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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

Former AON IP Solutions CEO Lewis Lee launches new AI-fuelled analytics platform with Aon-acquired IP

Moat Metrics Inc offers a SaaS product enabling investors and decision-makers to understand more fully how IP is a business asset and wield that intelligence to build value

26 June 2024

How new technologies are reshaping IP and deal terms in life sciences transactions

Each speciality comes with its own challenges and risks which shape how deals are negotiated and structured – and there is no ‘one-size fits all’ approach

26 June 2024

Canon scoops first place in Japan’s top patent filers of 2023

Sony Group Corp’s and NTT’s application surges stand out among declining Japanese filings

25 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

Culture is crucial for patent team leadership, says Nokia’s Jenni Lukander

The 2024 IP Hall of Fame inductee speaks to IAM about everything from Finnish philosophy to new areas of SEP licensing as well as the threat posed by the EU’s proposed SEP licensing regulation

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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