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Licensing trade secrets: a ‘nuanced and risky’ endeavour

Bundling various forms of IP increases the value of a deal but precautions need to be taken in case the parties end up in court

28 June 2024

Chinese courts can now set SEP rates for foreign patent pools

Landmark Supreme People’s Court decision is a win for TCL in long-running dispute against Access Advance

27 June 2024

Patent eligibility question on verdict forms – a new opportunity for patent holders?

When juries answer the question about Alice’s “inventive concept” prong, patentees won 44% of the time and partially won another 11%

26 June 2024

Former AON IP Solutions CEO Lewis Lee launches new AI-fuelled analytics platform with Aon-acquired IP

Moat Metrics Inc offers a SaaS product enabling investors and decision-makers to understand more fully how IP is a business asset and wield that intelligence to build value

26 June 2024

Randomly assigned WDTX judges handle major patent motions differently to Judge Alan Albright

Docket Navigator data shows how randomly assigned Western District of Texas judges are ruling on IPR stays, convenience transfers, dismissal motions and summary judgment

24 June 2024

Lenovo files another UPC counterattack – this time against Asustek

Chinese company is one of very few smartphone/computer companies asserting its patents at the Unified Patent Court

24 June 2024

Interesting Alice issue arises in case where Amazon owes $122 million for ad tech infringement

Most of the time courts resolve patent eligibility issues pre-trial but here the jury decided the second prong on “inventive concept” – in the patent holder’s favour

21 June 2024

New NPE NovaCloud to license 152 former Ericsson patent assets 

The global portfolio of 40 patent families covers cloud computing and data centre technology and potential licensees include Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, IBM, Oracle and Salesforce

19 June 2024

Experts push back against House hearing discussion on patent litigation finance disclosure

Patent lawsuit financiers and patentees’ counsel are crossing their fingers that Representative Darrell Issa’s upcoming bill on litigation finance disclosure will not go too far

19 June 2024

Delta Electronics pivots patent strategy from ‘passive defensive’ to ‘proactive offensive’

The company is increasing its monetisation focus to help achieve its ambitious two-digit growth goal, says general counsel Karl Yeh

18 June 2024

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