This week in IP: Samsung top PTAB petitioner, UPC faces more delay, Michael Jordan wins... Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Charlotte Kilpatrick & Ed Conlon & Max Walters & Rani Mehta January 15 2021
Counsel: Europe not ‘losing ground’ in IoT race EPO report suggests Europe is lagging behind when it comes to patent filings for connected devices and AI By Max Walters January 13 2021
New UPC complaints filed in Germany Germany’s top constitutional court confirms it has received two complaints regarding the UPC Agreement By Max Walters December 22 2020
Women in Business Law Awards Asia-Pacific 2020 – Winners announced By Managing IP Correspondent December 10 2020
‘Endurance test’: counsel react to EPO’s virtual exams Lawyers say the EPO may need to be lenient for next year’s virtual exams, which will provide a test run for a potentially paper-free future By Max Walters December 09 2020
António Campinos: AI-inventor dilemma will take ‘years’ to solve EPO president discusses AI inventorship rules and video hearings, and explains why staff will eventually return to the office By Max Walters November 24 2020
EPO virtual policy turns screw on video shirkers EPO president Campinos says the time is right for virtual hearings, while in-house counsel offer mixed views on the benefits of video conferences By Max Walters November 18 2020
Generics on virtual EPO oppositions: ‘force patentees to join’ Fresenius Kabi, Gedeon Richter, Insud and three others suggest patentees are refusing to attend virtual oppositions to unfairly stall critical invalidations By Patrick Wingrove October 01 2020
Opinion: It won’t be courts that drive virtual litigation Citizens rather than courts are more likely to shape the future of virtual litigation, despite the success of remote trials By Ed Conlon September 17 2020
