Opinion

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

06 July 2024

IP is a global business

Saturday Opinion: China is becoming increasingly self-sufficient, but complex technologies make innovation hard to achieve alone

29 June 2024

It’s time to switch up patent case policies in the Western District of Texas

Saturday Opinion: Patent holders crave judges with experience and case progress predictability – and there’s a way to achieve it

22 June 2024

The German cartel office’s LNG endorsement has opened a can of SEP worms

Saturday Opinion: The Bundeskartellamt’s decision to give the green light to an automotive licensing negotiation group could stir up further disputes among licensors and licensees

15 June 2024

It’s who is in the room that matters: counting the hours to IPBC Global 2024

USPTO Director Kathi Vidal and Nokia Technologies President Jenni Lukander are joining us this year, underscoring why IPBC is the leading IP value creation event in the world

08 June 2024

Europe’s communications technology leadership at stake

Saturday Opinion: Nokia’s Chief Licensing Officer Mobile Devices Susanna Martikainen says it is not too late to make crucial changes to the SEP regulation to limit adverse consequences

01 June 2024

Why an inclusive and diverse patent profession is the future

We need to ensure those that are starting on the long journey to becoming patent practitioners have the support they need to be successful, says ADAPT.legal Co-founder Steve Gong

27 May 2024

The UPC may be reaching a turning point for pharma patent cases

Saturday Opinion: Use of the pan-European court by drug patentees picks up pace as Sanofi takes aim at four generics

25 May 2024

USPTO rule proposal risks harming continuation application strategies

Saturday Opinion: Patent challengers would see a huge benefit and major decrease in costs, but the opposite could be said of innovators

18 May 2024

China’s SEP pool creation efforts require overseas input

Saturday Opinion: China needs to look beyond domestic subsidies for joint licensing of essential patents to really take off

11 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

Harnessing AI in IP strategy: a tale of innovation and triumph

Saturday Opinion: Artificial intelligence can move beyond being merely tools into embodiments of what can be achieved when resilience meets innovative technology

27 April 2024

Commercialisation of trade secrets remains elusive for many, but revenue streams are there to be had

At this week’s IAM Live: Trade Secret Strategy Europe event, only 11% of companies attending said they have an effective process in place to monetise trade secrets. IAM’s Maia Biermann reflects on why

20 April 2024

Navigating the intellectual property maze in the age of AI news anchors

Saturday Opinion: AI avatars are emblematic of the speed of advancements and IP strategists need to think now about how to adjust their approaches

13 April 2024

IP as real estate – and the true nature, direction and speed of IP disclosures

Saturday Opinion: Joshua Walker, CEO of System.Legal Corp turns a critical eye on the status quo and calls for a common language of disclosure

06 April 2024

India’s sovereign patent fund plans risk driving out innovation

Saturday Opinion: At a time when India is becoming increasingly important in enforcement, a proposed interventionist licensing regime threatens the country’s image as patentee-friendly

30 March 2024

Patent prosecution highways: just a faster route to the same end

Saturday Opinion: Putting a roadblock in the way of Chinese entities accessing the US through the PPH will not impact technology competition between the global superpowers

23 March 2024

The time for Asia-Pacific executives to place their IP bets is now

Saturday Opinion: The region’s CEOs have reached an inflection point. The business models and strategies succeeding today offer no guarantee of survival tomorrow

16 March 2024

When you don’t want to compete, blame patents

Saturday Opinion: The competitive threat Chinese entities pose to the US is real but attacking this by undermining patent law will exacerbate rather than solve the problem

02 March 2024

The European Commission’s SEPs proposal is an own goal. It should be rejected.

Saturday Opinion: It appears that the file is being pushed through parliament in record time and in defiance of a chorus of expert critics

24 February 2024