Top 2020 US patentees reveal prosecution strategies Micron, Toyota and others reveal how they engage examiners, divide patent prosecution work and overcome Section 101 issues By Rani Mehta January 29 2021
This week in IP: litigation backlog demands rethink, Amazon wins TM ruling, Continental... Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Charlotte Kilpatrick & Max Walters & Rani Mehta January 29 2021
Munich CJEU referral potential injunction ‘game changer’ Telecoms and pharma sources explain how altered validity standards would create new winners and losers in preliminary injunction proceedings By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 28 2021
LMG Rising Stars Awards Americas 2020 – Winners Announced! All of the winning up-and-coming stars in their countries and practice areas have been announced by Legal Media Group By Ed Conlon January 28 2021
Virtual trials creating hurdles for expert witness testimony IP litigators relay their recent experience of the logistical challenges of extracting witness testimony in an online courtroom By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 28 2021
Five NPEs reveal new IP monetisation plans Blackbird, Dominion Harbor, Acacia, Endpoint IP and Harfang IP share their goals for a pandemic-wrought 2021, including buying up cheap divested patents By Patrick Wingrove January 28 2021
UK IP judiciary ‘back to where it was’ with new judge James Mellor QC’s promotion to the High Court has restored lawyers’ confidence in the judiciary’s IP capabilities By Max Walters January 27 2021
Incoming health secretary unnerves pharma in-house counsel Senior in-house sources in innovator and generic drug companies reveal to Managing IP that they’re concerned about Xavier Becerra’s pharma antitrust record By Patrick Wingrove January 25 2021
Plaintiffs consider bench trials to combat litigation backlog Four in-house counsel, two private practice lawyers and one judge, Alan Albright, reveal how courts and lawyers are managing the COVID-induced trial holdup By Rani Mehta January 22 2021
This week in IP: WSOU most litigious NPE, UK appoints new IP judge, Trump appointees re... Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Patrick Wingrove January 22 2021
In-house: new university patent pool will ease licensing efforts Sources from Columbia University, Nantero and Viziv Technologies reflect on whether the University Technology Licensing Program will make licensing easier By Rani Mehta January 21 2021
Anti-anti-suit injunctions create ‘risky’ FRAND playing fields Industry sources say the friction in Ericsson v Samsung illustrates a rising trend of unhealthy FRAND negotiation tactics By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 21 2021
Monoclonal antibody biosimilars pose unique IP challenges In-house sources from the biosimilar industry explain why ‘low inventive step’ and process patents keep new monoclonal antibodies off the market By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 21 2021
District court 2020 rankings: top plaintiffs, defendants and firms WSOU Investments filed the most cases, Google was the most sued business, and Rabicoff Law and Fish & Richardson were the busiest firms, according to new data By Patrick Wingrove January 20 2021
Five ways IP firms furthered diversity and inclusion last year Lawyers at Finnegan, Sterne Kessler, Haynes and Boone, Morrison & Foerster and Fish & Richardson reveal what they did through 2020 to improve D&I in their firms By Patrick Wingrove January 18 2021
Lawyers: Mexico's new damages court faces rough start Five Mexican IP lawyers reveal how they will adjust to a new law that allows Mexico's IP office to determine damages in infringement cases By Rani Mehta January 15 2021
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
USPTO should rework patent bar test rules, say in-house Counsel from IBM, Blaze Bioscience, and four other companies say the USPTO should expand the requirements for joining the patent bar to increase gender diversity By Rani Mehta January 14 2021
EU GMO Directive ‘stunts’ CRISPR patents Agricultural sources claim restrictive plant breeding regulations are holding back CRISPR patent filings in Europe By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 14 2021
Opinion: What open-source software can teach big pharma A new focus on early-stage collaborative medicine could revolutionise drug research By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 14 2021
The MIP Awards and IP STARS rankings 2021 Managing IP has released the timeline for publishing the results of the 2021 MIP Awards and IP STARS research By Kingsley Egbuonu January 14 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
Drug patent expiry in 2021: Opportunities and challenges in the Korean market Min Son of Hanol IP & Law looks ahead at the key deadlines in the South Korean drug patent market for 2021 By Hanol IP & Law & Min Son January 12 2021
Restricting the scope of claims by introducing disclaimers in Taiwan Chiu-ling Lin of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices explores recent clarifications by Taiwan’s IP Office in relation to the use of disclaimers By Chiu-Ling Lin & Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices January 12 2021
AT&T chief launches US IP Alliance; wants ‘every citizen to join’ IP CEO Scott Frank, former USPTO head David Kappos, and former Federal Circuit judge Paul Michel say the USIPA meets a dire need for public education on IP By Patrick Wingrove January 12 2021
PTAB 2020 rankings: top petitioners, patentees and law firms Samsung takes top petitioner status, Masimo is most challenged company, and Fish & Richardson clears up all law firm top spots, according to new data By Patrick Wingrove January 11 2021
UK practitioners call for ambitious post-Brexit IP vision Counsel say the UK should ensure it remains competitive by releasing its own IP action plan that includes SME incentives and updates to court procedures By Max Walters January 08 2021
This week in IP: EU watch list raises eyebrows, UK clones all EU marks, US slams COVID ... Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Patrick Wingrove January 08 2021
China set to introduce further protection for AI-related innovations Xiaoming Zhang of Liu Shen & Associates takes a closer look at the Draft for Comments to the Patent Examination Guidelines and discusses its positive approach towards AI-related applications By Liu Shen & Associates & Xiaoming Zhang January 07 2021
What counsel want from the new USPTO director Lawyers at Novartis, Siemens, Honeywell, Salesforce and elsewhere lay out the qualities and experience they think the new IP office head should have By Patrick Wingrove January 06 2021
