird & Bird debate FRAND Richard Vary, Clemens Heusch and Matthias Schneider reveal their views on component-level versus end-point licensing and Unwired Planet By Patrick Wingrove September 16 2020
Pharma fears corruption of ‘hugely successful’ Bayh-Dole Act Counsel at Pfizer, Novartis and Wolf Greenfield, and one of the bill’s authors, are concerned that COVID could compel parties to misuse a 40-year-old act that stimulates US innovation By Patrick Wingrove September 14 2020
This week in IP: in-house balance budgets, DoJ updates IEEE letter, Sharp beats Daimler Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Patrick Wingrove September 11 2020
Auto counsel give tips on IP department integration At this year’s Autolex forum, IP counsel at Honda, Uber, Bosch and AGC Automotive revealed how they add the most value within their businesses By Patrick Wingrove September 07 2020
How auto companies make IP strategies that suit their needs At this year’s Autolex forum, counsel at Visteon, Uber, ZF and Nissan revealed how they choose between patents, trade secrets and open innovation By Patrick Wingrove September 04 2020
PTAB: tech fears stoked by rumours of sweeping rules package Intel, Unified Patents and others are concerned that the USPTO will codify precedential decisions on discretionary IPR denials – and perhaps go further By Patrick Wingrove September 03 2020
PTAB memo creates consistency but ‘shows pro-patent agenda’ Lawyers suggest that while new USPTO guidance on applicant admitted prior art does harmonise the law, it also waters down the potency of post-grant petitions By Patrick Wingrove August 31 2020
DoJ v FTC: is an end to the fight in sight? In-house and private practice lawyers lay out the doubt that has been raised by the competing ideologies of the country’s two antitrust enforcement agencies By Patrick Wingrove August 27 2020
In-house counsel reveal how they made record patent gains Counsel at MasterCard, Capital One and elsewhere explain how they improved their IP harvesting, prosecution and management processes to grow their portfolios successfully By Patrick Wingrove August 21 2020
