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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

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

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

IP litigator Ken Adamo has joined Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago after nearly 30 years with Jones Day.

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

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn has grown its IP litigation group with three new partners. Jamal Edwards joins the firm's Detroit office. He is a former partner of Kirkland & Ellis, a former regional counsel for the IBM Corporation in Chicago and a former executive with Equifax.

Long-time supervisory patent examiner Robin Evans will manage the USPTO's first satellite patent office: the Elijah J McCoy office in Detroit, Michigan, which opened on July 13. The 25 examiners and 11 administrative law judges who started July 16, however, will be trained remotely by supervisors in Alexandria and will report to commissioner for patents Peggy Focarino and director David Kappos. The office is expected to spur local job growth and is the first step in a larger expansion of the Office. Managing IP's September issue will report from the new Detroit office.

Ultramercial’s request for a Federal Circuit review, the Seattle Seahawks’ aggressive IP strategy, a Beastie Boys motion for fees in a copyright case, the most sarcastic SCOTUS Justice, Copyright Week, and Michelle Lee’s Senate hearing were in the IP headlines this week

The firms of the year and cases of the year in the US and Canada, as awarded at the North America Awards in Washington, DC last month. Plus in-house and individual achievement awards