The Economic Case Against Licensing Negotiation Groups in the Internet of Things

Senate committee advances Biden's USPTO, Federal Circuit picks

Two of President Biden's key nominations related to intellectual property law moved closer to confirmation on Thursday, when the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced them to the full Senate for a final vote.

'The system worked:' Canadian CEO of Sonos hopes his takedown of Google inspires other upstarts

IPO Webinar Provides 2021 Year-End Case Law Review

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "2021 Year-End Case Law Review" on January 21, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET). Paul Berghoff of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Gregory...

IPO Webinar Provides 2021 Year-End Case Law Review

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "2021 Year-End Case Law Review" on January 21, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET). Paul Berghoff of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Gregory...

Drafting AI Patent Applications For Success At The EPO (1) – Patent Eligibility And Claim Drafting - Intellectual Property - UK

At the EPO, AI inventions may be deemed technical, and therefore patent eligible, in two ways or "dimensions".

This week in IP: Vidal and Stark nominations progress, Singapore passes major IP bill, and more

US patent grants decline while China’s rise; Spotify beats Potify at TTAB; COVID patent data revealed; EUIPO touts SME fund; INTA urges EU law alignment

$2,000 for Setala Juha prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,495,167 . The patent is owned by Setala Juha, an NPE. The '167 patent generally relates to data...

$22,000 for III Holdings prior art — Unified Patents

On January 13, 2022, Unified added 11 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of the list below. The patents are owned by III Holdings, LLC. The contests will all end on April 15, 2022....

Current Revocation Rates In German Patent Nullity Proceedings - Intellectual Property - Germany

This article presents the current revocation rates with respect to granted patents in Germany on the basis of the case law of the German Nullity Senates of the German Federal Patent Court

No Pulp, No Fiction - NFTs And Contracts - Intellectual Property - UK

A few weeks ago we reported on a dispute involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with stormtrooper helmets from the Star Wars franchise.

$2,000 for HY LIT Radio Tech prior art — Unified Patents

On January 4, 2022, Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,793,330 . The patent is owned by HY LIT Radio Technologies Inc., an NPE. The ‘330 patent generally...

Another MicroPairing patent challenged — Unified Patents

On January 4, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 7,178,049 , owned by MicroParing Technologies LLC, an NPE. The '049 patent is generally directed to managing applications in a multi-processor system...

Dolby Patents Are Being Used in Patent-Trolling Activity Against GNU/Linux, But Dolby is Said to Be a GPL Violator

Dolby's serial litigation strategy seems to have come into conflict with Free-as-in-freedom software -- the very same software Dolby is happy to exploit without complying with the copyleft licence

Access Advance licence is non-FRAND, rules Regional Court Düsseldorf - JUVE Patent

For the first time, a German court has found member licenses owned by Access Advance for video content to be non-FRAND.

Rothschild entity Display Technologies patent challenged — Unified Patents

On January 6, 2022, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) against U.S. Patent 9,300,723 . The ‘723 patent is owned by Display Technologies, LLC, an entity affiliated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M....