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Featured in Special Report 2024 Q2: Money, money, money

28 June 2024

Securing legal finance for patent monetisation

Featured in Special Report 2024 Q2: Money, money, money

28 June 2024

UPC to miss timeline targets in several SEP cases, despite prioritising speedy proceedings

SEP disputes and other complex infringement spats are taking longer than expected at Europe’s new court

27 June 2024

What drives business divorces and how to protect trade secrets during separations 

Gregory Brown, lawyer at Hill Ward Henderson, shares tips for handling soured corporate relationships and an unusual trade secret case 

27 June 2024

UPC’s first ever pharma preliminary injunction decisions add to patentees’ losing streak

Alexion Pharmaceuticals denied PI requests against biosimilar eculizumab producers Amgen and Samsung Bioepis

27 June 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

Patent eligibility question on verdict forms – a new opportunity for patent holders?

When juries answer the question about Alice’s “inventive concept” prong, patentees won 44% of the time and partially won another 11%

26 June 2024

Supreme People’s Court redefines use in trade secret infringement case with record-breaking damages award 

Featured in Trade Secrets Hub 2024

The Supreme People’s Court is providing stronger protection for trade secrets in a recent high-profile ruling. The judgment highlights the court’s inference of infringement during litigation and sets a new precedent for Chinese courts deciding on trade secret matters. 

26 June 2024

WiLAN buying portfolios, striking licences in first year as private monetisation firm

On the anniversary of Canadian patent licensing firm WiLAN’s sale to private investors, CEO Andrew Parolin boasts of a very successful 12 months in an exclusive IAM interview

25 June 2024

Randomly assigned WDTX judges handle major patent motions differently to Judge Alan Albright

Docket Navigator data shows how randomly assigned Western District of Texas judges are ruling on IPR stays, convenience transfers, dismissal motions and summary judgment

24 June 2024

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