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27 August 2025 The AI platform settles an historic class-action lawsuit over the use of pirated books to train its Claude AI, following key rulings on fair use and class certification.
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Trademarks
In most cases, the General Court is the final level of appeal for EU trademark disputes. Olivier Lombardo of Dennemeyer & Associates analyses five of the most compelling decisions from this year so far.
Patents
From setting a clear overall strategy to drafting high-quality claims, Christopher Wheeler and Gerald Murphy of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch explain how to reduce patent prosecution expenditure and obtain better IP protection.
AI
Courts in China are increasingly rejecting ‘algorithmic neutrality’ as a defence in AI cases—and businesses need to adapt, say Xiaojun Guo and Hongxia Wu of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office.
Copyright
Non-fungible tokens provide an unprecedented space for African creators to share their stories and traditions with the world, but awareness of varying copyright laws is essential, explains Isabella Becaro Pinho of Inventa.
Trademarks
Hui Zhuang of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office discusses several strategies to increase the chance of pharmaceutical or food trademarks that include ingredients being registered.
Patents
The UK High Court recently granted Samsung an interim licence—a first for the English patents court. Richard Pinckney and Nicholas Round of Bristows examine why, how and what its impact could be.
Patents
A patent fee structure being mooted in the US could hurt the innovation economy, and will likely face backlash from businesses, writes Paul Hunter of Foley.
Patents
Powerful patents lie behind the latest breakthroughs in sports—helping athletes train effectively, recover faster, and perform at their peak, explains Marisol Cardoso of Inventa.
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Patents
20 August 2025 The country would be the only common-law, native English-speaking jurisdiction to participate in the UPC—if it joins. But any referendum campaign "needs to capture the public imagination".
Careers
20 August 2025 Firm says addition of team is a “big step” towards expanding its IP and technology litigation capabilities across the US.
Patents
19 August 2025 Key ruling for British tech company has important implications for court’s application of ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ and use of ‘anchor defendants’.
Trade secrets
18 August 2025 Results are out for this year’s one-of-a-kind rankings, detailing the year’s most significant trade secrets matters around the world and which attorneys handled them.
Patents
18 August 2025 Several months after a US import ban sidelined a key Apple Watch feature, the tech giant is restoring a redesigned sensor to some models.
Trademarks
18 August 2025 US confectionery giant fends off vegan food company’s argument that products should be more narrowly defined with a new subcategory.
Trade secrets
15 August 2025 US appeals court finds in favour of self-styled “Tesla of commercial aviation” startup | Boeing invested millions of dollars in electric airline but relationship collapsed.
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