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The Unitary Patent has passed 100,000 registrations, but new data raises the question of whether 30% uptake is a ceiling or a staging post for further growth, say Michael Nielsen and Darren Smyth of EIP and Andrew Samm at Patently
October 19, 2026
Features list
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Olga Partington, director in Sterne Kessler’s biotechnology and chemical practice group, shares why a patent's vulnerability peaks when it is young, rather than when it is most valuable, under the PTAB's new framework -
McDermott Will & Schulte lawyers explore why the UPC is seeing rapid adoption by medtech for fast-moving disputes, while pharma and biotech take a cautious, selective approach over revocation risks
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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
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Todd Hopfinger, director in Sterne Kessler’s electronics practice group, says IP owners are contemplating how patent rights will be enforced as commercial activity expands beyond Earth
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From cross-border jurisdiction to the end of the transitional period, Powell Gilbert’s Ioana Sabau and Bryce Matthewson predict the biggest talking points ahead
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Thomas Lonsdale and Hsu Min Chung of HGF explore the practical impact of the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal’s decision in G1/25 and its interplay with G1/24
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Joran Michiels of IPSILON Belgium examines how recent EPO and UPC decisions may support inventive-step arguments for CARs, ADCs, bispecific antibodies, and other next-generation therapeutics
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Khin Myo Myo Aye and Niko Myint Soe of Tilleke & Gibbins explain why evidence of trademark use remains crucial in Myanmar for establishing distinctiveness, well-known status, and stronger enforcement rights
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The National Assembly has moved swiftly after the US Trade Representative designated Vietnam a ‘Priority Foreign Country’, report Linh Duy Mai and Giang Hoang Bach of TGVN, the local associate of Tilleke & Gibbins
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Senior legal practitioners of Licks Attorneys explain how antibody characterisation during prosecution can shape patent scope, validity, and enforcement in Brazil, with lessons from the US Amgen v Sanofi decision
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Ranjan Narula and Daleep Kumar of RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys examine a Delhi High Court ruling that could reshape forum selection and territorial jurisdiction in Indian online intellectual property disputes
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Direnç Bada and Atahan Erkul of Gün + Partners analyse a Turkish ruling that clarifies the allocation of costs following the seizure of infringing products and strengthens protections for trademark owners