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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

Pantech sues OnePlus again over cellular SEPs

The new suit comes just before a trial in a previous dispute between the South Korean phone manufacturer-turned-non-practising entity and Chinese smartphone brand

21 March 2024

Sisvel and RPX strike major video coding patent deal

The organisations have repeated their two-way-aggregation approach that previously produced an agreement in the fraught Wi-Fi SEP space

12 January 2024

Avanci launches new video codec patent programme for streaming services

Fourth new Avanci platform of the year unveiled with 25 licensors

18 October 2023

Meet this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees - Dale Cendali

Our second entrant to the canon this year is an accomplished copyright litigator who has represented a slew of famous clients in high-profile cases, including 20th Century Fox and Victoria’s Secret at the US Supreme Court

26 September 2023

There is so much more to IP value than monetisation

A recent IAM article that cast doubts on whether patents, trademarks and other rights can normally be regarded as standalone assets distinct from the entities that own them sparked a big response. This led its author, Joff Wild, to do some further thinking

07 September 2023

Meet Meta’s patents team, in which diversity strengthens strategy, acquisitions and licensing

Through a series of exclusive interviews with IAM, Meta’s patents, licensing and open-source leaders take us inside their patent strategy

23 August 2023

Video codec technologies: relevance, implementation and licensing uncertainty

Igor Nikolic, of the European University Institute, takes a close look at the video code landscape and implications for streaming services providers

12 July 2023

Patent families sold for $83,000 average in latest AST IP3 sale

One patent seller seeking $1 billion didn’t find a buyer among the likes of AST members Cisco, Google and Microsoft, however, 36 deals were done which garnered $3.12 million

07 June 2023

IP Hall of Fame inductees for 2023 revealed

Lionel Bently K.C., Margaret ‘Meg’ Boulware, Dale Cendali and Brian Hinman are the four individuals selected for induction this year.

22 May 2023

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