Data Analysis

Royal KPN just scored $287M against Samsung. Here’s a look at its litigation track record

Just like a previous Netlist Inc-Samsung dispute, KPN alleged that the South Korean electronics maker breached the terms of a previous patent licence agreement

05 March 2024

Worrisome regulatory proposals threaten US, Europe IP protections, report says

The US, UK, and France were the top three scorers overall in the 2024 edition of the International IP Index by the US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center

04 March 2024

Ping! You’ve been sued: Meet the NPE that’s widely asserting push notification patents

Since 2020, Push Data, an Equitable IP Corp entity, has been taking on major restaurants and retailers, and is upping the ante in 2024

26 February 2024

Preliminary injunction practice at Brazil’s leading patent courts

Rio court more likely to grant sales prohibitions than São Paolo counterpart, Clarivate data suggests

21 February 2024

Meet the Irish NPE that is suing automakers and tech companies

Atlantic IP Services-associated entity defeated in latest declaratory judgment action filed by BMW Group

19 February 2024

China’s Scihead IP Group retains top spot for most PCT applications in 2023

Chinese and Japanese law firms dominated the rankings table of the 50 law and attorney firms filing the highest volume of published PCT applications last year

15 February 2024

Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report Q4 2023

Featured in Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report

Patent cases hit 10-year low point while the Western District of Texas was knocked off the most popular patent court top spot 

14 February 2024

Trade secret awareness growing in France but case law lacking  

It has been over five years since the country transposed the EU Trade Secrets Directive but limited access to court decisions and no damages outcomes means guidance is scarce for IP owners

13 February 2024

The file-and-dismiss patent assertion entity suing Verizon, AT&T, Ericsson

RecepTrexx has filed 35 district court cases in nine months, but some of them don’t even last a week

12 February 2024

The Diversity Pledge has boosted women inventor rates, survey suggests

“What is interesting is that all patenting went up. Male inventors also increased,” states Suzanne Harrison, co-founder of Increasing Diversity in Innovation

08 February 2024

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