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Plans are unfolding for new legislation to erode the power of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reject inter partes reviews under the controversial NHK-Fintiv rule, Senator Patrick Leahy has announced. 23 September 2021
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After surviving the Great Patent Cliff of 2011–2016, the pharma/biopharma industry finds itself in the Second Great Patent Cliff of 2019–2024. With it we find low-hanging fruit for generic/biosimilar market entrants, and the importance of having an elegant patent strategy enabling early market entry for generics and biosimilars is underscored. 23 September 2021
Copyright
A New York court says that Apple will have to face a copyright lawsuit from the copyright owner of the film “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”. 22 September 2021
Patents
Rehearings of inter partes review decisions should be stayed until the next permanent director of the US Patent and Trademark Office has been appointed, according to a request filed by tech company VirnetX. 22 September 2021
Patents
The English Court of Appeal has rejected physicist Stephen Thaler’s latest bid to list his artificial intelligence machine as an inventor in a 2:1 decision. 21 September 2021
Patents
Gowling WLG has appointed London-based IP barrister Seiko Hidaka, as the new director of its global IP practice. 21 September 2021
Patents
The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated the majority of claims of a Swedish company’s fintech patent under Alice, and rejected a motion to amend the claims. 21 September 2021
Patents
The UK has maintained its top five place ranking in the Global Innovation Index, the annual report published by the World Intellectual Property Organization. 21 September 2021
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IP data is a huge data mine, providing a wealth of intelligence to companies. 21 September 2021
Copyright
A California District Court has dismissed a copyright infringement suit from two photographers claiming that Instagram’s embedding links violate display rights. 20 September 2021
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