Industry: Consumer & retail

Historic moment as UPC hands down two full decisions within 24 hours of each other

The Unified Patent Court has handed patentees a win and a loss in its first on-the-merits rulings

04 July 2024

Dutch businesses increasingly proactive about trade secret misappropriation

The volume of cases appears to be picking up pace in the Netherlands with key rulings offering guidance on confidentiality clubs and patenting of misappropriated trade secrets

04 July 2024

Nokia secures first video streaming platform deal, boosting licensing revenue from new segments

Licence is a big breakthrough in the multimedia space for the Finnish company

03 July 2024

The rising role of online marketplaces in patent enforcement

In an increasingly digital world, some businesses are seeking the assistance of online marketplaces for cheaper, quasi-judicial patent enforcement

03 July 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

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

Xiaomi sued at UPC by new Atlantic IP NPE following major patent transfer

NPEs seem to prefer the new European court to US courts when targeting the Chinese phone maker, which has become one of the Unified Patent Court’s most pursued defendants

03 June 2024

Lenovo denied UK injunction against Ericsson as tactical gambit falls flat

Device-maker suffers setback in battle to have global dispute determined by English courts

31 May 2024

Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report Q1 2024

Featured in Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report

In this edition, our team puts the magnifying glass to Docket Navigator data on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board – case filing trends, institution success, IPR outcomes, and party and firm rankings

22 May 2024

UK Court of Appeal decision will shape the future of AI patenting

The first instance Emotional Perception ruling made things easier for Artificial Neural Network patentees, but left several important questions unanswered

17 May 2024

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