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New IAM legal research tool aids busy patent professionals in the global licensing landscape

“Primary Sources” can fast-forward your queries about jurisdictions around the world

AI is posing many challenges but we are finding ways to overcome them, says US Copyright Office Director

Shira Perlmutter, one of this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees, speaks to IAM about her career and the big issues currently facing the copyright world

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

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USPTO sorting through comments on AI-assisted inventorship guidance

IBM, Qualcomm, Google, Amazon and Novartis agree that inventors must be humans but views vary on the legal test the USPTO is using

17 May 2024

Chief IP counsel must boost trust to improve innovator diversity

Improving workforce culture is one of four cornerstones in the US’s new National Strategy for Inclusive Innovation and new research on trust and patenting provides concrete recommendations

15 May 2024

The US Defend Trade Secrets Act eight years on

IAM spoke to James Pooley, a Silicon Valley lawyer who was instrumental in the DTSA’s creation, to reflect on the changes it has brought in and what’s coming next

14 May 2024

China worries loom in wake of US non-compete clause ban

While the move has been applauded for its benefits for low-wage workers, it potentially leaves the US vulnerable on the international stage

10 May 2024

The EU AI Act is a brave new world for IP executives

Rising to the challenge will require strategic foresight and rapid re-deployment of resources and priorities, experts at PA Consulting say

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