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Top five Brexit priorities – critiquing the UK IP profession’s view

The UK IP profession has set out five key areas where action is needed to ensure continuity and certainty as the UK government prepares to leave the EU. Managing IP provides commentary on them

January 10 2018

En banc Federal Circuit rules IPR time-bar determinations are appealable

In Wi-Fi One v Broadcom, the Federal Circuit has held the time-bar determinations for instituting IPR at the PTAB are appealable. Observers believe this may foreshadow similar decisions for other areas of reviewability

January 09 2018

IP cases to look out for in Europe in 2018

Hip hop music, the Louboutin red sole shoes and copyright protection for food are among the subjects of disputes pending before the European courts. Managing IP provides a guide to some of the more significant cases coming up this year

January 05 2018

China tipped for doubling in NPE patent suits in 2018, but hindrances remain

Non-practicing entities are looking to take advantage of China’s courts, with some predicting at least a doubling of NPE patent cases in 2018. But a number of factors act as deterrents in China, meaning plaintiffs need to know how to play the game

Karry Lai, January 04 2018

Brazil’s emergency procedure to reset patent backlog loses momentum

A potential procedure to fast-track the approval of more than 230,000 pending patent applications in Brazil, which some expected before the end of 2017, has not yet been published

January 04 2018

Highlights from the MIP European Patent Forum USA

Topics discussed at our recent European Patent Forum USA included the potential timeline for Germany ratifying the UPC, FRAND after Unwired Planet v Huawei, the patentability of computer-implemented inventions at the EPO, patent enforcement strategies in Europe and hot tubbing of experts in the UK

January 03 2018

Mexico IP focus is now online

Our Mexico intellectual property focus is now available to read online for free, including articles on the trade mark opposition system, interpretation of patent claims and new life for industrial designs and geographical indications

January 03 2018

PTAB designates CBM review eligibility decision as precedential

September 2017’s Facebook v Skky, explaining the determination of covered business method patent review eligibility, is the 11th AIA trial decision to be deemed precedential

January 03 2018

SiriusXM, Technicolor, IP Australia, USPTO, Facebook, RPX, Lego, Andrei Iancu, DOJ – the week in IP

Ellie Mertens rounds up recent intellectual property news, including the Copyright Royalty Board’s increase of SiriusXM’s royalty payments, Technicolor’s plan to sell its patent licensing business, the USPTO’s efforts to modernise online applications, Facebook’s disclosure of IP issues, the valuation of RPX’s shares, Lego’s copyright win in China, Andrei Iancu’s approval by a Senate committee, the DOJ’s launch of a worldwide IP enforcement network, and the release of a draft of Australia’s IP amendments

December 21 2017

Brazil’s PTO may soon release emergency measure to reset patent backlog

The BPTO may publish a rule next week that would fast-track the process of granting patents whose applications are pending in Brazil. The emergency procedure would grant 230,000 pending applications unless patent owners opt out

December 20 2017

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