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Global Benchmarking: last chance to share IP practice insights

The deadline to complete the inaugural Global IP Benchmarking Survey is tomorrow and we want to hear from you. Please take a few minutes to share your input

10 June 2024

Federal Circuit creates patent holder headache in design patent obviousness ruling

Chief IP counsel must brace for the impact as the precedential LKQ Corp ruling might do to design patents what Alice did to utility patents, some practitioners warn

29 May 2024

Breaking siloes, IP communication and AI debate: INTA 2024

Here are our highlights from the world’s biggest IP event

23 May 2024

Amendments to Trademark Act impose stricter restrictions on trademark agents and introduce accelerated examination system

Anticipated changes to Taiwan’s trademark legislation have now come into force, requiring potential agents to register with the IP office and allowing applicants that meet certain criteria to file for accelerated examination in urgent cases. 

08 May 2024

Visiting Washington DC patent people filled me with optimism

Saturday Opinion: US Congress sentiment on patent reform has been swayed by national security concerns, Big Tech probes, and innovation stories that combat “patent troll” talk

04 May 2024

Have your say in the Global IP Benchmarking Survey  

IAM is joining forces with sister platform WTR to take the pulse of the IP industry across the globe

01 May 2024

Apple, Google targeted at UPC; IPBC China; FTC non-compete ban; Meta patent transfer; Chinese automaker licence; plus much more

Get ready for the new working week with a summary of all the stories posted on the IAM platform over the past seven days

28 April 2024

Using trade secrets strategy to steer a driverless software company to success 

Oxa’s Head of Licensing and IP Management Alex Tame explains his philosophy on efficient IP management in the nascent but competitive autonomous vehicle market

12 April 2024

IPwe’s bankruptcy takes a turn for the worse

Employees were furloughed and IPwe’s assets will be liquidated in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after Granicus IP – led by Erich Spangenberg – allegedly backed out of a $500,000 financing deal

26 March 2024

Bitcoin not Craig Wright’s invention, declares UK High Court following dramatic trial

Here’s what yesterday’s finding means for the Bitcoin IP landscape

15 March 2024

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