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A Federal Circuit judge issued a call to “review our willfulness jurisprudence” in a concurrence in Bard Peripheral Vascular v WL Gore & Associates, in which the Federal Circuit affirmed a judgment on willfulness in a long-running case

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Katrina Burchell, the former head of Unilever's trade mark team has joined UK firm Irwin Mitchell. Burchell began her career in trade marks at Allied Lyons before moving to ICI and Wildbore & Gibbons. She joined Unilever in 1997 where she became head of the global trade mark team. She notably oversaw the outsourcing of the administration of Unilever's 160,000 trade marks – the world's largest trade mark portfolio – to Baker & McKenzie in 2007. In 2012 Burchell joined French luxury goods company PPR as group IP director, splitting her time between Paris and London and managing a portfolio that includes Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.

The world's leading patent firms in Asia, as ranked by Managing IP's research team in Hong Kong

The US patent system is under the microscope as yet more IP legislation is proposed. Meanwhile, the US rankings see some notable changes at the top. Michael Loney, New York

Managing IP’s analysis of Docket Navigator data on July’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitioners, patent owners, law firms and attorneys reveals TCL topped the petitioner rankings with its first IPRs

This week’s settlement between HTC and Apple means an end to at least 10 unresolved lawsuits across three countries involving around 39 patents and 21 firms. Here is a look at some of the patents the Apple-HTC agreement will cover, and the myriad firms representing the two companies

The biggest PCT firms in the world revealed

Last month marked the fourth anniversary of Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings becoming available. While early cases suggested that the Board would be a graveyard for patents, in the past year a more nuanced picture has emerged. Michael Loney identifies 10 issues to watch

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is taking a harder line on institution, while PTAB watchers eagerly await a face-off at the Supreme Court over claim construction and the Federal Circuit increasingly pulls the Board up on procedural issues