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  • The 182 inter partes review petitions filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in June was the most since June 2014. The month also saw two more post-grant review petitions as well as the Board instituting the first ever PGR proceedings
  • Trade mark association MARQUES is running a survey to find out more about its members and other IP professionals, and it closes on July 27
  • Managing IP analyses the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board so far this year, using Docket Navigator. The first half was notable for petitions from automotive companies and the Coalition for Affordable Drugs, while an Acacia Research subsidiary was the most targeted entity
  • Many IP and competition lawyers have reacted to last week’s ruling from the CJEU in the Huawei v ZTE case regarding standard-essential patents and FRAND licensing. Here are some key quotes
  • The UK government has launched a consultation on increasing the maximum prison sentence for commercial-scale online copyright infringement from two to 10 years
  • The EU’s Unitary Patent and UPC system is getting closer to becoming a reality. Contracts have been awarded for work to commence on the UPC IT system, and the Preparatory Committee met on July 10 to discuss matters including the final version of the UPC Rules of Procedure.
  • Luxembourg, France, Germany and the UK will host important sections of the UPC. Managing IP finds out about the buildings likely to be used, and what practitioners make of the plans
  • In August and September, Managing IP will be hosting events in Singapore and Shanghai that will explore some of the biggest IP developments from around the world and featuring some of the most respected experts in the region
  • The UK government has launched a consultation on enabling designers to mark their products with a web link, rather than having to attach the registered design numbers to the product.
  • The Innovation Act being put on hold, a reduction of the Blurred Lines award, the USPTO updating on its Enhance Patent Quality initiative, Newegg receiving good news, US trade mark applications increasing, public patent licensing companies having a strong quarter, and Goebbels’ estate being awarded royalties were in the IP headlines in the past week