US accuses Russia of interfering with presidential election

US charges Russian media executives and alleges state broadcaster RT has paid Tennessee-based firm millions to pump out propaganda.

Counsel call for transparency in China’s bad-faith screening

Sources say China’s measures to tackle bad-faith patent filings have delivered mixed results, and genuine applicants are suffering because of its lack of transparency

How judges and lawyers are coping with court backlogs this year

Remote hearings and forum selection can help parties tackle backlogs, but they aren’t perfect solutions

InterDigital case will put Unwired Planet to test in UK: counsel

The major FRAND trial will test how UK courts grapple with jurisdictional issues in the global SEP market, in-house and law firm sources tell Managing IP

The EU’s UPC launch is imminent – here’s what IP strategists need to know

Companies must now make tough decisions about which rights to opt out of the new unified European patent system

Women in Business Law Awards Americas 2022: open for submissions

The Americas awards research cycle has now begun – don’t miss out on this opportunity to get recognised

USPTO must back up new TM sanctions with action: in-house

The USPTO should make sure it deters attorneys and filers from bad practices if it wants its new process to be effective, say sources

A closer look at Japan’s desirable patent system in the era of COVID-19

Takanori Abe of Abe & Partners previews potential suggested changes to Japan’s patent world

Team UPC Has Spread a Dozen or So Fake News Headlines With Patently False Claims, Which It's Unable and Unwilling to Justify

Classic Team UPC, dancing around the actual facts and ignoring constitutions as well as basic laws

JUVE's survey respondents favour German and French Judges for the UPC bench and Paris to replace the third central division previously held by London - LoupedIn

We previously reported that JUVE were conducting a survey on who they wanted to serve as Judges in the UPC. Results have been published here (UPC favourites: French and German judges dominate) and here (Majority of patent community still in favour...

German DABUS ruling could plot road to AI inventorship

A decision from the Federal Patent Court could be the most pragmatic solution to emerge from the debate so far, sources say

Exclusive: Congress watchdog investigating director’s PTAB power

The Government Accountability Office has launched a review of the decision-making processes at the PTAB, it confirmed to Managing IP

Patents

IEEE patent policy decision looms; Big Q3 for Ericsson royalties; Medtech IP deal surge; Volvo Group’s Avanci 4G licence; DoorDash lands IBM portfolio; plus much more | IAM

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