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US panel says CRISPR priority determination by Patent Board needs a second look May 12, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

In interference proceedings over CRISPR gene editing technology, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board must revisit their findings that The Broad Institut... (more story)

EUIPO to launch copyright database for AI use by November, director says May 12, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

The EU Intellectual Property Office plans launch a Copyright Knowledge Centre in November to centralize copyright information across the EU, Executive Director João Negrão told lawmakers in the European Parlia... (more story)

Patent on Ingenus Pharma cancer-fighting injection is invalid, US judge finds May 12, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

Recitation of a “stable” formulation of the anti-cancer injectable cyclophosphamide doomed an Ingenus Pharmaceuticals patent on Friday, with the term deemed indefinite. In the same decision, a US judge in Illi... (more story)

Trump fires US Copyright Office chief, Librarian in leadership shakeup May 12, 2025 | Nick Robertson

US President Donald Trump fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden late last week in a major shakeup which will impact US copyright policy, as members of Congress wa... (more story)

UK lawmakers' push for AI copyright protections bolstered by creatives' protest May 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey

Fresh attempts to increase transparency requirements on AI developers’ use of training data to protect rights holders are due to be made by UK lawmakers today as they propose further attempts to change the dat... (more story)

Affinity Physician Network’s password-as-trade secret theory fails in US May 12, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A gender and sex discrimination plaintiff facing trade secret misappropriation counterclaims by Affinity Physician Network and others prevailed Friday when a federal judge in Ohio agreed that her post-terminat... (more story)

Intercontinental Exchange wins crypto trademark dispute in Dutch court May 12, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

A Dutch court has ordered blockchain project Ice Labs to immediately stop using the “ICE” trademark within the EU, siding with Intercontinental Exchange in an interim decision as the court continues to prepare... (more story)

Japan IP court finds 'broad' confusion over trademark similarity, reverses JPO ruling May 12, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court reversed a ruling by the country’s patent office over a trademark dispute between two nonprofit organizations, ruling that a composite mark incorporating a well-known e... (more story)

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With latest AI guidance, US Copyright Office gives creatives a boost May 12, 2025 | Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford

The US Copyright Office’s third installment of its artificial intelligence guidelines says the collection and use of copyrighted content by AI models for training data constitutes infringement in some cases an... (more story)

Limits of copyright in design, definition of originality set to tax EU judges May 09, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Debate over how far copyright should extend into design has been reignited with a legal opinion this week that the EU's top court should apply a unified originality standard to all creative works, including fu... (more story)

In patent clash with Xarelto-maker Bayer, Mylan’s PTAB win called into question May 06, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this morning seemed far more interested in the third ground presented by appellant Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft than the two which came before. They zeroed in... (more story)

Trump administration increases trade pressure on Mexico with IP report May 06, 2025 | Nick Robertson, Eliana Hubacker

The Office of the US Trade Representative’s annual Special 301 report places Mexico on the priority watch list, increasing scrutiny on the country’s intellectual property policy as industry leaders warn of Mex... (more story)

USTR Special 301 report criticized as unfair, ignoring India's IP progress May 06, 2025 | Freny Patel

The recent United States Trade Representative Special 301 Report, which labels India as a challenging major economy for intellectual property protection, has sparked criticism from Indian legal experts who arg... (more story)

With record-setting Optis judgment, UK court chips away at dual criticisms May 05, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

An almost tenfold increase in damages owed to Optis for infringement by Apple seemingly posed little trouble for the UK Court of Appeal last week. In ruling against the software giant and refusing to put their... (more story)

Tariff threat escalation felt by EU luxury brands, UK pharma, US Customs May 05, 2025 | MLex Staff

Since reclaiming the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump has made trade a priority, hiking tariffs on Chinese goods by triple digits. While most other countries won a reprieve in the form of an across-the-b... (more story)

US AI training cases cue up test of Google Books fair use precedent May 02, 2025 | Emma Whitford

A federal judge in New York deciding if and how novel copyright lawsuits proceed against OpenAI and Microsoft will likely consider court precedent from a decades-old dispute involving an online search tool for... (more story)